https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:49:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-966275 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 09:22:30 +0000 goldenpig 966275@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As an apple who has that pregnant-looking tummy issue from BOTH front and side views, I completely sympathize with your concerns! But you have a great figure and&nbsp;look awesome in the dress and I'm glad you're keeping it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-965985 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 23:51:30 +0000 cciele 965985@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like others have said, you have a natural feminine curve to your belly! I think much of society has lost sight of what a "normal" tummy looks like :b</p> <p>So glad you are keeping the dress -- it looks fantabulous and I hope you feel fantabulous in it!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-965975 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 23:36:50 +0000 Carla 965975@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Side view belly for sure. I'm sure you've seen it in my WIW posts, and certainly in the recent OT sports pics! Flat butt, smaller bust, short waist. Higher waisted dresses, and mid rise pants work the best, IMO. A jacket can be camouflaging. A good bra with lift can help, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-965957 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:49:27 +0000 AviaMariah 965957@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz - all I see from the side is the drape of your clothes. &nbsp;But I have to say I love your pants! &nbsp;I just ordered some slouchy-ish pants kind of like that and I'm waiting with baited breath to see if they work for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-962133 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 04:23:10 +0000 kellygirl 962133@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wear the dress! You look amazing, Una. You have an enviable and&nbsp;gorgeous figure! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-962130 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 04:17:35 +0000 catgirl 962130@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet and Rae, you are so sweet ( and beautiful!)... You do look very IT from the side, Janet - only you have some booty for balance and a flat abdomen. I love your shape. And Rae, you look perfect to me. Must be that our own eyes are flaw amplifiers for our bodies. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-962120 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 04:07:39 +0000 rae 962120@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here's me trying the CCV dress a year ago... the gut has only gotten bigger after stress and depression, and it's one thing I really don't care about.&nbsp;</p> <p>The dress looks great on you! I am another keep vote.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-962095 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 02:41:28 +0000 Janet 962095@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, maybe this will help you feel better. Even though I have a relatively flat tummy, I have a little curve from the side in certain dresses too. This was three weeks after my surgery so not much swelly belly left. </p> <p>But isn't it weird how ITish I look for the side? It's like I have two different bodies. Here's a workout outfit pic for comparison. </p> <p>(The black dress pic was to see if an old, altered, orphaned dress is working for me now.)</p> <p>Oh, by the way, I meant to tell you, you look fab in the dress! Keep your shoulders slightly back and down -- I always have to work on this because my scoliosis means my back actually curves forward a bit, just the opposite of Elisabeth's so-called swayback. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-962080 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 01:24:07 +0000 Charmian 962080@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, let's get the most important bit out of the way: UNA, YOU LOOK AMAZING. &nbsp;Thank goodness you've decided to keep the dress. &nbsp;And did you say "wrap dress that stays closed"? &nbsp;Where is my credit card?!</p> <p>Less importantly, do you happen to have a short waist or a short rise? &nbsp;Like you, I'm IT/hourglass and I have a bit of a belly pooch too -- I've always chalked it up to my body being disproportionately small in that area, leaving the flesh nowhere to go but out/up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-962056 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 00:21:17 +0000 catgirl 962056@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, you've convinced me. &nbsp;This is a great dress otherwise with the wrap front that ACTUALLY STAYS CLOSED. &nbsp;I am going to give it a go. &nbsp;Would like to be able to wear with and without jacket. &nbsp;Yeesh, professional dressing is hard, but I'm hoping to have two or three fallback outfits in my closet to avoid flailing in the morning, since I will now have to be in early! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-962053 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 00:17:19 +0000 anne 962053@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am not keen on my side view either. In my case for nearly opposite reasons to you Una, ie a very small bust and a large bottom. I don't agree with Suz re pearish shapes, or not my own anyway I also have a very deep body so I just look larger all over from the side. It is a bone structure thing.<br /> as to how you look in the dress, I don't see pregnant, I see womanly. Una a large bust helps with this. it is much easier for us small busted lasses to look pregnant on a bad tummy day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-962044 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 00:03:16 +0000 Mona 962044@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not pregnant at all! The front view is smoking hot and people usually see you from the front first. A little bit of belly from side view is what makes you real (what Kim said in her excerpt from the story). Please keep and wear often. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-962028 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 23:46:34 +0000 Caro in Oz 962028@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you look fantastic in the dress - honestly </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-962023 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 23:44:47 +0000 Gaylene 962023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><i>" I'm not saying all angles need to be the most flattering, but is there a point at which it's just wrong?</i>"</p> <p>Yup, it's the point at which you just feel uncomfortable in the item. The rest of the world can give that dress a thumbs up, but, let's face it, a killer dress ought to make you <i>feel</i> good as well as look good. If this dress doesn't make you feel confident and attractive, why bother? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-962012 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 23:26:27 +0000 Anonymous 962012@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think your body looks lovely. I don't see pregnant at all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-962001 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:41:32 +0000 ElleH 962001@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una I didn't see the pics but I have a similar issue. I have a flat butt &amp; poochy belly. I lost 30 pounds to get rid of tummy &amp; though it is smaller it is still there. I also have saggier boobs&nbsp;&amp; skin now &amp; I look older. My ribs show on my chest &amp; torso &amp; my butt is flatter. I cannot lose anymore weight without looking worse everywhere else. I guess I have to accept, my tummy. Is this why people get lipo? Because you cannot choose where the fat will come off through dieting or exercise.