What not to wear

1. What not to wear Based on our body shapes and sizes

2. Shapes and Sizes • Women’s and men’s bodies come in all shapes and sizes. • Five basic body shapes. • Know your body shape

3. The five body shapes are • The Hourglass • The Triangle • The Inverted Triangle • The Slim Rectangle • The Wide Rectangle

4. The Hour Glass Defined as • Balanced figure • wide shoulders • full bust • narrow waist • wide hips • Shoulders and hips almost equal

5. What to wear for The Hourglass • Show off your narrow waist without overemphasizing your hips and bust.

6. What not to Wear • Empire dresses or tops, especially if you have a full bust. • Large tops

7. The Triangle Defined as • Narrow shoulders and a small bust extending to significantly wider hips. • Also known as pear shape.

8. What to Wear – Triangle Shape • Choose designs that have detail at the neck and shoulders, drawing the eye up and out. • Accent scarves and boat necklines • Neckline embroidery • Shoulder yokes or wide collars. • Dark colors on lower body with lighter color above to draw the eye up.

9. Clothes for Triangle Shape Shoulder yoke Boat neckline

10. What not to wear – Triangle Shape • Tops or shirts with hemlines that fall directly in line on the hips (drop waist) • Skirts or pants with patch or inseam pockets, bulky side seams, or pleats draw attention to your hips. (e.g. cargo pants) • Short skirts that end well above the knee.

11. The Inverted Triangle Defined as • Broad shoulders, a full bust, heavy upper arms extending to narrow hips

12. What to Wear – Inverted Triangle • Details below the waist • Pockets • Pleats • a dropped waist • peplums, yoked skirts • skirts with border prints. • Tops • V-necks • Raglan sleeves • designs to pull the eye down. • Dark colors on the upper body • Lighter colors on the lower body.

13. Styles for Inverted Triangle Peplum jacket Dropped waist Raglan sleeves

14. What not to wear • Garments with a lot of upper body detail • wide collars and lapels • Yokes • Ruffles • shoulder pads • Capris or strongly tapered pants

15. The Slim Rectangle Defined as • Shoulders and hips are very similar in width with little definition at the waistline. • Straight up and down with a lack of curves.

16. What to Wear – Slim rectangle • Detail on the bust and hips • Horizontal lines • Wide lapels, wide shoulder. • Contrast colors on top and bottom.

17. What not to Wear – Slim rectangle • Wide waistbands • Blocks of colors at the waist • Large belts • Anything that draws attention to the waist • Large plaids, patterns with vertical stripes should be avoided as well.

18. The Wide Rectangle • This body shape is nearly straight up and down. • The figure is wider.

19. What to Wear – Wide rectangle • Muted shades or monochromatic colors • Shoulder or neckline details to draw the eye up. • Princess seams, or center front seam create a vertical line-drawing the line up and down. • Wear narrow pant-legs, straight skirts, shirts with sleeves that taper toward the wrist and vest jackets that fall below the waistline. • Think long!

20. What to Wear – Wide rectangle

21. What not to Wear – Wide rectangle • Blocky, bold, contrasting colors • Boxy garments • Large patch pockets, belts and peplums.