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What Dresses are Flattering for Pear-Shaped Figures?
What to Wear:When dressing a pear-shaped body, choose dresses that will help add volume to the upper body, de-emphasize the lower body, and draw attention to the defined waist. These tips will help you achieve an overall balanced appearance and a shapely silhouette. The fitted bodice and flowy skirt of an empire-waist dress is great for highlighting narrow shoulders while discretely de-emphasizing the hips. To add the illusion of volume to your upper body, choose a boat-neck or scoop-neck dress. Wide necklines and beaded high-collar dresses draw focus upward, visually broadening the shoulders and emphasizing the bust to balance out the proportions. Features like ruffles, popovers, or tiered layers can also create volume where needed. Try an off-the-shoulder or cold-shoulder dress for a trendy, figure-flattering way to emphasize your torso, or add some excitement to your look with a chic and stylish hemline. Ruffled hemlines, laser-cut hemlines, handkerchief hems and tulip-style skirts are perfect for adding a little pizzazz and drawing attention to your curves without adding any bulk or unnecessary volume to your hips.
What to Avoid:As the woman with a pear-shaped figure has rounder hips and a fuller bottom, choosing flattering dresses can be a challenge. The trick is to remember to look for styles that will create the illusion of a proportionally balanced figure by focusing attention upward. You may want to avoid any dresses, details, or features that add volume or focus attention on the hip region, as this will add to the bottom-heavy appearance. For example, long prom dresses with mermaid or trumpet skirts flare out and can give the illusion of unnecessary added volume. It’s best to pass on formal or semi-formal party dresses with embellishments on the hips or tiered or layered skirts for the same reason. Shift dresses, or shapeless oversized styles, also should be avoided as these cuts tend to hide one of your best assets: a well defined waistline.
Explore the varied assortment of figure-flattering dresses for pear-shaped figures offered by PromGirl to find just the right prom, homecoming, or party dress for your body type. Whatever your personal preference, you can confidently dance the night away at your next special event in one of these designer dresses for pear-shaped figures.