How to Dress to Look Thinner

Got some extra luggage you don't want others know about? Here are some tips on how to look dress to look thinner.

Dark Colors

Dark colors such as black or navy provide your body with a slender shape, mainly because they reduce the shadow effect that makes you look larger. If you are a bit overweight, wearing anything very light or bright will only produce shadows on your clothing due to the shadows produced by your excess size. You may not be able to see it that clearly, but from afar, all of the tiny shadowing adds up. So remember to wear dark colors in order to negate shadowing, making you look slimmer.

Vertical Stripes = Slimmer Figure

Vertical stripes act as an enhancement to a slender figure. Vertical stripes give eyes the illusion that make you taller. Unlike vertical stripes, wearing horizontal stripes will stress the sideways aspect of your body. This will only serve the purpose of making you look wider, wider than you would like.

Accessorize

Make sure to wear accessories, whether it be a purse or a set of earrings, necklace, or any type of jewelry. This will draw attention away from your other parts and to the places of your body you want to accentuate. Even so, you need to make sure to wear proportionate accessories. If you want to dress smaller and thinner, don't cling onto a tiny purse or bag. This only serves to make your body look bigger with respect to your accessories, thereby defeating the purpose.

No tights

This one is simple. If you don't want to reveal rolls, don't wear anything that clings to your body or is skintight. Make sure that you don't go overboard on the other side as well - wearing anything that is overly baggy and sagging. The trick is to keep a good balance and make everything proportional, thereby negating any funny looking effects that will make you look bigger. You want clothes that will accentuate your curves and bring out your natural body figure and bone structure, not any that will overly accentuate it or cover it up all together.

Designer Bod

Wear clothes with designs on them, rather than plain clothes that don't offer any oomph. Just like dark clothes, clothes with designs and patterns on them reduce shadowing as well as draw attention away from your size. With this being said, keep in mind that you don't want the designs to be too spread apart, as the space in between will definitely show what you don't want.

Stop Slouching

Good posture always enhances your bone structure, giving others the sense that you hold yourself up with confidence. With your back straight, this also works to keep make your shoulders look wider, giving a slimmer look to that midsection.

Big Hair

If you really want to, you can style your hair to look bigger and puffier, giving your upper body a larger look and drawing attention away from your midsection or upper thighs (where most people gain their weight). This works like an accessory, drawing attention to your new hairstyle and away from your weight, especially if your head isn't really that big.

Simple Pants

Pants that have many designs or jewels on them will only draw attention to your midsection. Wear pants that have narrow legs and are one simple shade. Pleated pants or plaid will only work to fool the eye only so far. The person looking at you will be drawn initially to your pants, but as their eyes move up, the midsection will look a lot larger to them, as your legs will look narrow with designed pants.

Wear a skirt

This really isn't an option for men, but if you are a woman trying to show off a slender figure, wearing a skirt can be a nice adjustment to wearing jeans or pants. This will serve to make your thigh area look less large.

Broaden Shoulders

Wear clothes that make your shoulders look broader. Some shirts or blouses are sewn together so that the midsection is rather thin while the shoulders are broad. These will make your shoulders look bigger, taking the attention off of your midsection. Wearing shoulder pads may also work.

If all else fails, dieting and eating healthy isn't really a bad alternative. Remember that you can only dress to look slimmer to a certain degree. Making sure you eat healthy foods and have a moderate exercise routine can only make your body healthier and thinner.