Surely there are few girls in the world with a perfect body shape. Someone does not have a very defined waist, someone considers the hips too wide, and the top – not voluminous enough, someone does not like the height or length of the legs. However, our ideas about the ideal female body are more a tribute to social stereotypes than the true state of affairs. I will not get tired of repeating that we are all beautiful, and even if your stature has small flaws, just knowing how to beat them or hide them with clothes is enough. Today’s topic is just about this: the focus of our attention is massive shoulders.
A wide line of shoulders is characteristic, first of all, of girls of an athletic shape, as well as those women whose body type is an inverted triangle (massive top and narrow hips). If this is about you, read carefully, I will tell you how to visually reduce the shoulders in the looks, and how to choose the right clothes for massive shoulders.
WHICH STYLES SHOULD YOU AVOID?
The first thing you definitely don’t want to do if you have wide shoulders is to choose an oversize top with sharp and prominent shoulders. For example, it is worth abandoning oversize eco leather jackets and suiting jackets that are in trend this season, blouses with puff sleeves, as well as jackets and shirts with large shoulder pads that lengthen the shoulder line. Visually, such styles will make the top even more massive, so it is better to replace them.
I also advise you not to choose a top with an intense decor: blouses with wide ruffles, jackets with shoulder straps and epaulettes, shirts and dresses with decorative fabric shoulder straps on a button. All these elements will expand the line of the shoulders, and you will no longer be able to balance it with the help of the bottom.
Moreover, some prints can also work against you: do not buy horizontal-striped vests, tops and dresses.
CLOTHING THAT HIDES BROAD SHOULDERS
The choice, in fact, is quite large: you can choose a basic turtleneck in dark colors, classic button-down shirts, tops with sleeves to the elbow or ¾ sleeves with a round neckline, closed blouses with a bow or tie at the neck and long sleeves.
As for dresses, successful dresses for wide shoulders include models with a V-neck: the length of the dress does not matter, here you can rely on your taste, but the neckline changes a lot. It is best to buy a sheath dress with long sleeves and a deep triangular or round neckline: this way the shoulders will be hidden, and the emphasis will shift to the neck and décolleté. Even for a body with broad shoulders, a closed midi dress in a retro style with a belt at the waist and small sleeves in the form of fabric petals is suitable. A-line mini dresses with narrow sleeves to the elbow are also good. But it is better to avoid dresses with straps around the neck or a sleeveless turtleneck – bare shoulders with this form of top will seem wide and large.
