What Dresses Look Good on Pear Shaped Bodies?
Have you ever wondered: What dresses look good on a pear-shaped body?
What a great question!
Finding clothing that suits your curves is never easy, especially if you are pear-shaped. For those of you who are unsure if you are a pear-shaped woman, here are some basic features you will have:
- Your hips and thighs are wider than your often sloped narrow shoulders,
- You have a defined waist,
- You have fuller hips, thighs, and legs, and
- You gain weight easily on your hips, thighs, and lower tummy area.
If you have said yes to the above body features, welcome to the club – you are a fellow pear-shaped woman. As a pear-shaped woman, you typically want to downplay your hips to balance your body by accentuating your shoulders and drawing attention to your upper body. By balancing your top and bottom half of your pear-shaped body, you can celebrate your beautiful curves while emphasising your amazingly small waist to help elongate your legs.
One of the best ways to do this is to say ‘Yes to the dress’!
When it comes to dressing to suit your body, dresses give us pears so many options!
Dresses offer so many options for playing up our curves. Whether it be dropped and embellished necklines, open backs, dramatic sleeves, or waist-emphasising belts, a well-designed dress will help you show how beautiful you truly are.
Before I jump right into the specific dresses that suit our pear-shaped bodies best, I want to review a few general tips that are important to help pear-shaped bodies (no matter the size). These general rules will help you create a proportional look every time.
- Make Sure You Balance Your Curves
- Draw the Eye Up to Your Face
- Think About Colour and How It Can Flatten Your Curves
Dresses can do all of the above while drawing attention to your waist, while distracting from the lower half of your body, effectively balancing out your large hips. Dresses that allow for a looser fit over your hips and thighs are particularly well-suited for Pear-Shaped Bodies.
Top 4 Dress Styles for Pear-Shaped Women
- A-line Dresses: To be fully honest, A-line anything is flattering for pear-shaped bodies, but A-line Dresses top the cake. These roomier skirt designs fall away from our larger hips, thighs, and calves to help streamline our bottom half. When shopping for A-line Dresses, we highly suggest our peers look for styles with a high waist to further elongate their bodies and draw the eye up to their beautiful waistline. As a bonus, any woman wanting to emphasise her beautiful pear-shaped curves by wearing more form-fitting styles can also wear A-Line Dresses. Just make sure to avoid dresses with thick fabric and dropped waists, as they will create a heavier look on your waist and hips, ultimately making your bottom half look larger.
- Fit & Flare Dresses: If you haven’t heard of a Fit and Flare Dress, you have been missing out! This dress style looks beautiful on Pear Shaped bodies by showcasing your small waist while floating over your hips, creating a beautifully balanced effect. As you may have guessed, a Fit and Flare Dress is very similar to an A-line Dress; however, it usually has a more defined waistline and a larger flounce to perfectly complement a heavy bottom half. By doing this, your outfit will draw others’ attention away from the larger curves you may be self-conscious about.
- The Wrap Dress: The Wrap Dress is one of our personal favourites at Pear Collection, as the built-in tie of the dress allows you to wonderfully define your waist effortlessly. A bonus of this dress design is that it typically comes in a V-neckline, meaning it will not only accentuate your small waist but also open up your top half, drawing the focus to your beautiful neckline.
- Off-the-Shoulder Dresses: Off-the-Shoulder necklines are extremely flattering for pear-shaped women, and when they are included in a dress, it’s a sure winner for us. By wearing a dress with a horizontal neckline, you can balance your narrow shoulders, ultimately drawing attention to the top half of your body.
Let’s Talk Length
Now that you know the dress styles that suit your pear-shaped body best, let’s discuss the dress length. As a pear-shaped woman, you should always keep an eye on the length of your hem, as it can change the way your body shape looks. When you choose a dress, make sure the hem is longer than the widest part of your thighs. Sadly, yes, this means most mini dresses are out of the question; however, midi and knee-length dresses look fantastic, especially if you are trying to make your legs look longer and slimmer.
Love Your Curves
In the end, make sure you are always dressing your pear-shaped body in a way that makes you feel amazing. All style guides, including ours, is 100% generalized as all bodies (including pear-shaped) are different. Thankfully, as Pear Shaped Women, we do have the unique advantage to look amazing in anything we wear as long as we remember to love our curves and simply balance out our figure.
Dresses are incredible at doing this – so take the leap today and give a dress a go!