Why Aren't You Dressing For Your Body Type?

While it is important to feel good in your clothes, you should never dress for comfort or fashion alone.

If you ignore the body type you see in the mirror or distort it in your mind, very negative things are going to happen for you.

You will not look your best. You will be fully and consciously aware of this and therefore your moods are going to plummet to the darkest depths.

You will waste an inordinate amount of time on hunting fruitlessly for fashion that fits and looks fab. All fashions cannot look good on all people, not only when you are overweight.

Some fashions are downright ugly. They look terrible even on the professional models that are selected to promote them.

Often we want what the models and celebrities are wearing because we are convinced by expert marketing consultants that we want these things.

We are bombarded with messages both subtle and overt that every new fashion will make us happy, popular, beautiful, youthful, rich, slim...

We have to stop thinking "fashion" and start thinking "style". Find the styles that suit you and only wear them in colors and patterns that work for you.

Once we are prepared to admit that we have a particular body type, we are on the way to dressing for it. If we get it right, even when we are well overweight, we can still look good.

So you can be dressing for your body type you have to know what not to wear. The right choice of clothes can slim down your body, create a positive body image and lift your mood.

Do not ever dress in clothes that are the fashion of the day unless that fashion happens to coincide with bodyshapewear that suits you.

If you dress for fashion, not a style to suit your body type, you will lose out. You'll not look anywhere near your best and you will continue to fling money at fabric that simple does not flatter you.

You deserve better than this. You have to create a personal body image that works for you and helps you to look good. The most memorable dressers are those people that have a distinctive personal style. Be that type of snappy dresser rather than a slave to ever changing and revolving fashion.

What not to wear for your body type is actually very simple. You just have to do some experimentation and take long honest appraisals of yourself.

Only wear colors that look good on you - do not compromise even if an outfit is a good style, the color will ruin it for you if it makes you washed out or clashes with your complexion.

If you are operating above your healthy weight range, steer clear of items that draw attention to your lumps and bumps, no matter how comfortable they are.

The only way to be dressing for your body type is to really look at your shape and have the courage to say "this outfit does not suit me". It is a much more positive outlook than "I know I don't look good in this, but I'm going to wear it anyway."

Rosie Peters gives common sense advice, encouragement and tips for weight loss, sensible diet and lifelong fitness. Sometimes it's not what you want to hear, but what you need to know to be dressing for your body type
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