Women's Figure Flattery Guide: Full Figured

Elongate your silhouette and enhance specific focal points.

Look for...

• When choosing an outfit, pick a focal point and play it up: neck and shoulders, back, cleavage, forearms, legs, etc.
• Monochromatic and tonal outfits.
• Items with drape and stretch.
• Garments with soft texture, vertical patterns, and prints.

• Jackets & Coats
• Straight cuts.
• Mid-hip lengths or longer.
• Single breasted styles.
• Tailored styles.
• Subtle A-line styles.
• High armholes and natural shoulders for a leaner look.
• Biker jackets.
• Boxy jackets.

• Tops
• Semifitted styles that can be tucked in.
• Wrap styles.
• Off-the-shoulder necklines.
• Styles with bust darts.
• Deep V-necks.

• Pants & Jeans
• Flat-front straight leg trousers with no pockets.
• Waistbands 1” or smaller.
• Jean styles that sit slightly below your natural waist.

• Skirts & Dresses
• Dresses with all-over patterns to keep the eyes moving.
• Dark colors and flat textures.
• Waistbands 1” or smaller.
• Styles without waistbands.
• A-line styles.
• Flat front skirts.
• Play up cleavage or legs as your focal point.

• Suits
• Vertical detailing.
• Semifitted styles.
• Simple styles.

• Swimsuits
• Diagonal lines.
• Chevron patterns.
• Verticals: necklines, piping, patterns, seams.
• Lower necklines.
• Side shirring.
• Dark side panels.
• High Lycra content.

Run from...

• Clingy or tight fitting items.
• Oversized clothing.
• Ill-fitting clothing.
• Stiff fabrics.
• Bulky pockets.

• Jackets & Coats
• Double breasted styles.
• Belted styles.
• Bulky flap or patch pockets.

• Tops
• Hems that end at the widest part of your hips.
• Overembellishment.
• Anything too tight.

• Pants & Jeans
• Pants tapered at the ankle.
• Baggy pants.
• Pants with pleated waists.
• Peg top pants with elastic waists.

• Skirts & Dresses
• Bulky, gathered styles.
• Boxy shapes.
• Horizontal detailing.
• Bias cuts.
• Wrap styles.
• Front darts.
• Pleats.
• Front pockets.

• Suits
• Anything too tight.
• Complicated cuts.
• Horizontal detailing.

• Swimsuits
• Anything that creates a horizontal line.
• Two piece suits that dig into your body.