How to look e slimmer: three Hints for Winter Clothing

How to look slimmer: three Hints for Winter Clothing

1.Flattering contrasts: Light-colored outfits

The combination of contrasting colors, as we’ve seen in many tips, usually

gives the best results by overlaying a light-colored garment (a shirt, a coat, a

jacket) on a dark-colored outfit, because this ensemble creates a long, thin

silhouette, which is emphasized by the dark color. In the winter, though, you

can apply this hint even by inverting the colors, that means using a more

intense color overlaid with a fairly light-colored outfit. Why? Because

with winter clothing, usually, the leg is completely covered. The multiple

gaps between shoe/leg/trousers disappear, and instead, you have a long,

uninterrupted vertical line that is slender, albeit clear.

As you can see in the pictures below, the coat paired with contrasting

trousers (on the left) has a widening effect, whereas worn open on a lightcolored

outfit (on the right), it slims and stretches out the figure. Hint: you

can obtain the same result by merely wearing a light-colored scarf over the dark coat, so as to visually extend the line of the legs.

2.Accessories: Match warm and cool hues

Another element that can flatter your silhouette in multiple ways is pairing

complementary hues. Carefully choosing the colors of the outfit as well as

those of the accessories can help brighten your appearance, adding the

visual effect of a thinner and harmonious figure.

The best pairings are complementary tones, as well as matching warm and

cool colors. This way you can balance the whole figure while obtaining a

lovely silhouette thanks to a wise combination of hues and proportions. Hint:

the results are better if you can apply this tip to accessories that remain in

sight even when wearing the coat, such as scarves, handbags, and shoes,

and playing around with their shades to balance the ensemble. In the left

image, for example, the bright bag helps to brighten a dark outfit (and the

shoes, even if dark, have a hue similar to that of the bag). The scarf knotted to

the bag can also be wrapped around the neck. On the right, the warm brown

tones match with the blue tones of the outfit.

3.How to pair ankle sneakers

In the winter months, sneakers can become more challenging to wear, not so

much for temperature reasons (sneaker addicts wear them even at twenty

degrees below zero), but mainly because the most common winter pattern

usually reaches the ankle, which frequently has the disadvantage of cutting

the figure shorter.

The simplest choice to get the best results is usually to match this type of

footwear with straight pants in the same tone as that of the sweater (or of

the jacket). Coordinating tones, as we have often pointed out, is an easy way

to create a long, continuous line (as in the image on the right) that balances

out the widening effect of the ankle shoe (whereas on the left, the widening

effect of the sneakers is emphasized).

Another option is to wear boot-cut pants, which, thanks to their flared

line, always slenderize the silhouette, allowing greater freedom in the

choice of footwear.