This Summer's quintessential hippie style has evolved into a
Fall 2012 return to glamour. Curvy woman are tired of styles that look like a tent. Slender woman want to demonstrate their assets as well. Have YOU been wondering how to wear the soft, billowy trends without loosing your best attributes or drowning in fringe?
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| Free Form, Shapeless, Fringe-y: Summer 2012 Hippie Style |
That's where the 1930s come into the picture.
The truth is that the late 60s/early 70s hippie style wasn't just urban and native American influenced. In fact, the shape of clothing was paying tribute to the beauty of 1930s starlets, from sweeping a-lines, to the sex-pot, high-waisted, man-inspired suits. The exaggeration of the hourglass shape wasn't about pushing up your curves. On the contrary, it was about creating a gorgeous silhouette, starting with the defined shoulder. The 1930s was the birthplace of the hippie,
the elegant hippie.
Dress the Elegant Hippie, based on body type:
For Pear Shaped women: balance your curves by exaggerating the width of your
shoulders. Well-constructed pants favor your hips, rather than hide them.
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Shoulder Emphasis
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| Antropologie, Cacoon shape creates width above waist. SHOP IT | | |
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Hourglass and Voluptuous Women: emphasize your beautiful sternum and bust-line with fabulous necklines and feminine construction. The boat-neck is a classic.
Sexy is the suggestive silouhette of the shape rather than the revealing of it.
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| Jean Harlow |
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| Subtle, Sexy Modern Boatneck SHOP IT |
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| Figure Phenomenal Boat-neck Sheath Dress SHOP IT |
For the tall or long ruler, "boy-shaped woman": bring attention to your waistline. Create a waistline. Also, utilize multi-layered, multi-textured outfits, like no one else can.
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High Waist and Good construction echo 1930s and 1970s. SHOP SIMILATR
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For Petite and Short Women: add length to your legs with platform heels and stick to flowing, lengthening shapes that elongate the torso without creating definite lines.
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| Add caption1930s early platform shoe |
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| The Platform gained more popularity worn on Starlets such as Carmen Miranda in the 1940s. |
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| Style.com Fall 2012 Shopping Guide READ IT |
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