As one of the most sought after body types
in all of the modern world, an hourglass body
shape can be recognized from celebrities such
as Kim Kardashian, Beyoncé, Sofia Vergara,
but it’s also equally important knowing
how to dress it so stay tuned cause I'm gonna
teach you all the tips and tricks you need
to better dress this body type. hey guys it's
Bella welcome back to my channel Concept Three
where I help you level up your wardrobe, yourself
and your lifestyle. Today video's is going
to be the second one I do on my body shape
series, which is a series in which I talk
about how to dress each of the five body shapes.
Today I will be talking about how to dress
an hourglass body shape and give you guys
some tips and tricks that will help you easily
dress your body and make you have a balanced
silhouette. You might be this body shape if
you have slightly round shoulders, bust and
hips of the same width, a small defined waist,
rounded hips and bottom and if you tend to
gain weight evenly throughout your body. The
goal with this body type is to emphasize that
small waist while at the same time still balancing
out the shoulders and hips and making sure
that those proportions look equally balanced.
First we're going to start with what type
of necklines really make this body shape look
amazing. The general rule with tops and necklines
in specific is you don't want to wear a neckline
that is going to unbalance the natural silhouette
of the body. You want to avoid tops that are
going to broaden your shoulders and make your
shoulders look too wide and also tops that
are going to add bulkiness and volume to the
top half of your body. Some styles you really
want to avoid are wide necklines and high
narrow necklines that have embellishments
around this area. You want to avoid these
styles because basically a high narrow neckline
is going to make you look very narrow up here
and its going to unbalance the symmetry of
your body and if you wear very wide necklines
its going to make your shoulders look a lot
broader and again unbalance you know the natural
silhouette of your body. Some dos are oval
necklines. Some great necklines you can wear
are off the shoulder, sweetheart, square,
scoop or v-necks. All of these are some really
great options that will make you look beautiful
and are really going to balance out the upper
portion of your body without making it look
too wide or too narrow in proportion to your
hips. Next we're gonna talk all about sleeves
so just as with the neckline the goal with
sleeves is to not unbalance the natural silhouette
of the body. So you want to look for sleeves
that don't visually add with to the top of
your shoulders or that don't add necessary
volume as well. Absolutely avoid sleeves with
large embellishments and sleeves that are
just too wide and too puffy. Anything basically
that will draw a lot of unnecessary attention
to the upper body. And if you do opt for like
slightly shoulder enhancing sleeves make sure
you balance it out by adding bottoms that
give you a little bit more volume so you're
still maintaining a balanced look. This being
said the best type of sleeve would be a fitted
sleeve. This is going to show people the natural
size of your shoulders without making them
look too wide or without making them look
too narrow. Some examples of sleeves that
look great on an hourglass are sleeveless,
set in, three-fourth, fitted and bishop sleeves.
These are definitely some tips to follow if
you want to have a nice, have a nice balanced
silhouette. The goal with tops is to accentuate
your small waist while at the same time balancing
out the width of your shoulders and your hips.
So with tops you're going to want to wear
something that really emphasizes your waist
and something that also doesn't add too much
bulk to your shoulders. Top should definitely
be fitted, they should nip at the waist without
adding unnecessary volume to the mid section.
You're also going to want to choose tops that
extend to about the top of your hip bone.
Avoid tops that have a lot of ruffles big
bows, a lot of unnecessary embellishments
on the shoulder this is one area you're not
going to want to emphasize. You're gonna want
to emphasize your waist and show off just
how small it is. Those were the don'ts some
of the dos are fitted tops. As an hourglass
figure fitted tops are your best friend, because
your body is already pretty balanced with
your bust hips being more or less the same
width being balanced and your smaller waist.
So you're going to want to wear fitted tops.
Some options include a fitted t-shirt, a fitted
wrap top, a belted top or even a peplum top.
With this body type you can get away with
a lot of tops, I mean you're not limited to
just these few that I named, but these generally
are going to be your best options. So for
tops that's about it I think that tops are
pretty easy with this body type you just don't
want to do anything extra, no fluffy things
on the sleeve, no embellishments up there
you just want to keep it simple, classic,
and elegant. Lastly we're going to talk about
everyone's favorite part of dressing which
is dresses or at least it's my favorite part.
So like with the tops when choosing dresses
this body type really has to focus on drawing
attention to the waist and emphasizing the
waist cause that's, with this body type that's
your weapon. A tiny tiny waist. At the same
time not adding too much volume to the bust
or shoulders. Some of the don'ts for dresses
for this body type are wearing really boxy
and unfitted dresses. This is really unflattering
on this body type because you have such a
small waist so if you're wearing a straight
boxy dress you're going to loose your waist
in the dress and it's going to make you look
even bigger in the mid section. So this being
said nipped and belted dresses are going to
be your best friend, because these emphasize
your already small waist and make it look
even smaller and it just draws attention to
the perfect place on your body. Some dress
types that are great for this body are a wrap
dress, a shift dress a paneled waist dress,
a bias dress and a peplum dress. So with all
these dresses they really really flatter your
figure. To summarize what we talked about
for this body shape you really want to make
sure you emphasize your small waist while
at the same time balancing out the shoulders
and the hips to make sure you have a balanced
silhouette. You want to make sure and follow
these tips so that you are dressing your body
to the best of your ability. This being said
I hope you guys enjoyed the video I hope you
now have a better idea on how to dress your
body shape and after learning this stuff it
was much easier to dress myself. So comment
below if you have an hourglass body shape
or if you have any other notable celebrities
with this body shape, cause i'm always looking
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