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"How to Find the Right Womens Plus Size Clothing and Look Good"

Red Dress from Kiyonna

When it comes to womens plus clothing your goal is to look leaner. This page will provide you with hints and tips on how to achieve a trimmer body frame! You'll find the best recommended choice of prints, necklines, fabric and cut for your body frame, to fashion advice on petite plus size clothing if you're 5'4 or shorter.

Your main focus when buying womens plus size clothing is to create a trimmer silhouette and if you're petite, your goal should be to elongate your figure as well.

The first thing you need to do before shopping for womens plus clothing is to take a closer look at the contours and proportions of your body:

Dress Your Body Shape

Womens plus clothing isn't a category by itself. There are both tall and short full figure women, and each and one of them have different body shapes that require different set of styling and clothing rules to look their best. You might have wider shoulders compared to your hips, while your girlfriend who is also a plus size has wider hips than shoulders.

I recommend you check out the basics on how to dress your body, followed up with a guideline to know what clothes suit you best, if you haven't already, to ensure that you're buying the right clothes for your figure.

By knowing what body shape you have, you'll be able to decide where and how to correctly place clothes and accessories on your body to create an ideal hourglass body shape, which is scientifically known to be the most visually pleasing frame to look at for the human eye.

Also, another key factor to dressing your full-figure size is your frame's vertical line; how long your upper half is compared to your bottom half (torso versus hips and legs). You might have longer or shorter legs than your upper body or vice versa which also involves a couple of adjustments. here.

Petite Plus Size Clothing

If you're a plus size at 5'4 (162 cm) or shorter then you need to look for petite plus size clothing. These can be found at online stores such as Jessica London and Woman Within.

Petite Plus Size Suit from Jessica London

Your goal as a petite is to elongate your frame. Here are 3 tips on how to do that:

Wear heels. If you're not a high-heel gal, then an inch is enough to slim your legs and figure.
Go for knee-length skirts and pants. if you have muscular legs avoid garments that extend right on the thickest part of your legs - your calves. It can make you look stubbier!
Show more skin. Deep necklines and short (knee-length or shorter) skirts and dresses instantly elongate your stature. They might come off as tacky but as long as you keep the other part modestly clothed (for example, if you decide to wear a sweater with plunging neckline go for a bit more conservative looking pants or skirt) then you're safe!

Now with those points in mind take a look at the womens plus size clothing advice below on how to look leaner:

Slimming Womens Plus Clothing Tricks

Here are the simplest and best tricks and tips on how to flatter your body frame and look your best!

Dress monochromatically with dark colors

Tip:Top it off with a bright color accessory. It will definitely highlight the area it's placed on so make sure it's a good one. Also, you also need to wear it according to what suits your body shape. Like for example if you have wide shoulder and narrower hips, carry bags that fall right on your hip to balance out the look. Or if you have wide hips compared to the rest of your body, add a wide necklace or large chandelier earrings to fill in some volume on top.

Mini notebook icon Choose the right size. That means make sure the garment isn't too baggy or too tight on your body. I know how tempting it is to hide behind tented clothing but it doesn't solve the problem, you'll only look heavier. Or if it's too tight it'll wrinkle when you move.

Mini notebook icon Speaking of details. You're not doomed to wear "boring" clothes. If you like the extra glitz and cute details, make sure that you at least pick garments with strong vertical details, such as zip fronts, cable patterns, vertical pleats and vertical stripes. It'll make your frame look slimmer.

Mini notebook icon Scale your accessories to your size, so wear wide belts, thicker and bolder jewelry and bigger bags. Smaller looking accessories will only make you look big in comparison.

Mini notebook icon Avoid high contrast color combos. It can chop your frame in two, making you look wider. So stay away from white tops on dark blue or black pants/jeans.

Mini notebook icon Invest in a couple of plus size shapewear. They'll trim and tuck in your frame when you need it in a zap! Like for a special occasion or when a top becomes slightly tight on your bloated stomach after a heavy lunch.

Mini notebook icon Go for bigger patterns. Again, it's the same rule when it comes to accessories. Choose larger patterns to complement your fuller frame. Select prints that are of similar size as your fist.

Mini notebook icon Wear long necklaces and pendants (vertical shapes). Your body will look leaner!

Mini notebook icon Focus on V-necks. They're the perfect neckline when you want your overall body to look thinner.

Mini notebook icon When it comes to scarves wear it long and dangling instead of bundling it up.

Mini notebook icon Choose waist cinching tops, dresses and sweaters. The most appealing body shape is the hourglass so if your waist is almost non-existent, wear clothes that cinches at the thinnest part of your waist.

Mini notebook icon Wear a maxi dress for a comfy yet feminine summer wear. They're your body frame's best friends because they skim over the bumps!

I hope you found my fashion advice and tips on the best womens plus clothing recommendations and styling tricks helpful! I try my best to give you the best advice on flattering your full-figure body frame, and I'll continuously update and add valuable womens plus clothing information on these pages. And not least, search for the best women plus clothing stores online just for you! Happy shopping!