Pear Body Shape
"Fashion Styling Tricks to Flatter Your Curves. You Curvaciousliscious Gal!"
The best Pear Body Shape how to's and fashion tips. That's what you'll find here on this page.
Read along to discover the best styling tricks and
clothing & accessories recommendations for your figure, from how to minimize to accentuate your curves.
So What Does it Mean to Be a Pear Body Shape?
Your hips and thighs are your body's centerstage.
That means they're wider than the rest of your body.
Your shoulders are most likely narrow and you have a defined waist.
Natural Womanly Body Shape
You might appear a bit heavy than you really are even though your top and waist are slim.
But hey, you're not fat (unless you weigh waaay more than what is suggested for the average woman).
The shape that you have is a natural woman's body shape. It's beautiful and I bet you've gotten stares from men as well.
Generally, most men are attracted to the curves that you have. It's just a part of our nature.
Celebrities known to have a pear body shape are: Beyoncé, Jennifer Love-Hewitt, Coleen McLoughlin, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez
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 Doesn't look like you have a Pear Body Shape?
Then take a look at the other body shapes to find yours:
How to Dress Your Pear Body Shape
Your most important goal when putting together outfits is to draw attention away from your curves by focusing on your upper body part --
from your waist and up. That means you should create more width and volume to your shoulders and chest.
However if you love your curves and want to emphasize them when out partying and looking hot for a guy, then by all mean, show 'em off!
Check out my fashion tips below on how to bring out the best of your pear body shape!
Subtly widen your upper body. It means wear anything that can slightly "expand" the width of your shoulder with for example boat necks,
cropped jacket, light colored and detailed tops and sweaters, etc.
It will balance your frame to make it look more like a proportionate
Hourglass.
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Proud of your curves (and you should be) and want to create a trademark?
Accentuate your lower part!
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You can experiment with skinny jeans and fitted pencil skirt. These will surely enhance your lower body.
Tip: You might want to avoid accentuating your curves in formal settings like office work and interviews. According to research,
accentuating your curves in professional settings can make you appear too sexy and people will take you less seriously.
Do balance your shape by adding volume and width to your upper body. Read more
about the "Enhance & Minimize"-trick here.
Minimize your curves.
This is a common wish among curvy women. They either feel uncomfortbale with their curves or just want to avoid drawing to much attention to them.
You might want to look at hip and thigh hugging shapewear.
Best Clothes for Your Pear Body Shape
Close-fitted blouses and tops with eyecatching design and/or volume such
as: bustier, horizontal lines, patterns, pockets, beads, etc.
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Rap singer Eve is wearing a crisp white blouse with puffed sleeves to balance her curves. Sex & the City star Kristin Davis
does it well with ruffled v-neck top and dark blue wide leg jeans.
Wide necklines. Like for example boat neck, strapless, bandeau, square, U and cowl necks.
Tip: Think twice about this if you have a wide and/or round face shape or short neck. So make sure you add
something that flatter your face shape and neck as well. Like for example, a pair of hoop or long earrings, or perhaps a long pendant necklace.
All kinds of pants and jeans.
Yeah really! Straight, bootleg, wide leg pants and jeans create
a vertical fluid and not to mention flattering lean vertical line on your shape. A great option when you want to offset your killer curves.
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Tip: However, you need to be careful when wearing skinny pants as they'll accentuate your curves. The best way to wear skinnys
for your body shape, is to add weight on your upper body. Just take a look at Beyoncé's (to your left) outfit.
Cropped jacket and cardigans add a stylish twist of width on your upper body
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Jackets that fall just above the hips.
It's the best jacket and coat length that doesn't draw a lot of attention to your curves.
Longer hemlines that hit right on your hips or longer will accentuate your curves.
Tip:If you're petite/short you might want to avoid long jackets as they can make your shape look stubby.
Jackets and coats with pads and pockets
such blazers and safari jackets.
A-line skirts as they skim over your hips.
Did you find my fashion tips on how to dress your pear body shape useful? If not, do this:
Imagine an hourglass shape. Now in your head try to merge your pear figure with that shape.
See the lack of width and flesh around your upper half compared to your hips and thighs? That's your main focus --
adding more volume on top to stay in proportion with your lower half, or of course, minimizing your curves to keep them in line with your shoulders.
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