GOAL

• Focus attention on your waist and keep skirts and trousers straight or tapered to narrow your figure

BASIC “RULES”

• Fabrics that drape but don’t cling

• Waist detail

• Belts

• Wide waistbands

• Keep the eye moving straight down, don’t flare skirts or trousers

WHAT TO AVOID

• Flare skirts or wide leg trousers

  Boxy or straight tops and jackets 

THE DETAIL…

JACKETS

• Cropped, set in sleeves, peplum, semi-fitted

TROUSERS/JEANS

• Slim, flat front trousers, straight and tapered leg

• Trouser, straight and tapered jeans and skinny jeans

• AVOID wide leg

SKIRTS

• Tapered, wrap, straight with gores, straight or dropped waist

• AVOID flared, bias cut, A-line, flared pleats, godet and tulip

DRESSES

• Straight shapes with waist emphasis such as a belt.

SHIRTS/TOPS

• Tops that end at your waist or a soft blouse that you tuck

• Puffed sleeved if your shoulders are narrower than your hips

• Peplum styles are fabulous for you

• AVOID tops that are too tight across your hips or that are voluminous and don’t show your waist

COATS

• Belted trench

• AVOID swing, dolman, flap or patch pockets and double breasted styles