Rectangle Body Shape
"How to Dress and Flatter Your Rectangle Body Shape.
Let's Create Dimensions on Your Straight Frame"
Do you have a Rectangle Body Shape? Then you came to the right page!
Here you'll find the best fashion tips, do-it-yourself styling techniques fashion advice and shopping recommendations that will
flatter your straight body shape, from trimming your waist to adding more curves.
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What Does it Mean to Have a Rectangle Body Shape?
It means your shape looks athletic with bust and hips of approximately the same width. You have little or no waist defintion. Your waist measures from 1" to 8" smaller than the bust.
If you were to gain weight, the pounds would distribute evenly throughout your frame. It's also a common body figure type as women age, give birth or gain weight.
You Have a Straight Figure
Because of your wide waist you might appear heavier on top than you really are and even if your
stomach is flat.
But one of the positive thing on being a rectangle shape is that you gain weight everywhere
and lose it everywhere!
Celebrities known to have a rectangle body shape are: Cameron Diaz, Nicole Kidman, Hilary Duff, Sheryl Crow, Rachel Hunter
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How to Dress Your Rectangle Body Shape
With this shape you might look shorter and/or heavier than you really are.
So your main goal should be to create a waist on your figure and add more width to your upper and lower part -- tranforming your body into
a proportionate hourglass shape.
Check out below for tips on how to create subtle curves on your frame.
 Create a defined waist
You can either wear a dark colored wide belt around your waist or place a waist cinching
shapewear underneath your clothes.
Add dimensions to your frame
This means "breaking up" your silhouette to create curves. Take a look at Hilary Duff's outfit on your left - she's wearing
a floral blouse with wide belt.
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Cameron Diaz
keeps her outfit balanced yet dimensional with
horizontal striped sweater and cool eyecatching black ankle boots.
Tip: If you prefer something simple a tailored turtleneck sweater dress (just like what Hilary Duff's wearing to your right),
make sure you add a wide belt around your waist to create waist definition. Wearing something tailored alone without any waist-hugging details will only enhance
your rectangle body shape.
Accentuate your best features!
Emphasize a pair of lean legs, toned shoulders, etc. Make the best out of your body shape!
Find more tricks on how to do this,
here.
Image credits: Celebutopia
Here you can see that Nicole Kidman makes the most of her height by highlighting her lean frame with a vintagey cream colored dress.
She also has toned shoulders
which she emphasizes with the halter-style dress. To create a waist she added a black belt around the waist.
Tip: I wouldn't recommend skinny belts
as they can make your mid-section look a bit heavier. If you must wear one, choose the thickest skinny belt!
Dress your vertical body shape and height
You also need to consider your vertical body shape (are you short legged-long waisted? Or long legged-short legged?) as well as your height.
If you're petite stick to slim and straight fitted bottoms and dresses, small prints (medium but vertical prints if you're a plus size) and preferably above or on the knee-length hemlines!
If you're a plus size avoid dainty, small details and prints.
Best Clothes For Your Rectangle Body Shape
 Low vertical necklines like U- and V-neck
because they break up your wide torso and elongate it.
Almost all types of pants
especially wide and flared leg because the flare hem which make it look like you have hips.
Image credits: Celebutopia
The beauty of having a rectangle body shape is your wide selection of pants and skirt.
Tip: If you're wearing skinny pants or jeans, make sure you balance your frame with bright colored shoes
(like Cameron Diaz's silver flats on your
right). This will avoid making you look stick-figured.
Tops, sweaters and dresses that cinch at your waistline or right below your bust
such as an empire waist because
it makes your waist look narrower.
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Full skirts
such as circle, pleated and A-line styles.
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Tip: High waist clothings usually make a waist look shorter and thicker. On the other hand, you can make it work for you by
wearing a high waist skirt or pants in a dark, solid color like dark blue or black along with a sweater that matches the color of it.
This help avoid breaking your midsection in two and widening it. You can also top it off with a black belt.
Shoulder pads
help raise your frame by adding flattering width, sculpting your upper body.
Image credits: Celebutopia
Shirts and tops that have details around the bust area
such as ruffles, ruching, sequins and other embellishments.
Jackets and coats that flare out from the waist
 Last Words
Did you find my fashion tips on how to dress your rectangle body shape useful? If not, do this:
Imagine an hourglass shape. Now in your head try to merge your rectangle figure with that shape.
See the "excess" area around the waist and bust? That's your main focus -- trimming your torso to make your frame look proportional like
an hourglass shape. You can do this by wearing something that cinchs at the thinnest part of your waist
and slightly flares out at the top and bottom to create a little but of curves thus making your torso look slimmer.
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