If you are bigger on the bottom with slender shoulders and a well defined waist, your body type is commonly referred to a being pear shaped. If you ask a woman who is shaped like a pear what her problem area is, most women will respond that it is their hips and tush.
Many women who have a flatter bottom would trade problems in an instant, but women who have a naturally endowed bottom find it more of a curse than an asset.This does not have to be the case. If you know how to dress for your body shape, it can make all the difference in the world in the way you look and more importantly how you feel about yourself.Your biggest challenge will be finding bottoms that fit both your hips and your waist.
You will more than likely be 1 to two sizes smaller on top than on the bottom, making your top look out of proportion. Your curves are great, but balance is our ultimate goal.You will need to give the illusion of a smaller bottom and a balanced top.
You will do this by keeping your darker colors below the waist and lighter brighter colors up on top. Keep an open mind, dark on the bottom does not always have to be black. Try chocolate brown, navy, or dark grey, these are all dark and will help you appear slimmer where it counts most. So let’s focus on the types of pants you should be wearing. There are several things you will need to take into consideration, the rise of your pants, the cut of your jeans, and the fit.• The Rise- This is the area from the crotch to the waist. There is ultra low rise, low-rise, mid-rise, then high waisted. You will want to find a mid rise jean. Please what ever you do stay way from high waisted jeans. Since there is more material to cover your bottom, this will make your bottom appear twice as big and this is the opposite goal of what you are trying to achieve.• The Cut- This refers to the pant leg.
The types you will have to choose from is flared leg, boot cut, straight leg, and skinny and tapered. The straight leg is the best look for you. These will give you longer looking legs. You will do okay with boot cut and flared legs, but avoid skinny and tapered jeans at all cost.
Tapered jeans are wider at the thigh and get tighter at the ankle. Your smaller ankles will make your hips appear huge in comparison.• The Fit-This refers to how your jeans “fit”. The different fits are slim fit, regular fit, easy fit, and relaxed fit. Fit is a matter of personal preference, but you will have more room with the easy fit and relaxed fitting jeans
Friday, June 15, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007
THE INDIAN BEUTY SAREES
Every time we see an Indian woman wearing a brightly-colored saree, we can't help but be amazed by how graceful and womanly they look. We marvel at how the cloth's colors and the way the saree drapes and falls in folds about an Indian woman's body, seem to embody her femininity.
We gape and can't help but be awed at how even the slightest movements of their bodies seem to speak volumes as they move about almost sensuously despite the voluminous quality of the saree's cloth wrapped around the waist. Then, we wonder, what is exactly the mystery behind the saree?A saree or sari, as it is commonly known, is a piece of clothing traditionally worn by Indian women that is as long as nine yards in length. Aside from the cloth though, an Indian woman wears an upper garment that is made of the exact same cloth or has the same design or depicts one of the colors of the saree. This upper garment could either be cropped short baring some skin from the midriff down to the navel or longer, that which it could be tucked in to the saree's waist. From the waist down of the saree, an Indian woman wears a petticoat, to lessen the sheerness of the saree's fabric, which is mostly woven cloth or silk. The allure of the saree comes not only from the way it hints at a body's curves but also in the way it is draped on an Indian woman's body.
This draping could actually be done in several ways. The most common way is when an Indian woman winds or wraps the saree around her waist and then drapes the extra cloth over her shoulder and lets it fall down over her right breast.There are other ways or styles to drape a saree and one of this is the kaccha nivi style. An Indian woman who uses this style will have to pleat the saree cloth and pass it through her legs before tucking it into her back at the waist.
This type of draping is used by an Indian woman, who would like to have her legs covered while she moves around freely. This style is more of the traditional way of draping a saree although there is now a modern nivi style that is used by most Indian women.The modern nivi style is done by an Indian woman tucking one end of her saree into her petticoat's waistband. She wraps the fabric of the saree from her hips down just once and gathers it into pleats below her navel. She also tucks these pleats into her petticoat's waistband. This type of pleat is called as kick pleat in the West and makes movements especially walking, easier. The Indian woman then drapes the saree's loose end over her shoulder, from her right hip over to the left shoulder.
When wearing a cropped blouse, the Indian women show a peek of her midriff through this draping style. Sometimes, this type of saree draping calls for an Indian woman to just adjust the loose end to either show or hide her navel for a more sultry look.There are still other types of saree draping that an Indian woman uses. These styles differ though are based on what part of India she is from and on what traditional style of draping she is following. An Indian woman sometimes wears a saree not only as a piece of clothing but also to show where she comes from.
We gape and can't help but be awed at how even the slightest movements of their bodies seem to speak volumes as they move about almost sensuously despite the voluminous quality of the saree's cloth wrapped around the waist. Then, we wonder, what is exactly the mystery behind the saree?A saree or sari, as it is commonly known, is a piece of clothing traditionally worn by Indian women that is as long as nine yards in length. Aside from the cloth though, an Indian woman wears an upper garment that is made of the exact same cloth or has the same design or depicts one of the colors of the saree. This upper garment could either be cropped short baring some skin from the midriff down to the navel or longer, that which it could be tucked in to the saree's waist. From the waist down of the saree, an Indian woman wears a petticoat, to lessen the sheerness of the saree's fabric, which is mostly woven cloth or silk. The allure of the saree comes not only from the way it hints at a body's curves but also in the way it is draped on an Indian woman's body.
This draping could actually be done in several ways. The most common way is when an Indian woman winds or wraps the saree around her waist and then drapes the extra cloth over her shoulder and lets it fall down over her right breast.There are other ways or styles to drape a saree and one of this is the kaccha nivi style. An Indian woman who uses this style will have to pleat the saree cloth and pass it through her legs before tucking it into her back at the waist.
This type of draping is used by an Indian woman, who would like to have her legs covered while she moves around freely. This style is more of the traditional way of draping a saree although there is now a modern nivi style that is used by most Indian women.The modern nivi style is done by an Indian woman tucking one end of her saree into her petticoat's waistband. She wraps the fabric of the saree from her hips down just once and gathers it into pleats below her navel. She also tucks these pleats into her petticoat's waistband. This type of pleat is called as kick pleat in the West and makes movements especially walking, easier. The Indian woman then drapes the saree's loose end over her shoulder, from her right hip over to the left shoulder.
When wearing a cropped blouse, the Indian women show a peek of her midriff through this draping style. Sometimes, this type of saree draping calls for an Indian woman to just adjust the loose end to either show or hide her navel for a more sultry look.There are still other types of saree draping that an Indian woman uses. These styles differ though are based on what part of India she is from and on what traditional style of draping she is following. An Indian woman sometimes wears a saree not only as a piece of clothing but also to show where she comes from.
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