What to wear to enhance your hourglass body
It is often believed that those with an hourglass body, with a thin waist, and more or less balanced breasts and hips, have an easier life in dressing. Yet even the lucky ones with such a body type need some advice to make no mistake. A curvy body is obviously sexy and enviable, but even in this case there is a need for measure and harmony. Before revealing some tricks, here is a video to burn off calories effectively ...
Your ideal shopping list
- Wraparound dresses
- Top studied
- V-necklines
- Dressing gowns
- High-waisted trousers
- Tube skirts
- Tailored coats
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Loading ...A wrap dress can be like Kim Kardashian's in the photo above: snug to the right point, which enhances the beautiful shapes. A way to show you proud of your hourglass body while avoiding it. Be careful not to overdo it with adhesions or other excesses, such as too bright prints or excessive decorations.
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Those with an hourglass body must be very careful to balance, so as not to turn a gift into a disadvantage. For example, you need to carefully study the volumes you wear and how they match them: an oversized sweater, perhaps combined with wide trousers, can make you look rounder than you really are.
As for volumes and grip, it is better to counterbalance the elements!
Wrap dress: the dressing gown dress
Since Diane Von Furstenberg invented it, sex appeal has also become easier to convey. The wrap dress, the famous dressing gown that closes on one side, fits the body in just the right places, and for your shapes to hourglass is ideal!
© GettyChoose V-necks
V-necks are perfect for those with hourglass shapes. They balance breasts and hips creating harmony and movement to the figure, without accentuating the curves too much.
A V-neck, for example, is much better than a high-necked, tight-fitting sweater, which would weigh down the upper body.
The high waist
The high-waisted trousers are the equivalent of the dressing gown: they enhance the hips and breasts, without exaggerating. The figure appears natural and the shapes become harmonious without effort.
A dark and high-waisted trousers, then, elongate the figure, especially if you are not very tall!
Pencil skirt holder
You can see the example of Scarlett Johansson above: the pencil skirt creates a sharp and elegant figure, even and especially if you have an hourglass body.
The hips are on display, of course, but the whole figure is more streamlined, and the most difficult thing is achieved: balance!
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Coats? Tailoring is better
When it comes to coats, tailoring is essential for hourglass figures. The coats to be preferred are obviously those that tighten at the right point at the waist, to avoid the big coat effect that would weigh down your figure.
The cut of the coat must be screwed up but not too much, as always in the name of measure and balance! And if you don't prefer them tailored, here are other interesting ideas
The things you should avoid wearing
- Oversized top
- Clothes that are too loose
- Top with ruffles
- Low waist pants
- Loose coats
- Miniskirts
Get inspired by the look of these celebrities to steal some ideas!