Looking like a million bucks is all about the fit of your clothes. When your clothes fit you perfectly, you look like a smashing success. When clothes are too loose, tight, short or long, you look sloppy and unsuccessful. Off-the-rack clothing is made from a generic pattern and doesn’t fit anyone perfectly. Almost everyone has… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Dress Yourself Skinny
Look Thinner In The Bedroom
It’s sexy underwear season! That can bring out your inner Vixen/Fox or send you running scared down the rabbit hole. The truth is, there’s a way to feel confident and sexy in lingerie and sleepwear, no matter your size or shape. It’s all about picking the right pieces and playing up your assets. Here are… Continue Reading
Runway To Reality – Making Fall Fashion Trends Work For Your Body
This segment aired on Sept 28, 2010 on Great Day Houston (KHOU, Channel 11 Houston). The fashion trends for Fall 2010 are filled with ruffles, jewel tones, animal print, gold, feathers and faux fur, mixed prints, leather jackets and chunky knits. On The Runway, designers show you how to wear the trends if you are… Continue Reading
The Size Isn’t The Size
Somehow a woman’s value as a human being got all confused with the size of her clothing. Women feel terrible about themselves if they wear the “wrong” size…whatever that is. The horrible practical joke is that the actual size of a size can vary dramatically by brand, fabric and style. A size 10 in one… Continue Reading
Dressing Skinny With Chloe Dao!
Project Runway Season 2 winner and Houston’s home-town designer Chloe Dao presented her pre-fall collection last week and wow, wow, wow!! It’s pure Chloe – fun, clean, lady-like with beautiful details – and oh-so flattering!! Here are three Dress Yourself Skinny styles that work for so many figures. Teal dress: This dress is great if… Continue Reading
Cleavage Coverage
Plunging necklines are definitely on the Dress Yourself Skinny “Do” list. This style is flatting and makes you look thinner and taller. However, it doesn’t work for business settings or modest sensibilities. Cleavage coverage can be added to make plunging necklines work for all occasions. The traditional solution is to wear a thin camisole as… Continue Reading
What’s Your Body Type?
Many fashion magazines and online shopping websites now offer clothing suggestions based on your body type. Once you know how to describe your body using their terminology, a whole new world of flattering choices opens up to you. The first step in dressing thinner is knowing your body type. The terminology to describe women’s figures… Continue Reading
Maximize With Crush Prints
Crush prints are garments that are printed after they are made. When the pattern is added to the clothing this way, wrinkled areas in the piece will naturally go unprinted. These variations in printing add to the fun and artsy nature of the clothing. Crush prints make the garment look like it’s stretching. The print… Continue Reading
Clothes That Make You Look Fat
Many women wear boxy, oversized clothing in the effort to camouflage imperfections. These styles do cover the rolls and they also add volume to your body, making you look 10, 20 or even 30 pounds heavier than you are. Here are some common styles that make you look bigger than you are. Avoid them at… Continue Reading
Spanx Skinny Britches
Skinny Britches – a new line of lite shapers from Spanx – are whisper thin and can be layered to customize the level of compression that’s perfect for you. They come in hipsters (briefs) and shorts (bike shorts) styles. Wear one for smoothing, layer two for shaping or three for super-power! The Imagine testers tried… Continue Reading