What to do to camouflage or hide your thighs and behind? I've heard it in slang called "junk in the trunk", so here you'll find tips and help on how to minimize that effect in pants or jeans! You also can see what not to do to. Welcome to our first plus size pants and jeans fashion workshop.
Did
you ever play with paper dolls or with a Barbie doll as a child ? You could
change outfits at will. Some you liked, and some you didn't but few of the
outfits ever made the doll look bigger, but then again you could probably
cover Barbie in cotton balls and she'd still look slim.....but not us! With
a little bit of work, and seeing a bit about shape, fit, and color, your pants
can look great on you!
Plus size Pants and Jeans for pear-shaped ladies
Throw on a little tee shirt and go. NOT!
Black is always slimming. NOT!
Striped pants are always slimming. NOT!
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| Let's call her our modern day plus size Kleo. She'd like to hide or minimize her hips, thighs and bottom. | Ordinarily, she likes a white or pastel top - either cropped or tucked in, and wears it with black pants. As you can see, the black bottoms "Shout "look at me" and really accentuate the areas she would rather not call attention to- especially from the back view! ! This is caused by severe contrasts in color. This same adverse affect occurs if you wear any pastel or really bright red, yellow - or any other bright top this way - with dark pants. | If you are going to do the shorter shirt, or tuck it in, then always choose a medium to dark color top in the same color group as your dark pants - or jeans. First of all, it may be considered slightly slimming, and it does not direct the eye below the waist! It gives you a more balanced appearance.If you don't want to stay in the same color group, for your top, then at least choose a medium to darker color, not a bright or light one. |
Tricks and tips to hide your thighs, hips and bottom using tops
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| Many Kleos' already realize that the baggy hip length tees just make them look big all over when their upper body and waist are not the issue. This year you can find diagonal cut tee shirts or modify a longer tee shirt to flatter you. Get a decorative pin and scrunch up the tee shirt on one side - 2 or 3 inches below your waist and pin it together. The diagonal line it creates brings you eye up from the hip to the waist and visually cuts out some of the body volume. Use anything at hand to bring up one side - a bow over a safety pin if that's all you have! | Let's talk cover-ups and jackets over pants. An ideal shape for a very problematic proportion is a "Trapeze" jacket. It is sometime also called a "Swing coat" it is shaped like a triangle, with lots of hip room. These are usually made of soft fabrics that "flow", and soften body features. Any soft colors you like will do, just be sure to keep your jacket in medium colors in the same color group as your pants - if not the exact same color. For bottom troubles, all you need is a jacket length to just cover it. If your thighs are a concern, get this style in a length to cover your upper thigh- only half your thigh - it's not necessary to be any longer. If you are a short person, or consider this only a somewhat problem area, a somewhat straighter cut jacket would be fine for you. | Why a blazer shouldn't be in your closet: Most blazers are fitted or semi-fitted, which means sewn in to fit more hourglass body contours. Usually they are cut to be proportional top to hip and narrower at the waist. The first problem is to get one to fit your hips, you usually have to buy one where the shoulders are overly large - giving you an unfortunately overall larger look. Second, the popular sewn on pockets in the lower front accent the hips - even though they are in the same color as the rest of the jacket. Third, the shorter style popular today ends just where it shouldn't and draws attention to the widest part of the hips and bottom. We need to get the fashion industry to offer a better shape flattering blazer. |
What
about striped pants? Stripes can either slim you or widen you. It depends
on whether they are tight fitting through the seat and thighs or if they are
loose fitting. Loose fitting striped pants will flatter you, where tight fitting
striped pants, especially ones with stretch, will exaggerate and broaden the
view! A long shirt or jacket over tight fitting bottoms seems to defeat benefits
that could have come from well-fitted striped pants.
Do you dare to take a rear-view?
Struggle as we might, it is often hard to see ourselves as others see us from behind. Kind friends and family often don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, and may give us less objective comments on our fashion selection.See our plus size womens jeans workshop and take a private look at some of the effect on hips and thighs in jeans.
Special workshop on plus size crop pants, capris, and clam-diggers
See the effects of the shorter, crop pants trend on plus-sized women! See how they look by others and what to do to look your best.
Check out sources, reviews and sizes for clothiers that now offer jeans and pants cut fuller in the hips and thighs for a more comfortable fit.
More plus size fashion tips are on the way!
More body shape workshops and fashion guides
are in progress.
