Comments on: Shaping shapeless knitwear http://youlookfab.com/2007/10/24/shaping-shapeless-knitwear/ Look fab, feel fabulous. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:45:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Angie http://youlookfab.com/2007/10/24/shaping-shapeless-knitwear/comment-page-1/#comment-4230 Angie Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:07:09 +0000 http://www.youlookfab.com/2007/10/24/shaping-shapeless-knitwear/#comment-4230 I enjoy belts too. It isn't easy generalizing about which styles are best for which body type though. I've had slim size 6P's look dreadful in wide waist-cinching belts and curvy size 16's look incredible in wide waist-cinching belts. By the same token, I've had small framed petite pear shaped gals sport waist belts beautifully while tall size 10 hourglasses look dumpy. There seem to be loads of factors at play when it comes to belts - a person's height, frame, waist-size and belt style. Throw the article of clothing that you want to belt into the mix and it seems an impossible task! I hope to share tangible generalizations about which belts are best and share them with you as I discover them. I enjoy belts too. It isn’t easy generalizing about which styles are best for which body type though. I’ve had slim size 6P’s look dreadful in wide waist-cinching belts and curvy size 16’s look incredible in wide waist-cinching belts. By the same token, I’ve had small framed petite pear shaped gals sport waist belts beautifully while tall size 10 hourglasses look dumpy.

There seem to be loads of factors at play when it comes to belts – a person’s height, frame, waist-size and belt style. Throw the article of clothing that you want to belt into the mix and it seems an impossible task! I hope to share tangible generalizations about which belts are best and share them with you as I discover them.

]]> By: m http://youlookfab.com/2007/10/24/shaping-shapeless-knitwear/comment-page-1/#comment-4227 m Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:13:18 +0000 http://www.youlookfab.com/2007/10/24/shaping-shapeless-knitwear/#comment-4227 more belt suggestions, please! i would love to know more about interesting belts, betls for different body types and outfits. more belt suggestions, please! i would love to know more about interesting belts, betls for different body types and outfits.

]]> By: Lulu http://youlookfab.com/2007/10/24/shaping-shapeless-knitwear/comment-page-1/#comment-4179 Lulu Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:25:50 +0000 http://www.youlookfab.com/2007/10/24/shaping-shapeless-knitwear/#comment-4179 I love Eileen Fisher fabrics also and I religiously purchase their stretch silk jersey tops as wardrobe basics. A lot of their fabrics drape particularly well and I see their salespeople (and window display dummies) wear flowy jackets with the fronts pinned together to show off the smallest part of the waist. I've never mastered the technique myself but it works very well whenever I see it on the women who work there (they tend to come in all age and sizes too), because you can control which area on your torso you want to showcase. I love Eileen Fisher fabrics also and I religiously purchase their stretch silk jersey tops as wardrobe basics. A lot of their fabrics drape particularly well and I see their salespeople (and window display dummies) wear flowy jackets with the fronts pinned together to show off the smallest part of the waist. I’ve never mastered the technique myself but it works very well whenever I see it on the women who work there (they tend to come in all age and sizes too), because you can control which area on your torso you want to showcase.

]]> By: Meredith http://youlookfab.com/2007/10/24/shaping-shapeless-knitwear/comment-page-1/#comment-4154 Meredith Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:26:36 +0000 http://www.youlookfab.com/2007/10/24/shaping-shapeless-knitwear/#comment-4154 I do love, love, love the fabrics and colors that Eileen Fisher uses, and I bought one of her pieces ages ago, but I could just never make it work so I tossed it. I wished I had known about this belt trick then. Sigh. I do love, love, love the fabrics and colors that Eileen Fisher uses, and I bought one of her pieces ages ago, but I could just never make it work so I tossed it. I wished I had known about this belt trick then. Sigh.

]]> By: Lulu http://youlookfab.com/2007/10/24/shaping-shapeless-knitwear/comment-page-1/#comment-4152 Lulu Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:16:30 +0000 http://www.youlookfab.com/2007/10/24/shaping-shapeless-knitwear/#comment-4152 I have a question about using belts to add shape to shapeless knits. I have some looser smooth knit and cotton tops that I wouldn't mind adding a belt to. As a thicker rectangle, all fashion books/articles tell me I should wear skinny belts in dark colors, perhaps lower on my hip. I just bought a black "obi" style belt in an elastic material that was all the rage a few months ago, should I wear it over my thin knits? What is the philosophy behind "no wide belts for rectangles"? I have a question about using belts to add shape to shapeless knits. I have some looser smooth knit and cotton tops that I wouldn’t mind adding a belt to. As a thicker rectangle, all fashion books/articles tell me I should wear skinny belts in dark colors, perhaps lower on my hip. I just bought a black “obi” style belt in an elastic material that was all the rage a few months ago, should I wear it over my thin knits? What is the philosophy behind “no wide belts for rectangles”?

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