14 Tricks on clothing combinations capable of enhancing the look and defining the silhouette

Certainly, every woman dreams of an outfit that emphasizes her strengths while hiding those unwanted features. But finding her doesn’t seem to be an easy task. After all, everything must match perfectly — style, cut, color, size. Despite this, the protagonists of this post came to prove the opposite, and they still guarantee that clothes can become great allies as long as you follow a few simple tricks. Clothes and tricks on how to wear them to enhance your look and defining the silhouette are the subject of this post.

Especially for the awesome.club, a group of women decided to check out how some of the tricks that circulate on the internet to enhance the silhouette and improve the look work. After the test, they compared them with other looks made up of similar pieces of clothing to be able to check their effectiveness. As each body has its specific characteristics, it’s up to you — the reader — to decide which tricks best suit yours. Check out!

1. Clothes with a V-neck elongate your upper body making you look slimmer. Also, an open neckline draws more attention to the bust, and disguises other body parts.

2. Dresses with details and prints on the sides make the silhouette visibly more demarcated. In addition, they emphasize body curves in a more subtle way.

There are two options here: dark side prints, to define the silhouette, or dresses with a dark central part, softening the silhouette and making the lateral lines less noticeable

3. One look monochrome is able to create a slimmer appearance. In this way, the upper and lower parts of the body form a single line, making the silhouette much more elegant.

This effect is enhanced by dark or neutral tones such as black, dark blue, brown, beige, gray and burgundy

4. A cardigan or long coat unbuttoned creates a more elongated look, making your figure slimmer and visually taller

5. It is possible to create a perfect silhouette for the waist with the help of a midi skirt and a tighter blouse. The skirt softens the contours of the hips and emphasizes the waist, while the fitted top emphasizes the bust and neck.

6. Care must be taken with prints with vertical stripes: stripes that are too wide can increase the silhouette’s volume. Therefore, it is better to opt for thinner stripe prints.

7. The envelope dress is based on diagonal lines responsible for creating an asymmetry in the look, making it more elegant. In addition, high-waisted models are able to smooth out the volume of the abdomen and balance wider hips.

8. No need to worry about unwanted curves when wearing a plus size jacket or overcoat – they hide everything and still create a smart, casual look

Despite this, the details of the garment must have a straight and tight cut, otherwise it will look disproportionate due to the garment being a size larger than you. This, therefore, can have the opposite effect and increase the volume of the silhouette.

9. Wearing a dress shirt or a longer fitting blouse tucked in will help define your silhouette. Otherwise, the garment ends up misaligning the body’s proportions and making the person shorter.

10. Wearing 3/4 sleeves flatters and slims the arm, in addition to elongating the silhouette

11. Longer jackets and cardigans cover most of the body, hiding the waist and hip area

This trick can be used even by the shortest women without running the risk of flattening the silhouette. In this case, it is only necessary to combine the piece with a skirt or shorts.

12. Wearing tights the same color as your shoes makes your legs look longer. This trick works with any tone, as the shoes appear to be an extension of the legs.

Matte black tights, on the other hand, end up making your legs look thinner. As the stockings are more stretched — and consequently transparent — in the central part of the thighs, the darker sides end up outlining the silhouette of the legs

13. Wearing waist-length pants, whether wider or tighter, makes your legs look longer.

14. A pencil skirt with a high waist that extends to the knees is able to correct the silhouette — it emphasizes the contour of the hips and thighs, and even disguises the volume of the abdomen

Do you believe that the right choice and combination of clothing items are capable of shaping a person’s entire silhouette? Know other tricks like these? Tell us in the comments section.