adminAnn Ruthenburg
HELLO there folks, this is the last week of January, can you believe it? I always believe once January passes, the year will start moving like a speed train. I hope you spent January putting a strategy and plan in place so that you can stay on track each month. . .I did lol!
This week I am focusing on dressing the woman with the voluptuous hips. Yes, that is most of us African woman. We hippy women are so appreciative to people like the Kardashians and Jennifer Lopez for making hips fashionable. We are also appreciative to designers who jumped on the bandwagon and started designing beautiful outfits to fit our body shapes. . . “finally being African is fashionable lol”.
But being fashionable does not always mean that everything fits us perfectly. It is hard to wear these stretch fabric skirts or pants without panty lines showing, cellulite showing and unwanted jingly parts being exposed. There are ways to wear some of these outfits especially the skirts, so this week we are going to chat a little about the three best things to wear with these styles that we wear over our voluptuous hips without looking like a hippopotamus from behind, or like we are carrying tyres on our hips.
So first and foremost ladies, invest in one or two Spandex. I promise you the stars you see on TV whether small or voluptuous wear spandex when they are wearing fitted clothing. You can get spandex in simple panty style or thigh shorts style depending on whether it is your bottom and tummy you want to flatten or all the way over your thighs. The spandex thigh length is perfect because you do not have to wear petticoats under your clothes. They cover your legs perfectly. Also if you are going to wear something fitting, best ensure it looks perfect. No one wants to see jingly thighs or orange peel bottom. So spandex works perfect, regardless of whatever material the skirt is
Length is so important as well ladies. If a fitting skirt is too long, you will look like a cartoon character. If it is too short you will look like you are selling sex. The best way to wear a fitting stretch skirt is for it to sit below your knees, but above your calf or middle of your calf. Mid calf makes your calf look larger by the way and makes bendy legs look straighter. Nothing wrong with wearing different shades over your hips, but try and ensure your skirts have patterned designs. This will make your hips look smaller they are, by distracting one’s eyes away from your shape to the skit patterns.
Another great idea is wearing high heels. There is nothing that makes a woman look slimmer and taller instantly than wearing high heels. If you cannot walk in them, now is the time to learn girlfriend, you can thank me later. Heels lengthen the look of your legs better than anything else I know. Women with hips tend to look shorter and larger than they actually are. So heels are a hippy woman’s best friend. The higher the heel, the slimmer the look. Thank God for the high-waisted trousers and skirts on the market now. I must say though that the first time this design came on the fashion scene, I thought how can they make pregnancy fashion the norm. But I tell you as long as you have a hip and a bottom and a sizeable stomach, these pants / denims are God sent. They make the stomach look flat and the balance out the hip downwards perfectly. “They are something a bit different but still very flattering on most figures.”
You cannot go wrong ladies with leggings or tights, especially in dark colours. They can cover a multitude of sins on the body and can also make a woman’s outfit look more respectful especially is the outfit is revealing too much. “They are easy, comfortable and come in all kinds of fabrics and textures.”
Leggings can change a potential disastrous outfit to a beautiful ensemble.
Anastasia is an ex-beauty queen, photographic model, blogger (annruthenburg.blogspot.com), a motivational speaker, and a fashionista. Message her on 0733285730 or email on [email protected]
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