How to Dress 10 Pounds Thinner

1. Match your separates: “Lose” five pounds by matching your pants or skirt, stockings and shoes. You’ll seem 10 pounds lighter if they’re all black! Is the one-color thing too tame for your taste? Slip on a pair of bright shoes to shake things up.

2. Remember the number one secret of slim dressing proportion: Full, round shapes on top and bottom will make you look…full and round. So always accentuate your smallest part by pairing your more generously cut pieces with a snugger mate. Balance a full skirt with a fitted shirt, a flowy blouse with pencil-thin jeans, a miniskirt with a longer top.

3. Sport the right jacket: Jackets that are hip-length with tailored lines will look sleek; ones that are too baggy or that pull are figure-flattery disasters. Tapered jackets will always whittle your waist.

4. Choose shapely skirts: The tailored cut of a pencil skirt (we love that it’s not skintight through the hips) makes all bodies look sleek. A-line ones work wonders on anyone whose thighs are a little heavier.

5. Slip on a long cardigan: Waist-length cardigans tend to shorten your body while long, hip-grazing versions make torsos seem long.

Courtesy of www.BeautyChronicles.com