Dresses for your body type.

One thing I've learned being in the fashion world is no person is built the same as another person. It's strange, the industry fits a standard size and women freak out when they aren't wearing a small or extra small instead of not worrying about tags and dressing for their body. It's not about what size you wear, it's about dressing for how your body's built. There are four different body types, petite, boyish, pear, and hourglass.
Petite body's have small everything, and are usually short.
Boyish body's have slender hips, waist, and bust and are usually taller.
Pear body's have a small bust and waist while their hips and legs are usually bigger.
Hourglass body's are curvy on top, slender waist, and curvy hips.

If you're petite, you can easily overwhelm your figure and look like you're wearing your older sisters hand me downs. Since usually petites are shorter, you want to find a good hemline that hits about mid thigh to make you seem taller. Also, to make you seem like you have more curve shop for dresses that have detail that do just this. Finally, you should stick with solids rather than going for patterns that can sometimes overwhelm your figure.

petite by marykate1120 featuring print dresses

On the Ball-et Dress, $60
Dress Greek Wrap In Green, 33 GBP
Mesh Tube Dress, 48 GBP
Honest to Goodness Dress, $50

If you have a boyish figure, you can do just about anything! Just play around and see what flatters your body the most! Same thing with petite if you add detail to the waist you can make yourself appear more curvy or you can find something with ruffles or something to make yourself curvier on top!

boyish by marykate1120 featuring print dresses

Pansy Print Sun Dress - Jeanswest, 70 AUD
Abercrombie & Fitch > Women > Dresses, $68
Caramel Chiffon Cowl Dress - Lunacy Clothing Boutique, 49 GBP
Petites Blue Pintuck Dress, 32 GBP

Highlight your figure's fabulous attributes! As a pear shape, show off your smaller top half and waist by having a well-fitted waist line and a flowy bottom half to accentuate (but not emphasize) your hips.

pear by marykate1120 featuring strapless dresses

Kimchi Blue Chiffon Strapless High/Low Smocked Dress, $15
Kimchi Blue Chiffon Strapless High/Low Smocked Dress, $15
ASOS 60s Waisted Ponte Dress, $55
ELEMENT Kali Dress, $42

Fun holiday dresses can be frustrating to find when you have a sexy curvaceous body shape. Highlight your favorite attribute by showing off your arms, legs, chest, or back, but avoid revealing everything together. Also, accentuate your smallest point (often your true waistline or just under the bust). Shapeless dresses can make you look big all over instead of giving you the hourglass shape everybody envies.

curvy by marykate1120 featuring floral print dresses

Trixxi Jeweled Empire Waist Strapless Dress (Juniors), $68
summer in paris floral dress, $47
Valleygirl - Floral Print Dress, 30 AUD
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