Plus size is the buzzword for sizes that fit full-figure women. It’s the go-to for women who were apparently not born with a slim or slim body. This way, full-figured women can also stay fashionable and look good even if they don’t share the same size as supermodels Kate Moss, Heidi Klum, or Claudia Schiffer.
One fashion tip all full-figured women should know, and probably already know, is the efficacy of seeking refuge in the color black. If there is one fashion cliché that will be forever in style, it is wearing black for plus size women. Black creates an optical illusion that a body is smaller than it actually is. Therefore, a size five woman can look at least a size four or even three if she wears black.
Another tip for plus size women is to avoid horizontal prints. In fashion, not everything you see is what you get. Most things can be faked, or at least manipulated by optical illusions. Patterns and prints can make a woman’s body look fatter or slimmer. In this case, the horizontal lines are fattening.
To avoid discrimination based on body size and to cater to a particular target market, many fashion lines now offer clothing in plus sizes. Some fashion brands even make clothes specifically for plus-size women. This is good news for many women who find it difficult to sneak between shelves of clothes that just don’t fit. Imagine the stress and mental torture of trying to squeeze your body to an impossible size. With plus size clothing, the voluptuous woman can be fashionable by choice. Now buying clothes for them is also for the sake of fashion and not just for the sake of buying clothes just because these are the only ones left for them.
Fashion has evolved in a way that, regardless, is giving women their size more options and considering what they really want to wear in a style that suits them. Look at Queen Latifah and Oprah Winfrey. These two women are in fashion in their own right and in their own way. It just goes to show that being in style isn’t affected just by your body type, but simply by knowing your body type, accepting it for what it is, and knowing the pieces that will work harmoniously with it.
Another great inspiration is top model Whitney Thompson. She is the winner of Cycle 10 of America’s Next Top Model. Believe it or not, she is the only plus-size model among the brood, but she stood out for her confidence and a taste for what’s really in style. For women who are dejected by their plus size body build, stop hiding under sheets and layers of fabric and start showing the whole world that fashion is about radiating confidence and not being a lonely woman.
