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Accessorize Your Body Type

Accessorize Your Body Type
Aired on: October 5, 2007

Belts, earrings, purses -- a lot of effort goes into picking the perfect accessory to compliment an outfit, but what about complimenting your body type? June Ambrose, celebrity fashion stylist and author of Effortless Style: Make Looking Good Look Easy, says, "The interesting thing is people think accessorizing is just for the punctuation of your look, but it can make you look smaller, bigger, fuller, thinner -- you can really manipulate your body type with an accessory. It's really shocking."

Depending on your body type, June has a few accessory dos and don'ts.

For petite women, June suggests longer necklaces and chains to elongate your body. Avoid short, chunky accessories around your neck which might make you look shorter. Your purse should be medium size, not too volumous where it takes up the whole side of your look. Also, if you don't wear bracelets or items on your arms, they will appear longer and leaner.

For women who may not have as much "on top," June recommends not wearing anything in the neck area. "You want people to focus on the chest," she says. Also, big round earrings will give you the appearance of volume on top.

For curvy girls, June warns to be careful of the belt you choose. "If you go too small, than you look bigger, but if you go too wide, than you have no waist." Also, smaller necklaces work better on chestier women. June says, "You don't want to go too bulky on the neck, crowding that area."



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