Tips on Human Body Shapes and Garments

　　No one is perfect, as sayings go. In this sense, no human body is so perfect that it can serve as a universal measure against all other human beings. When we say, a standard human body, it is only an ideal image out of collective imagination, and all the figures in this standard are the mean values based on the majority of a population. Looking around no matter where you are, you see ordinary people whose bodies have one or two imperfections. We therefore can safely feel sure that we the ordinary people should neither worry nor feel sorry about some imperfections in our bodies. The solutions to these defects come from our rational attitudes in which we look at ourselves, from studies made to figure out how garments can best cover these shortcomings, and from garments made to adjust and improve the external appearance of human beings.

    Right triangles, up-side down triangles, ovals , and rectangles are typical shapes of human bodies. Now let's look at some dressing tips for women who are respectively in body shapes as listed above.

    1 Right triangles. Women who belong to this category of body shapes have narrow or down-sloping shoulders while their buttocks and thighs are comparatively thick. While projected in light, their bodies look like a right triangle. Women of this body shape should choose either dresses that emphasize the part of shoulders or dresses with shoulder pads. And these dresses should never be body-hugging tight.

   2 Up-side down triangles. Women in this group have massive and thick torsos, and the arms, the necks and the backs look bulging. When projected in light, their shadows look like upside down triangles. For this class of women, dresses should have narrow and tight shoulders. And they should choose large, loose skirts in big lower hems, or skirt-like trousers to keep balance for the whole body.

    3 Ovals. Women in this group have comparatively thick torsos but thin arms and legs. The best dressing code for this group of women is to avoid wearing dresses in a style overloading with details. Nor is it a good idea to have too many decorative accessories. Special attention should be paid to the waist part. It is not advisable to use oversized fashion waistbands.

    4 Oblongs. This sort of body shape is characterized by the flat chest, flat buttocks, the thin and long limbs and trunk. For women in this body shape, it is advisable to wear bright-colored dresses, or dresses that have big loud patterns. Special designs of butterfly collars and puffing shoulders are recommendable.

     Generally speaking, human bodies differ in 1000 ways. And dresses and garments are designed to suit such different human beings. The key to choose the right cloths is to exploit to the full one's favorable conditions and avoid unfavorable ones. That is, one should make the best use of styles, colors, and accessories available to improve one's look and cover up one's imperfections in the body. Only when you have done this, you can achieve the best result of looking wonderful.