Fashion for Triangle/Pear Body Shape | Style is everything

Fitting:

Go for medium fitted clothes as it will help you highlight the waistline and enhance your shoulder. Don’t wear tight clothes, you’ll look unshaped.

§  Colour:

Select bright and dark colours like yellow, vermilion, orange, tomato red that will help you look in shape.

§  Tops:

Strapless neckline – This neckline will enhance your neck and shoulder area well
    Square neckline – Shaped like a square, this neckline is wide. A wide neckline will help highlight the bust area.

Sabrina neckline – It is a wide and high neckline that follows the curve of your collarbone. This will keep the attention on the upper body.

Cowl neckline – Whether deep or shallow, cowl neckline helps to keep the bust and shoulder highlighted. Any length of sleeves will work.  

     Avoid wearing narrow and long necklines as this will slim the upper body.

§  Sleeves:

Depending on the length of the sleeves, there are different styles.

For a short sleeve, wide and enriched style will help gaining the volume to the upper body. Enrichments like flared, puffed, flutter, bat-winged usually works well.

For a long sleeve, adding the volume near the shoulders will work as the aim is to keep the volume around the hip minimum. For adding volume near the shoulder you can use shoulder pads and puffs.

§  Shirts:

Go for shirts that will help you balance your upper body with the lower body.Bold patterns, details and enrichments near the bust and shoulders will keep up the attention. Tucking shirts into your bottoms will help enhance your curves.Wear shirts and tops that end just at your hip line. Don’t go for longer shirts

Avoid having pockets near the hip area as it will draw attention to your lower body. Basically, don’t use enrichments on your lower body.

§  Jackets and Coats:

Similar to shirts, to balance your shoulder area with the hip area you need to hang jackets that are finishing below or above the hip area.

Short jackets like cropped jacket will add volume to your shoulder and bust area. It’ll allow you to show off your slim waist.

Long coats and jackets ending at mid-thigh will make your body appear elongated and slim, hiding the wide hip area.
                                     

Enrichments near the bust and shoulder will again add volume. Try keeping the hip area clean and uncluttered from pockets and enrichments.

Avoid hanging jackets that finish right at your hip, highlighting the area.

Coats with belts, empire line coats, princess coats looks adorable. Trench coats works best for a pear shaped body.

Avoid straight cut and boxy coats as they’ll make you look shapeless and undefined.

§  Jeans and Pants:

Plain, flat fronted, pleated, full leg line and ankle length are best for pear shaped body.

Jeans and pants should be straight, flare, boot-cut or trouser-cut. Try going for darker colours to avoid gaining attention on lower body.Jeans and pants with mid to high waist works well as it will define your waist line. Whereas low waist bottoms will enhance the hip making your body look unbalanced.

Try not to go for narrow fitted jeans or trousers or pants. These would highlight your lower body.

§  Skirts:

Skirts are the best way to hide the lower body. The right skirt will make you look slim, depending on the length and style of skirt.

Wear skirts with knee length and longer. This will help you look stretched and slim. Just like jeans and pants, skirts should be mid to high waisted.

Avoid going for full length skirts and enrichments as this will exaggerate the lower body shape.

§  Dresses and Gowns:

Your dresses should draw attention on your waist hiding the lower body. Wear dresses that are wider at bottom which will balance out your lower body.

1.     A-line – Fitted from the shoulder to waist and then widening, this type of dress will highlight the shoulder area and balance the lower body.

2.     X-line – emphasising on shoulders with a small waist having the shape of letter ‘X’ enhances the shoulder area, curves the waist which makes the lower body almost ignored.

3.     Empire line – This type of dress gives a high waist appearance with a shirr long and loose skirt and still gives a definite look.

4.     Wrap dress – This dress will give a V-neckline with a definite waist line hiding the wideness of lower body and enhancing the upper body. 

§  Jumpsuits:

To add volume to the upper body, jumpsuits with patterns and long sleeves and a strapless neckline will show off your shoulder area, balancing out the hip area.

Leg-wise, straight or flared bottom will look lovely.

Avoid narrow bottoms and neckline. And also don’t go for any enrichments on the bottoms.

1.     Strapless – this type of jumpsuit will keep the attention up on the bust and shoulder area.

2.     Asymmetric – as the name suggests, one of your shoulder will be at an open end making it look voluminous and curvy at the waist line.

3.     Two-coloured – select a jumpsuit with a lighter bright colour for the upper body and a darker colour for the lower body making the hips hideous and high-lightening the upper body.