20 Tips and hacks of How to wear pear body type
pear body type
Determining your body shape and learning how to dress for it can be an empowering experience. If you have a pear body shape, remember to highlight your upper body and create balance by choosing the right bottoms. With these next tips and hacks, you’ll be on your way to feeling confident and stylish.
20 Tips and Hacks on How to Dress for a Pear Body Shape
If you have a pear body shape, the goal is to create balance by enhancing your upper body and drawing attention away from your fat lower body and thin upper body. Here are some tips on how to dress for a pear body shape:
Draw attention to your upper body
- Wear tops that draw attention to your upper body, such as tops with embellishments, ruffles, or bright colors. To highlight your upper body.
- Choose Off-shoulder, scoop necklines or boatnecks also help create the illusion of broader shoulders.
- Draw attention to your upper body with statement jewelry like accessories with statement necklaces, bright scarves, chandelier earrings, bold necklaces, or statement bracelets.
- Wear bright colors and fabric with prints on your upper body.
- Select dresses/tops with prominent sleeves.
Distract attention from the lower body part
- wear darker colors on your bottom half, darker-in-color skirts, or pants.
- Find the right jeans for your body shape, opt for jeans that have a straight or wide leg. skinny jeans are not a very bad choice if you want to flatter your figure.
- Avoid tight-fitting bottoms as they will accentuate your hips and thighs.
Create a balanced silhouette:
- Choosing high-waisted pants can help create a more balanced silhouette.
- A-line skirts and dresses are a great choice to balance your proportions.
- Consider shapewear/ underwear it can smooth and shape your hips and thighs, creating a more streamlined look.
- Make your shoulders look broader as this will help to balance your hips and make you look less bottom-heavy.
- Add volume and detailing to your small bust and torso to balance your bottom half and draw the eye up.
Highlight your waist by
- Emphasize your waist with belts.
- Choose fitted coats or trenches with a belt or buttons to highlight your waist.
- Use the Pieces to adjustable the jeans’ waist.
Elongating your legs
- Shorten your torso – this will make your legs appear longer, and your proportions more balanced.
- Opt for A-line skirts and dresses that go below your knees.
What should you avoid with pear body shape:
- Narrow your shoulders as this will make your frame look more bottom-heavy.
- Make your legs look shorter.
- Make your hips look heavier.
- Add weight or volume to your hips
- Hide your waist.
Clothes you can’t choose with a pear body shape:
- Pencil, straight, and mini skirts.
- Prominent pocket details on the sides of the pants. that will draw the eye to your hips.
- Extremely tapered pants, and skinny jeans sometimes.
- Pastel colors on your lower half.
- Short shorts.
- Layering pieces on the bottom.
- Round-toe shoes!!
- Body con dresses without wearing a great push-up bra.
Written By Rania Abu Jbarah