- Tips
- Wear heeled shoes for an illusion of tallness.
- Patterns can trick the eye and make you look heavier or lighter: avoid horizontal stripes, but diagonals can slim.
- V-necked outfits can slim the appearance of a person with a long body.
- Introduction
Fashion trends change, come and go, and what looks good today won't look good tomorrow to the fashion industry, but one thing will never change: looking good never goes out of style.
Slimming, flattering clothing can make you look pounds lighter and more shapely, if you know how to dress to look thinner the right way. The five tips in this guide page will give you the five best steps to take in order to look thinner by simply choosing the right clothing.
- Step 1: Wear the Right Size
Nothing you wear is going to make 20 pounds miraculously disappear from your thighs, hips, belly or buttocks, but choosing the right clothing that fits properly can go a long way to slimming your appearance in general and making you feel more confident.
Clothes that are too tight will show all the bulges, rolls, dimples and flaws of the skin. Baggy clothes that are too big add bulk and give a perception of more weight than might really be there.
- Step 2: Choose the Right Skirt and Pant Length
Tall women should wear longer skirts, because the illusion of a long skirt on a tall woman is slimming, but when a shorter woman does the same, it makes her body appear more squat. Shorter women should choose a skirt that falls just a bit below the knee to help her appear taller and leaner.
The same is not necessarily true for pant length, though, since shorter women wearing Capri pants or short culottes on a shorter woman can make her appear squat while wearing long pants with flared bottoms add an illusion for height and slimness. Taller women should wear tapered legged pants that go to the ankle and avoid flares or should wear form-fitted pants that come to the knee, like the Capris.
- Step 3: Wear Heeled Shoes
Even a tall woman will get slimming effects from wearing a slight heel to her shoe. A heeled shoe can elongate the leg and give a leaner illusion. The taller the heel, the leaner the look, and this is especially true when wearing skirts or tapered legged pants.
- Step 4: Avoid Bulky Accessories
Belts, scarves, costume jewelry, sashes, ties and buckles… all the fashion accessories can add bulk to your body and detract from the things that accentuate your positive features. If you must wear accessories, use the ones that accentuate your features and minimize their size.
- Step 5: Wear Proper Foundation Garments
Ah, underwear, those frilly or cinching things that support, suck, tuck and bind parts of our bodies. There is irony in ending a guide for dressing thinner where the dressing actually begins: the foundation garments.
If the straps of the bra are too tight, you'll see rolls or bulges and panties can bind and leave bulges at the waist, thighs and hips. Pantyhose or other hosiery slims the overall appearance and lets clothing hang more flowing and fit more the way it was intended.
Body slimmer undergarments and properly fitted foundation garments can even make the difference in what size you wear, so be sure to always try on clothing wearing the foundation garments you would wear when you buy the outfit.