Fashion expert shares 10 things women with curvy hips should never wear

Wearing the right clothes for your body type can be a game-changer, especially for women with curvy hips and thighs.

Find out the right clothing to embrace your curves with confidence and style. Let’s begin!

DON’T: Wear simple tops

For women with curvy hips, wearing a solid color plain top should be avoided.

You want to draw attention to the top part of your body and a simple top won’t have enought interest to do that. What will work? Keep reading!

DO: Wear off-the-shoulder tops and dresses

These kinds of tops and dresses draw attention away from the hips and thighs. They elongate the neck and throat and draw eyes towards the neck and upper chest area. You can get more eyes towards this area by wearing long, dangling earrings or colorful necklace.

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DO: Wear V-necks or scoop necks

V-necks or scoop neck tops open the neck area so it’s also best to wear layered necklaces to emphasize the area. You can also wear a V-neck top with a straight or ruffled collar.

DO: Wear statement tops with patterns and bright colors

This is one of the best ways to apply the Focus part. When you wear tops with patterns or bright colors or both, you’re placing attention on the top part of your body. It keeps the eyes off your hips and thighs. So wear those crazy patterns and colors!

DO: Wear tops with big lapels or collars

Or maybe you don’t want to go too crazy and bright but you need to have some design on your top. Go for big lapels or collars instead. Bonus if it’s got a ribbon in the center.

DO: Wear tops with horizontal stripes

A horizontal striped top may be a simple top but it does have a pattern. That pattern also draws the eyes away from the hips and thighs. The pattern draws the eyes towards the top permanently. That’s what you want, no one looking at your hips and thighs. Make sure the stripes are horizontal, not vertical. Vertical stripes will just draw the eyes towards the bottom.

DON’T: Wear shapeless, droopy tops

Hiding your curvy hips and thighs doesn’t mean hiding your entire body. When you wear something shapeless, you’re making yourself look wider than usual. Wear something structured or tailored to help emphasize your best features.

DON’T: Wear long tops that go down your leg

This is a tricky one. You would think this type of top is great because it hides the hips and thighs. It’s actually drawing people’s eyes to go from top to bottom and the eyes stop at your thighs. Stop wearing this type of top.

DO: Wear pieces that add volume

Wear tops that add volume. You can wear tops that have puffy sleeves. Or maybe you can wear a tailored jacket.

DO: Wear shoulder pads

There is a way to add volume to your existing tops. Use shoulder pads. You can buy pads on the market that will help you add volume to your shoulder.

DON’T: Wear pencil skirts

Normally, skirts would be the best way to hide curvy hips and thighs. There are some skirts that must be avoided. This includes pencil skirts that cling to the hips and thighs. Get rid of those if you still have this in your closet.

DON’T: Wear mini-skirts

Get rid of your mini-skirts, too. These minis-skirts or mini-dresses will emphasize your hips and thighs. Stop wearing these.

DON’T: Wear brightly colored skirts

Without meaning to, you are actually highlighting your hips and thighs with bright colored-skirts. Stick to using bright colors for your tops instead.

DO: Wear A-line styles

The A-line skirts or dresses work to hide curvy hips and thighs because the widest part of the skirt ends below the knee. Since the lower legs are the slimmest part of your legs, the A-line skirt gives the illusion that your whole leg is slim and long.

DO: Wear anything “flowy”

Flowy skirts and dresses will give the illusion that your legs are slim and long. Its triangular shape will be instrumental in hiding your curvy hips and thighs. So start wearing more flow!

DO: Wear anything “structured”

Structured skirts and dresses work the same way as flowy and A-line clothes. They will also hide your curvy hips and thighs as well as give the illusion of slimmer legs.

DO: Wear any dark or mid-wash color

Dark colors help hide the body parts that you don’t want to be seen. Just make sure they end below the knee and are not mini-skirts, or pencil skirts.

DON’T: Wear capris

Capri pants are best avoided by women with curvy hips and thighs. This length is not your best friend and it just compresses the bottom half of your body. Because of that, your curvy hips become even more noticeable. So ditch those capris!

DON’T: Wear skinny jeans

Skinny jeans are like pencil skirts. They cling to your hips and thighs plus they emphasize all your bulges. They also make your legs look shorter. There are just too many no-nos with skinny jeans.

DON’T: Wear pants with side pockets

Pants with side pockets or cargo pants are so convenient to wear because of the pockets. However, if you want to hide your thighs, then don’t wear this. The side pockets will just emphasize your thighs and draw people’s eyes towards it.

DO: Wear high-waisted, wide-leg pants

Wear high-waisted, wide-leg pants instead. They skim over the hips and thigh area and the triangular shape hide them even more!

DO: Wear straight leg

Straight-leg pants or jeans are also a great idea. They also skim over the hips and thighs giving you the best escape from judging eyes.

DO: Wear boot cut or flare jeans

This is a great pair of pants or jeans to wear because it gives you an hourglass look. It may look normal on the hips and thighs area then the shape comes in the middle then comes out again at the bottom. That’s exactly what look you’d want when you have curvy hips and thighs.

DON’T: Wear light-colored bottoms

Of course since you don’t want your bottom highlighted, avoid light-colored bottoms. Avoid bottoms with bright, crazy patterns, too.

DO: Lengthen the body

The best way to hide curvy hips and thighs is to lengthen the body to counteract the width. You can wear a jumpsuit in one color or a two-piece outfit in one color. Make sure to keep the top part interesting with a V-neck, scoop neck or a not-so-simple collar.

DO: Choose point-toe heel

When hiding curvy hips and thighs, one type of shoe you can’t wear is flats. Wear heels, nude heels are even better. This will elongate your legs and give the illusion of longer legs.

DO: Create a “color column”

A color column works by wearing lighter colors inside and darker colors outside. This will bring the eye in and down. Since the darker colors are outside, the colors camouflage what you want to hide.

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Watch Deirdre explain each “Do” and “Don’t”

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