Melanie Miller - How to Dress if You Have a Pear Shaped Body Look Fab and Chic

Lookat any pear. It has defined curves and is mostly bottom heavy. Awoman with a pear shaped body has a larger bottom, mostly around thehips. Their bust will be curvy and you can definitely trace thecurves of their body. Balancing your weight with a pear shape figurecan easily define you as a sexy woman. Dressing for this type of bodycan be complicated at times but if you know the secrets to balancingout the attention of the onlookers you can instantly become the starof the show.

Considerthe following tips:

Firstyou want to focus on making your figure look balanced. Since yourhips are already well formed you'll most likely have a slim neck,sloping shoulders and a firm, slim waist. Use these to your advantageby dressing them up. Stray the people's attention from your bottomarea to your top. In short, focus on your top. Good ideas includebutton down shirts, slim tops, tubes, as well as cardigans. This isalso a good way for to focus on showing your waist curves and upperbody lines. Play with your accessories along the neckline. Usescarfs, necklaces, chokers, and clothes that will embellish yourneckline. A Bohemian scarf or a turtleneck with ruffles along theneck area will easily draw attention upward. This is a really simpleand good way to keep people looking at your figure evenly.

UseA-line tops or dresses.

AnA-line dress or top is one that is slim on top and then graduallywidens out towards the bottom like a capital letter A. When a pearshaped body wears these kinds of dresses and tops the dress will lookas if it's even from top to bottom. This will easily disguise thebottom-heavy body shape. Many celebrities follow this philosophy. Youcan find Britney Spears and Angelina Jolie using body fit, A-linedresses all over the internet. Lastly, try to focus on wide hems.Hems on your skirt, your top, your pants and even on shirt sleevesthat all widen out (not necessarily bell hems) will make your figurelook even without covering your best lines and curves. This is one ofthe most common tactics used during formal occasions.
Thereare other little things that you may want to try out. Fabrics thatnip at your waist and skirts that end right at your knee line so thatyou can focus people's attention on slim legs are both good ways todraw attention off your heavy hip area. Some fabrics look heavy sochoose from softer silks instead of drag-heavy wool if you want tocreate the perfect illusion.
Coloris another factor that a lot of people forget. One thing you have tokeep in mind is that brighter colors draw more attention. The focusof a pear shaped body is to draw attention to the top area of yourbody since your hips already have all the shape they need. You can dothis by contrasting colors and using dark colors for your bottoms,whether it's a skirt or a pair of pants. You do not necessarily haveto rely on black. If you are wearing a sky blue top then why not trya dark purple or a dark blue skirt?
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Byfollowing these tips you'll be able to add more volume and attentionto your top section. This will create the illusion that you have aperfect hourglass shaped body instead of an unbalanced, bottom-heavypear shaped figure. You do not need to spend so much money onreadjusting your sense of fashion. You just need to work on whatpeople will notice about you first. Good colors and knowing what towear on top can take you a long way. As mentioned at the beginning,roughly 60% of women have a pear shaped body so it isn't easy tobrowse around for good examples

Letsgo ahead and dive right in!

Chapter1: How To Dress a Pear Shape Achieve Balance and Symmetry

Apear shaped body is pretty common. Celebrities have this shape andabout 60% of women all carry this body figure. If you're stillwondering what a pear shaped body is, it is a figure where you arebottom heavy. You still have a fair amount of sexy curves and yourbust area is still well rounded but the majority of your shape isaround your hips. They key to dress a pear shape is in balance andsymmetry.
Whenyou dress up, you want people's eyes to move up from your hips toyour other curves and lines. You want to make them notice your chest,shoulders, and neckline. To be able to do this you'll need to createa sense of balance. You are bottom heavy so there's no real point inlayering up your hip area. Focus more on your neckline, shoulders,and top. By drawing their attention, you'll look balanced. This iswhere symmetry comes in. You want to look like an hourglass and thisillusion is not really that hard to achieve.
Symmetrypretty much means things are even. If you have five pounds on theleft weight scale, you need to put five pounds on the right weighingscale. In terms of fashion for a pear shaped body, you need to workthe top area, as discussed above. There are two different ways to dothis: layer up or even out.

Whenyou layer up, you focus on adding things that will catch theirattention to your top half. You could wrap your neck with a beautifulscarf or you could wear a very bright and shiny jewel necklace thatclings to your skin. Wearing a turtleneck sweater that is fitted andlight-colored is another way to draw attention, especially to yourneckline. When you layer up, always take into consideration what youadd. Make sure that it is eye-catching but pleasing as well.Button-down shirts, fitted sweaters, scarves, and necklaces are goodways to layer up your top half.

Thismeans that you want your shoulders to appear as large as your hipseven though they are not. This will also work very well in balancingout your body figure. Take for example an A-Line dress. An A-Linedress is where the top is slim and then will gradually widen at thebottom half. Since you're a pear shape, the dress will look even andthis creates the illusion that your hips and shoulders areapproximately balanced. Technically you worked on the slightly curvedsection of your chest but by wearing tubes, one-shoulder strappeddresses, A-Line dresses and wide hemmed clothes you're creating theillusion that you have an hourglass shape while drawing theirattention to your skin. If you add in a sexy necklace or a pair ofshiny earrings you'll be able to keep their attention on topthroughout the night.
Anotherthing to keep in mind is to elongate your figure. This is why it is agreat idea to wear shorter skirts that end at your knee line (it willelongate your legs), pointed shoes, and to wear skin down tops ifyou're not afraid to show some skin. By making your figure seemlonger you'll eliminate the image of having a round bottom body.
Soyes, the goal of balance and symmetry is to make you look like anhourglass instead of a pear. By working on your top section andadding the right amount of layers you'll have added enough weight andproportion to your chest and shoulders that will make you look like aproperly figured person. The amazing fact is that so many people havethis shape that it is not that hard to look for greatexamples.
Rememberthat the main goal is to turn your shape from a pear to an hourglass.This is not entirely that hard so long as you know where to add theextra layers and what to show off. Try not to overdo the extralayering however. Some women tend to keep adding so many layers thatthey become top heavy and this creates a different problem. Theimbalanced result will make you look like a padded football player.

Chapter2: Best Dresses for Pear Shape - Tops and Blouses

AchievingTop Balance and Symmetry

Bynow you've probably learned the basics of dressing up for a pearshaped body. Balance and symmetry have been discussed in the previouschapter so you know now that the main goal is to create the illusionof having an hourglass body as well as drawing their attention toyour top half. The main question for a lot of women then pertains towhat tops and blouses will work for good balance and symmetry.