Flatter Your Figure

  What can be more in tune with entertainment news than dressing as Snow White this Halloween? Why not make a statement about the Snow White controversy?  Whether you are anti-woke or not, a Snow White costume can flatter your figure, because the puff sleeves will make your waist look smaller by contrast, only if you pay attention to the shoulders though. The trickiest thing about wearing a puff-sleeve dress is the shoulders have to fit right. If the shoulder width exceeds your natural shoulders, then the puff sleeves will fall aside and look terrible. You need to get the dress shoulders tailored if you have narrow shoulders like mine. Another pointer is that a puff-sleeve dress must have a slim waist, just as the Snow White costume does. If the sleeves are puffy and the rest of the dress is loose, then the wearer is bound to look chunkier.  Hopefully, these tips will help you pick a flattering puff-sleeve dress, which is on trend, no matter what you are going to wear thi...

  White shirts never go out of style, and they are particularly popular this fall. When the weather gets cooler but not yet too cold, a vest over your white shirt would be perfect. What should we look for in a vest? As a matter of fact, this year's peplum vests can flatter your figure, if you pick one without too many pleats. What's good about a peplum vest is that it cinches the waist, but if it has too much gathering or too many pleats below the waist, it may optically expand the hips and/or create the illusion of a tummy. So, the less gathering or fewer pleats, the better. Alternatively, you can choose a form fitting vest without a peplum. It will look like a peplum vest and thus appear trendy but without any gathering or pleats below the waist.  This blue velvet vest I'm wearing is something I inherited from my grandma. After her passing, I had a tailor take in the waist of the vest to fit me. The photo here doesn't really do the vest justice. It looks much prettier...