The fashion tricks to look slimmer are based on creating a visual effect on the silhouette which is achieved by strategically showing more skin. For example, in the summer time, fashionable optical tricks help more easily to appear slimmer since the own garments of the season such as necklines, cut-outs and the cropped cuts are appropriate for this purpose. Here there are some ideas that make you seem slimmer visually:
Wear a “Bodycon”: It is that very tight dress which create a visual effect of an hourglass-shaped silhouette, combining flesh or nude with black, both in shoulders and at the waist.
Wear dresses that are tight on the body and open at the hips: These types of dresses are ideal to appear slimmer, even more so, when worn above the knee in order to make the legs appear longer, which stylizes the figure. In addition, these designs are suitable for both women with a lot of hips and those who do not have that much because they conceal very large curves, as well as adding volume to those who are very narrow.
On the other hand, when the body is fitted at the waist, the silhouette is greatly refined, which can be achieved by wearing a beautiful belt that perfectly matches the dress you want to wear. This can also be accomplished with a shirt dress, cinching the waist with a well-fitted belt.
Stylize by wearing pants and belts: You may seem slimmer with those pants fitted at the waist, wearing a belt that tightens it, and even better if they are anklets and you wear sandals, which make you show more skin, following the rule of “showing skin strategically”.
Offset the silhouette with baggy and tight clothes: Wide, pinched, ankle-length pants will make you look slimmer. They are comfortable and fresh garments to be combined, for example, with a fitted T-shirt, and preferably with suspenders to show more skin.
You can also wear very wide and XL designs jeans such as boyfriend jeans, which are characterized by having a very low top block and styles, and mom jeans, which have a high waist and are quite wide; of course, always combining them with blouses or fitted shirts that show enough skin. You should never combine wide pants with wide blouses; that will cause the opposite effect instead of appearing slimmer.
Wear “nude” shoes: Wearing nude colored shoes is an excellent idea to further lengthen your legs and create that effect that stylizes the figure, so wear shoes with a skin-like tone, and if it’s winter, then wear opaque socks with black shoes, which will achieve a similar effect. This trick works very well with short skirts because you will show more skin and lengthen the legs.
Wear jeans with a sweater at the waist and shirts: We are talking about a trend from the nineties, but it really looks very good and you will manage to look slimmer without fear of being wrong. They look great with check shirts knotted around the jeans, creating a visual cut to the silhouette which can be reinforced by wearing flat shoes. Likewise, you could wear a light shirt open at the front and make a knot at the bottom, which stylizes the figure, concealing the waist and wide arms.
Wear clothes in the same colour: The so-called “monoblockling” style is about dressing a set with garments in the same colour and it is widely worn by many celebrities who have voluminous figures such as Kim Kardashian, who usually combines neutral colors such as black, nude, army green or grey. It allows us to create a vertical line that makes us look slimmer and taller, greatly stylizing the figure.
In addition, this style looks very elegant, simple and sober, so it can work for different occasions, especially when you go to an event at night where colour can be provided by wearing striking accessories that do not make you look so formal.
Wear striped clothing: To look slimmer, it is also valid to wear stripes, either vertical or horizontal, although the latter could cause an opposite visual effect if you do not know how to combine them. During the summer, you can try stripes as long as the 90/10 rule is respected; that is, that 90% of the garment is light in color and the rest is black.
Vertical stripes can be worn on full garments like dresses or overalls since these lengthen the figure, or in pants and skirts combined with a neutral colored blouse, while horizontal stripes are recommended to be worn only in tops or short T-shirts since the gaze is directed from left to right, and preferably they should be tight to the body to further stylize the figure; but never wear them with very wide garments.
Use zippers: The garments with zipper will also make you look slimmer because when seen from the front, they direct your gaze from top to bottom, creating an imaginary vertical streak. They can be combined with neutral colours and prints very well, which will give the style a romantic and modern touch.
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