Dressing an apple shape

If you are an apple shape, you will have following physical-characteristics:

• The upper body is broader than the lower body.
• Slimmer leg and narrow hip.
• Bust falls under average to a bigger size.
• The waist is not defined.
• Fullness and weight gain are mostly around the waist

Do’s:

• Avoid unnecessary bulk around the bust and waist area.
• Use of softer fabrics.
• Pick a straight line or slightly fitted clothing silhouette.
• Keep detail around neck and shoulder or below hip or hem.
• opt for brighter lower-body clothing.
• Wear clothing that brings attention to your leg area.

Don’ts:

• Use of excessive detail and fabric around the waist area – that will make your top portion look bulkier.
• Brighter upper body clothing – it will highlight your top portion more than needed.
• Wearing skinny pants- it will throw off your proportion.
• Wearing horizontal line geometric print- It will make your top portion look heavier.
• Wearing shapeless and boxy clothing – It will make you look bulky.

Preferable Necklines:

• Invest in tops or dresses with wider and lower necklines.
• A low V-shape neckline is most preferable.
• Embellishment or detail on the neckline highlight the top.
• Avoid high and narrow necklines. It will enhance the bulkiness around the waist and midsection.

Range of preferable Necklines for apple body shape:

Preferable Sleeves:

• Avoid fitted sleeves.
• Opt for Flared and lose sleeves.
• Investing in detailed or embellished sleeves helps to divert attention from a heavy waist and stomach.

Range of preferable Sleeves for apple body shape:

Preferable Tops, T-shirts, and Shirts:

• Avoid crop tops and fitted tops at any cost.
• Invest in a loose or flowy fit top with embellishment on the neck or either on the hem and nowhere in between.
• The length of the top should be long enough to cover the stomach or till the hip line.
• Instead of solid colors invest in big prints, textures, and horizontal patterns.
• Don’t tuck in the top. Instead lit it low loose.

Range of preferable Top, T-shirts, and Shirts for apple body shape:

Preferable Jacket and Coat:

• Avoid double-breasted coats or jackets.
• The length should be longer than hipline.
• No embellishment or belt around the waist.
• Straight- structure or A-line is more preferable.
• Don’t button up, wear open. It will elongate your figure.

Range of preferable jackets and coats for apple shape body:

Preferable Jeans and Trousers:

• Flares, boot-cut, and wide-leg style jeans or trousers will proportionate out the body.
• Opt for plain jeans or trousers with back and pockets.
• Avoid embellishments around the waist and brighter/light color as it will grab attention.
• Low to mid-rise with wider belt jeans or trousers will hide the bulky stomach area.
• Jeans and trousers should be flat fronted and not body hugging.
• Side-fastening jeans and trousers avoid extra bulk on the stomach area.

Range of preferable Jeans and Trousers for apple shape body:

Preferable Skirts and Shorts:

• High waisted skirts and shorts, flowy or wider from the bottom will hide the bulk around the stomach.
• Avoid too tight or too boxy, as it will through you out of the proportion.
• Avoid tiered and ruffled to avoid a heavy/bulky look.
• Side-fasting will avoid extra bulk on the waist and stomach area.
• Preferable length of skirt and shorts should be at least till above knee, knee, or till the calf.

Range of preferable Skirts and shorts for apple shape body:

Preferable Dress style:

• Avoid body-hugging or tight dress.
• Dresses’ silhouette which distracts attention around the waist-stomach area is more preferable.
• Investing in a belt to wear at the thinnest part of the waist will give the defined waist look.
• Avoid dresses with heavy, detailed, embellished, or texture around the midsection area.
• Invest in a dress that has good detail around the neck, shoulders, sleeves, and hem.
• The silhouette of the dress should be narrow at the shoulder and wider/flowy at the bottom.

Range of preferable dresses for apple shape body:

Preferable Jumpsuit and Playsuit:

• Avoid skin-tight or body-hugging jumpsuit or playsuit.
• Jumpsuit or playsuit should be narrower from the shoulder and wider/flowy from the bottom/hem.
• Invest in a high-waisted Jumpsuit or playsuit as it will avoid extra attention around the stomach area.
• Opt for light-flowy fabrics.
• Avoid any embellishments around mid-section.

Range of preferable Jumpsuits and Playsuits for apple shape body:

Achieve more proportional body shape:

• Wear dark color clothing around the waist like a dark color top or belt.
• Wear a dress that has either a slit at the waistline or right below the bust line.
• Wear a good push-up bra or a bra that lifts your bust.
• Use horizontal print or detail.
• Invest in clothing that doesn’t have any detail near your bust, waist, stomach, or hip. Instead, opt for clothing that has detail either on the top or below the hip.

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