Plus Size Women Fashion

You are 31 years old, single, a career woman working with different people your age. You want to look and feel good every single day that you go to your office and do your daily work. What should you do? What should you look for when you are a bit on the heavy side? You are five feet seven and weight more than what you should at 150 pounds. What should you look for when you go shopping for your clothes?

Here are a few tips for those who are a bit overweight in looking for the right clothes for them especially during the summer months when skimpy outfits are very much common in vacation destinations.

Wear plain clothes with darker colors to hide bulges on you body. If you are a bit on the heavy side and wears the plus size, it’s likely you have those noticeable love handles on your waist line. It is better to hide those bulges by wearing darker hues of the colors you love to conceal them a bit and show an illusion of a slender body. Darker colors would also highlight you beautiful skin should you have a fair skin. It would allow you to highlight your flawless skin and remove the attention from the bulges on your body.

Wear vertical stripes and not horizontal ones. With your plus size, if you want to wear stripes, you have to wear the vertical ones and not the horizontal ones. Verticals will give the illusion of thinness as well as it’s variations like diagonals. Horizontal stripes would only make you look even heavier. Horizontal stripes could also highlight the bulges on your body making you look heavier. If you wear stripes, do not wear horizontal ones, wear the vertical or diagonal ones to give you an illusion of lightness and thinness or curvaceous ness.

Summer colors would be fun to wear especially this hot season. Even if you are a little over weight and wears plus size, it does not mean you can not wear the colors that you like. If you like to wear shirts that are colorful and the colors of summer, you may do so. Check your local stores for the plus sized but make sure you buy the ones that would complement the curves of your body. Do not try wearing simple straight shirt because it would just highlight the bulges on your body. You might as well try the shirts that have cuts on the lower waist and with seams on that part to limit the show of bulges once you wear the shirt.

Wear flowing clothes that would give the illusion of curves. If you would like to go along with the rest of the group, even with your plus size, you may way the floral colors of this summer. You may choose to wear flowing clothes that does not cling to the body and give the illusion of thinness just like vertical stripes on stripped clothes. Flowing clothes gives the illusion of a curvy body and thinner figure.

Plus size shoes and sandals. When you are buying your foot ware at the department store or boutiques, it would be good to check the plus size section right away. It’s likely that they will have your size, unlike if you go to the regular shops, which may likely not have your size. If it is summer, try looking into sandals for the beaches or slippers that will highlight and complement your toes and feet. Even if you have big feet it does not mean that you do not have the right to feel good about wearing nice sandals or beach slippers. Try getting some with the colors that pleases you and you may complement and used them with the wardrobe that you have bought your summer vacation outings.

Having plus size clothes and shoes should not be barrier towards being fashionable. You should try to appreciate your body even if you are a little overweight.  Being overweight does not mean you cannot be fashionable anymore. It is just a challenge on what you should wear and what should not. With this kind of dilemma that you have, it would help you use your creativity in trying to figure out what kind of clothes you should wear on the different seasons of the year.