</p> <p>I used to wear empire waist tops. Now that they are dated &amp; my tummy is smaller I faux tuck loose t-shirts or wear woven button downs, that sit away from the body. Wearing loose BFs doesn't help. They just ride lower making more muffin top. I think you could wear spanx with bodycon dresses. I would never remember to hold it in so I won't suggest that. I could also try some exercise, like sit ups to firm it but it won't get rid of the fat. The other thing is avoiding foods I am allergic to for the bloat part of it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-961949 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 21:01:06 +0000 Irene 961949@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a belly too, especially after eating. It bothers me loads but it is good thinking that people don't usually see you from the sides. That dress looks great on you!</p> <p>I hold my belly in when wearing tight dresses. It helps with posture, since you stand straight and you exercise the muscles. Plus, after a while you are not even aware you are doing it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-961880 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:42:45 +0000 ramya 961880@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una do you look awesome in the dress. Does it really matter if u have a small tummy ? I have it took.<br /> When my hubby teases me about it I say too bad you married a lady with curves n not a mannequin :)<br /> You are beautiful n u have nourished a life in that beautiful body of yours. Go easy on it keep that dress plz </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-961878 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:38:18 +0000 annagybe 961878@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a tummy too. I used to super self concious about it. Now it's variable for me. Keep the dress, you look fine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-961858 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:10:58 +0000 Echo 961858@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If I had more courage, I'd post a picture to show you what a REAL belly is! Not downplaying anyone's body issues, but seriously you look fab, Una. You really do. No one could mistake that side view for anyone preggo.</p> <p>I am very sensitive to the side view, because once I was mistaken for being pregnant when I wasn't. Granted, that was shortly after I'd had a baby, but I was still mortified and vowed to dress to camouflage it as much as possible. The side view matters as much or more than the back view to me.</p> <p>But this dress is very flattering and looks great on you. That's not a side view to worry about at all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-961857 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:10:03 +0000 Thistle 961857@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, You look <b><i><u>FAB </u></i></b>in that dress!!</p> <p>Keep it and wear it with confidence. You look terrific, both views.&nbsp; </p> <p>And, um, that little&nbsp;tummy . . . its just part of being a girl&nbsp; :)&nbsp; The muscles in our tummy are more cylyndrical thanmen's, thanks to childbirth. This is why men in shape have flat tummies and women don't. Some women are capable of a six pack, but they are the minority. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-961850 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 18:56:58 +0000 texstyle 961850@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, I'd say no worries, you look great and it's a nice dress.</p> <p>So funny about trying to hold the gut in coco - I agree, when I try to&nbsp;do that it is not good and I realize sometimes that if I just relax I look my best. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-961844 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 18:44:42 +0000 CocoLion 961844@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, just focus on standing up straight when you wear this dress. &nbsp;You don't need to do any thing more. &nbsp;It looks great!</p> <p>I've done this experiment (with pictures as proof) regarding side view. &nbsp;If I stand and focus on pulling in my gut, it looks worse. &nbsp;My waist looks smaller but the gut is still there and the difference between gut and small waist makes me look worse. &nbsp;But if I don't suck it in but stand tall and straight, it elongates my torso and the gut, while still there, looks much better.</p> <p>I do believe some of this comes from being quite short waisted. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-961837 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 18:35:08 +0000 Sara L. 961837@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the dress looks great on you, but agree with AJ that you need to feel great in it too.&nbsp; If you don't think you'll wear it, then it should probably go back.&nbsp;&nbsp;No, you don't look pregnant and I should know You just look normal.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-961777 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:36:35 +0000 AJ 961777@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, I have similar belly issues.&nbsp; Even when I was a little girl and rail thin, I had a belly.&nbsp; </p> <p>The dress looks super nice on you.&nbsp; Is this for work?&nbsp; Will you be wearing a blazer with it?&nbsp; Toppers can hide the unflattering bits.&nbsp; </p> <p>How's the sit down test?&nbsp; Does it exaggerate the belly more?</p> <p>In the end, you need to feel comfortable with it and decide whether that issue will make it an orphan.&nbsp; </p> <p>I decided not to bring my pretty Max and Cleo dress on vacation because I knew I would not have enough restraint to eat healthy during the trip and the dress highlights a happy tummy.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-961775 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:33:13 +0000 Suz 961775@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG, <b>UNA</b>. Get a grip, girl. You look fab!!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-961771 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:29:25 +0000 Anonymous 961771@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nah, dude, life is too short. You look amazing. Keep the dress. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape/page/2#post-961761 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:16:49 +0000 Angie 961761@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>(My dress is the same pattern but a different style - see exhibit A). </p> <p>What bj1111 said. Wear the frock and no more dilly dally about :). It looks KILLER. And is a fresh piece for your frock capsule. Nice and different! </p> <p>The patterned ruching is a lot more camouflaging than you think, Una. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape#post-961750 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:07:38 +0000 rachylou 961750@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I <i>do </i>check out the side view. I don't worry about a tummy. That is part of the female form. What I don't like is looking like a big fat block from the side view - i.e., no curves at all - no butt, no boobs, no nothing. Which normally has to do with fabric drape and garment size (too large). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dressing-for-side-shape#post-961734 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:52:28 +0000 catgirl 961734@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, Exhibits A and B:&nbsp; </p> <p>A;&nbsp; Front view, Kamalikulture dress<br />B.&nbsp; Side view: When's the due date?</p> <p>I'm not saying all angles need to be the most flattering, but is there a point at which it's just wrong? </p>