Think You Look Good in Those Trendy Clothes?

Skinny jeans, short skirts, leggings, lavender – the fashion trends are always changing so you try and keep up. When you see lots of people wearing those great new jeans, you run out and buy a pair. If you see a ton of people in prints, you run out and buy that too.

OK, so that may not be you. But, to some degree, you are probably pretty trendy. You keep up with fashion and style and you wear what’s in. But, do you always look good in your clothes? Is your goal to look good or to look trendy? If your answer is trendy, more often than good, then you might have a problem.

Wearing something trendy doesn’t make you look good. To look good, you have to wear clothes that are flattering.

Everyone has a different body shape. There are pears and apples, carrots and grapes, and all sorts of shapes and sizes of people. Unfortunately, fashion and trends are made for tall, skinny models. Unless you are a tall, skinny model or someone who gets everything tailored to fit, trendy clothes will not always look good on you.

Trendy clothes are fantastic. They are fun and they make shopping fun. But, they aren’t designed to be flattering on all people and they won’t make you look good. Take skinny jeans. Skinny jeans are tight on your legs from your butt to your ankles. They show all of the fat you have on your thighs. When you look at someone wearing skinny jeans, it’s obvious if they have big thighs or not. If you have big thighs, you probably shouldn’t wear skinny jeans, no matter how much you like them. Why? Because those types of jeans will make you look shorter and chubbier. How about one-shoulder shirts? These one-shoulder tops look great on people with nice arms. But, if you have chubbier arms, that shirt will draw attention to your fat arm since the one-shoulder top completely exposes that area.

Instead of buying clothes that are trendy, look for clothes that will flatter your body.

Clothes can do a lot for how you look. Don’t choose clothes that make you look fatter or shorter. Choose clothes that make your butt look smaller or those that make your tummy look less extended. If you have bigger thighs, buy flare or boot cut jeans. They will make your legs look longer and thinner. If you have chubbier arms, look for short-sleeve shirts that drape over your shoulders and hide the upper part of your arms where there is the most fat.

Hardly anyone has the perfect body. We all have to deal with a different body shape. The next time you are trying on trendy clothes, look at whether or not those clothes are emphasizing or improving your problem areas. Choose something that flatters your figure and you will get a lot more attention and compliments than if you wear something really trendy, but look awful in it.