Wednesday, 21 January 2015

What Our Bodies Want, Our Hearts Love.



A constant truth in the world of fashion is that style is ever evolving and continuously being recycled. However, once in a while, we encounter certain stylish trends that overstay their welcome, thanks to the impressive fashionable trails they leave in our hearts and wardrobe. It is almost impossible to part with them.

The love of peplum is the beginning of versatility! Yes, the peplum style is one of such trends we don’t seem to want to have enough of and this isn’t because it’s shoved in our faces almost on a daily basis – by our mirrors, but because we know in our inner hearts what it does to our bodies if worn right.

Here are tips on how not to go wrong with the peplum trend:

- If you are spoon or pear shaped, that is, having larger hips and smaller bust, avoid peplum skirts as they would make your already large hips appear larger, remember the aim is to balance out your body. Instead, opt for a peplum top with an under-emphasized flare stopping just above the hips.

- Do you have an inverted-triangle figure? Then you are the opposite of the pear shape; you have a larger upper body, broader shoulders, slimmer hips and legs. Tilt towards peplum above-the-knee (showing off your lovely asset – your legs) skirts with a long-over-emphasized flare. 
  
- If you have a straight or hourglass figure you are in luck as you can wear whatever ‘remix’ of the peplum style there is,  just make sure you don’t get peplum-crazy; leave it at one peplum piece at a time.

I dare say wearing clothes have gone beyond the ‘Adam and Eve’ ‘covering our nakedness’ purpose. Clothes ought also to make us feel good about our bodies; enhancing our physical pros and concealing our physical cons. If our bodies feel good in it, we can’t resist. Now can we?

photo credit: bellanaija 

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