Top Ten Tips: How to Look Slimmer

You don’t have to wear oversized or balloon dresses this Summer to cover up your figure or to try to hide your shape. Confidence, posture, carefully chosen underwear and clothing will help you through. Here are ten top tips to help bring out your best features and give you a slimmer look and stunning silhouette:

1. Base your wardrobe on darker colours: sexy black, sophisticated dark grey and chic navy blue is oh-so-flattering on all shapes and sizes. These colours have a tendency to make things look smaller for a confidence boosting optical illusion effect.
2. Undergarments are key to a smooth and sexy shape no matter what you’re wearing. A good-fitting supportive bra is essential, control top tights in15 denier work wonders in summer for enviable legs and tummy, and if you don’t own shapewear from Spanx, you are seriously missing out on looking your best whether you’re a size 6 or a size 16 – it’s a miracle worker!
3. Concentrate on accentuating your best features like showing attractive shoulders with flirty tops that gently fall off the shoulder or wear knee-length skirts to expose those shapely legs.
4. Draw attention to your face by using scarves, earrings, hats, and fabulous hair.
5. Avoid anything too tight or clingy, or clothes that are a bit stiff.
6. Try oversizing your accessories – a big handbag and long necklace can help to make you look smaller.
7. To make sweaters hang better on your body, small shoulder pads can do wonders and are also on trend this season.
8. Light flowing, gently blow in the breezy type of dresses are very nice, attractive, and can add to that slimmer look.
9. Avoid pleated pants as they bring more attention to the mid-section and add bulk to the waist.
10. Stand up straight. Good posture always makes you appear slimmer and elongates your body.