How to Choose the Perfect Pants For Your Body Shape

Executive Summary about Pants by Janice Wee

What are the perfect pants for your figure type? Anyone with narrow hips and long legs will look great in pants. With small hips and long legs, pants will flatter you. If you have wide hips, be a little more careful with pants. Your ideal pants are flat front pants that fasten on your side. Curvy pants that are wider at the hips and have a narrower waist would flatter a pear shape figure. If you are tall, you can wear bootcut pants well. If you have a tummy, then go for high waist pants that cover up and hold in your tummy. If your tummy still shows, wear a top that covers the pants completely. One of those babydoll tops, empire waist tops or any floaty, feminine tops or even a sleek top that skims your waist and hides the tummy would look great worn over your pants. Either way, as long as you have a tummy or curvy hips, a pair of flat front pants with no details on the waist or front would be ideal for curvy figures.

Should You Wear Cropped Pants?

Executive Summary about Pants by Diana Pemberton-Sikes

“I watched a fashion show last night,” a reader wrote me recently. “They said you should never wear Capris.I am 5′ 7″, long legs, slim size 8. For while low-rise pants tend to flatter very few women, cropped pants can work well on a variety of figures, provided they follow a
few simple guidelines.

Because of where they hit on the leg, they can emphasize several things. For example:

*If you’re petite, they can make you look shorter.

*If you’re bottom heavy, they can make you look heavier.

*If you have short legs, they can make them look shorter.

*If you have thick ankles, they can make them look thicker.

Much of it can depend on the color, cut, style of hem, and shoes that you choose.

COLOR

Small prints work better on small bodies, large prints work better on large
or tall bodies.

CUT

The most flattering cut for trim bodies of all heights tends to be flat front with tapered legs. The least flattering cut tends to be the drawstring look with straight or flared hem. While many women choose this style for comfort, it creates a rectangular block of fabric
from waist to hem, visually adding pounds and subtracting height. If you are petite, heavy, or have thick ankles, this style will magnify all of these things.

STYLE OF HEM

The most flattering hem for most women is plain and tapered. If you’re a bit heavy and feel that a tapered hem makes your hips or upper thighs look bigger, try a straight leg
style instead.

SHOES

For years, the ballerina flat was the shoe of choice to wear with cropped pants. Your best shoe choices create an unbroken line from hem to toe with minimal material that compliments — rather than competes with – your pants. Shoes that are the same color
as pants, white, or flesh-colored are all good choices.

Avoid chunky, heavy shoes, or shoes that compete with your hem. Cropped pants are a great warm weather alternative to shorts for those chilly nights, dressy casual occasions, or
for women who just hate to bare their legs in shorts. If you look for styles that flatter your figure and elongate your body, you’ll look great AND stylish.

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