8 clothing choices that make you look fatter

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

If friends are hinting that you are gaining weight even though the scales are showing the same thing, chances are that you just picked the wrong outfit.

1. Oversized clothing

We love the trendy oversized design for its convenience. Alas, he does not add harmony to us. Oversized coats and sweaters "off the shoulder" look stylish on models flaunting on the catwalk. But if your figure is far from Naomi Campbell's parameters, you should be careful with oversizing.

However, do not get upset ahead of time. There are a few life hacks that will prevent your boyfriend's cardigan from making you thicker.

Valeria Malkova is a personal stylist-shopper, make-up artist, stylist of the Friday TV channel, teacher at Fashion Factory School.

Wear oversized clothes unbuttoned, thereby creating the much-needed vertical of color in the image, which will help to keep lightness.

You can also create verticality with a scarf tied around your neck and hanging down in front. In autumn, it is especially important - this way you will be a little warmer.

2. Out-of-shape clothing

The stylist advises paying attention to body type when choosing clothes. This is really important.

Hourglass

A pronounced waist, rounded chest and hips are characteristic features of this type. Choose clothes that show off your body lines. In formless things, the figure will be lost, and you will seem to be several kilograms more.

Rectangle

The body has no pronounced forms, the lines are straight. Most likely, you will try to create a silhouette and highlight the waist. And this will become a mistake: this way you will only emphasize its absence. Instead, opt for unstructured blazers that shape the waist neatly, and emphasize the hips and legs with subtle emphasis.

Triangle

The shoulders are much narrower than the hips.

Accentuate the upper body with color or pattern, additional details, shoulder pads, and choose neutral tones and simple cuts for the lower body.

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Inverted triangle

The shoulders are much wider than the hips. You should highlight the bottom part. Massive patch pockets, decor or pattern will help with this. And for the top, quieter colors, plain things of a simple cut without decor or false shoulders are suitable.

Apple

Pronounced chest and straight silhouette. Owners of this type of figure need to focus on the legs.

We remove the decor from the chest line - scarves, collar-collar, patch pockets - and watch the length of things: they should not be short and divide the figure into blocks.

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On the contrary, things should lengthen the silhouette and make it more elongated.

3. Wrong length

Regardless of the type of figure, an incorrectly chosen length will be a fatal mistake. It can significantly shorten your legs and make you appear squat.

If your clothes and their parts, as well as shoes do not end in a narrow place of the shoulder, thigh, lower leg, then excess volumes cannot be avoided.

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Keep track of the length of sleeves, skirts, trousers, coats and shoe heights. Every piece of clothing and its elements is important.

Hem, fold - this is a very fashionable technique. Choose the right clothes for unsuccessful shoes, which will cover them, or tights to match the shoes, which will allow you to correct the non-winning boot heights.

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4. Incorrectly selected texture

Everything is not as simple as it might seem at first glance.

Too thin fabric is able to emphasize what is not in reality. Here is such insidiousness!

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If you have thin knitwear in your wardrobe, wear it as the first layer: under jackets, cardigans, shirts or dresses.

A loose and dense texture will add a couple of centimeters. If the fabric is also stiff, problems cannot be avoided. But the material of medium density will be a universal solution.

5. Horizontal patterns

Horizon patterns make you look wider. If you do not possess the parameters of the conditional Thumbelina, it is better to abandon the idea.

Choose clothes with vertically directed elements: it will lengthen the body and make you visually taller and thinner.

6. Too complex shapes

Garments with complex shapes are not suitable for everyone. Depending on the type of figure, intricate decorations can work into your hands, but if overused, failure is inevitable.

Strike a balance: heavy elements should be where they belong. But if you just really like trousers with full-length pockets, it's worth considering whether they will look the same on you as they did on the model showing them.

7. Wrong size

If the thing is small, it is noticeable. But being small doesn't make you smaller. On the contrary, it highlights problem areas. However, the desire to squeeze into the cherished M or S can be a great incentive to lose weight.

8. Bad color

The stylist advises using solid and muted colors so as not to draw attention to a specific area of the figure. But bright colors and drawings visually increase the volume.

The universal size of the picture is considered to be medium. Choosing it, you will definitely not be mistaken with the proportion in relation to your figure.

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This is the secret of a harmonious look. By the way, black is not always the best choice. He is really slim, unless your size is more than 54.

You should not mindlessly acquire what fashion imposes, because there are many nuances. Prepare a shopping list in advance and analyze your data. Study trends, but do not prioritize them - be sure to consider the characteristics of your own body.