Fashion Editorial: Style Tips for Looking for Your Body Type

Coco Chanel once said, “Fashion has two purposes, comfort  and  love. Beauty  comes when fashion succeeds.” We can all agree we love to feel beautiful and we also find a sense of comfort when we are dressed nice. But Letʼs face it, life happens and sometimes we run into body altering changes.

Whether itʼs postpartum belly or a midlife butt enhancement we still search for ways to make fashion succeed or simply feel beautiful. Thatʼs why itʼs essential to  know  your  body  type  and  how  to  dress for  it! Every  body  is  beautiful  we  come  in  all different shapes and sizes. That is what makes each of us unique.

The dope Meghan Trainor said it best - any body type is beautiful itʼs all

about loving what you got and rocking it. Even though no body is the same we can  still  categorize  our  shapes  into  a  few broad categories that identify with our bodily characteristics and ROCK It! 

Itʼs just all about discovering  what  category your body type and  appearance identifies with.

The rectangle shape body is really common. If your waist is about the same measurements as your hip or bust, and your shoulders and hips are about the same width this is your body type basically you are straight up and down. With this body

type  your  arms  and  legs  are  the  assets. 

Focus on enhancing that. Sleeveless, strapless and sweetheart lines are a hit when u have a rectangle  body  shape.  Blazers,  long  jackets and capes add the little umph and that extra razzle dazzle.

Another common body type a lot of people can identify with is the hourglass shape. If  your  hips  and  bust  are nearly  equal  in  size  and  you  have  a  well-defined  waist  thatʼs  narrower  than  both  then you are team hourglass.

This body type is a well-proportioned  figure  so  dresses  that cinch at the waist, plunge V and sweetheart necklines can help you flaunt your upper body. This body type can wear nearly anything and

it looks good.

Then there is the triangle shape body type sometimes called the pear shape. With this shape, your shoulders and bust are narrower than your hips. Kim Kardashian is the perfect example for this body type. Your bottom half is larger than your top half. Your shoulders are narrow,  and  hips  are  wide.

Since your shoulders are narrow you have an advantage

all you have to do is to strike a balance. That would create an illusion of an hourglass shape. Wide legged pants  would  look  great  on  this  body  type. Ruffles tops that add a little definition would be a hit on this body type as well.

The most athletic looking shape is commonly known as the inverted Triangle or the apple shape. With this body type your shoulders are much broader than your hips. This is another body type you should focus on creating balance with.

Adding definition  to  your  hips  would  help  with  that. V cut tops will give the illusion of a narrower shoulders. Straight cut jeans and dresses that have a inverted V look to them gorges well on this body type. Try to stay away from tops with flares  ruffles  or  anything that  could  enhance the upper body.