Comments on: How to dress the pretty pear body type, 2010

By: Ubbus

Ubbus — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 06:32:04 +0000

This is great, Angie! Thank you so much!
I am sually good with buying the right pair of jeans, dresses or tops that suit my body. Where I have a problem is with skirts and pants because not only am I pear shaped, I have thigh saddlebags. This makes some of the pants and skirts drawn a horizontal tight line right across my thighs.

I also have a problem with shorts – just in terms of finding the right fit and length. Any suggestions?

By: ML

ML — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 08:49:16 +0000

One of the best articles on pear shapes I’ve seen yet!

By: Shreela

Shreela — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:29:52 +0000

I’ve read many such articles, but mostly they could be called “encouragement”, while this,
Is Solid advice!
This is really great!
Now I will think up ways to fit my Indian dresses (Salwaar Kameez & Kurtis) to these guidelines.

By: rosee

rosee — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:11:03 +0000

I’m commenting even though it’s an older article b/c I want easy access to it on my profile. Thanks for a great piece with loads of good info. Now to find what works…

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:29:23 +0000

I just wanted to add shirtdresses to the list. I love them and get tons of compliments when I wear mine with a nice waist-cinching belt and knee high boots in the fall and cute wedges in the spring/summer.

By: Nika

Nika — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:34:19 +0000

Thanks for revisiting this, Angie. Great timing for me because after months of “crisis style”

By: Crystal

Crystal — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 04:16:10 +0000

I find it funny that I’m 3 inches off from hourglass. But this really helped. I love boot cut jeans but I like skinny jeans sometimes and before reading this – I’d layer my skinny jeans with an empire waisted dress or long tunic.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:22:59 +0000

I love the tunic over straight jeans look, but always had problems because I would have to buy jeans to accommodate my wide hips and then they were always too big around my middle. If I wore a belt to keep them up my middle looked chunky. If I went without a belt my jeans were always slipping down. I solved this problem by buying a couple of pairs of straight leg jeans with elasticated waist and no pockets. No one can see the elastic waist, they are supremely comfortable, and the silhouette is now streamlined.

I hasten to add I would never wear these jeans unless they were UNDER something

By: Fun 50’s A-line frocks

Fun 50’s A-line frocks — Thu, 06 May 2010 13:53:18 +0000

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By: How to dress the hot hourglass body type, 2010

How to dress the hot hourglass body type, 2010 — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:03:07 +0000

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