How to Dress Stylishly If You Have a Pear-Shaped Body

Hey gorgeous! My name is Shilpa. I'm a fashion blogger, travel-lover, artist and designer (and also a foodie!). I often write about the latest fashion trends, and how to incorporate them into one's daily wardrobe and personal style. But one of the most common questions I get asked by my blog readers is how to know which trends work for them if they're not so skinny like runway models.
Personal style is all about woking the latest styles according to your body type and personality. And not all styles work for every body type. There are five common body-types - pear, rectangle, hourglass, diamond and strawberry. These depend on your body measurements.
Pear shape is perhaps the most common body type amongst women, because it's just natural. But yet, it's often not the easiest to dress for. And how to find out if you're pear-shaped? Well, if your hip measurement is (considerably) larger than your waist and bust measurements. 

So if you're pear shaped, you have fuller hips than breasts and waist. Some celebrity examples I can think of include Kim Kardashian, Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez. Here are some basic tips on how to dress for it:

• Wear outfits that make your bust seem proportional to your butt.
• Avoid poofy skirts that make your butt look even bigger –  like tulle or ruffled.
• Try long cardigans, cape tops and maxi dresses in thin fabrics.
• Use lots of belts to cinch in your waist, because it'll make you look more hour-glass and it'll avoid the shapelessness of fuller fabrics.

Here are the things you can wear:

• Fitted tops with long hip-covering cardigans and broad belts over skinny jeans.
• Form-fitting short dresses that fall slightly above your knees with belts.
• Blouses tucked into knee-length pencil skirts with slits.
• Crop skinny cardigans over knee-length flared dresses and skinny belts.

And here are the things you should avoid:

• Avoid stiff fabrics because they'll add extra volume and ruin your body proportions.
• Avoid short peplums that end at your hip because they'll make your butt seem even more fuller than the rest of your body.
• Avoid poofy skirts and thick boots.  

So I hope that was helpful! Let me know what you wear if you're a pear-shaped girl. :)