When it comes to looking your best, try one of these style strategies. You’re a perfect hourglass if you have:

  • broad shoulders and a shapely bust
  • hips and a butt that are curvy
  • a smaller and defined waist

For the hourglass shape your fashion challenge is to keep your broad shoulders and wide hips balanced, while defining your waist.

  • Make the most of your small midsection. Cinch dresses, jackets and sweaters at the waist.
  • Choose a blazer that is shaped around your torso and hits at the hip, so as not to break up the beautiful line of your figure.
  • Choose pencil skirts or high-waisted skirts that hug your waist and run smoothly to your legs.
  • Pick mid-rise jeans, rather than low-rise jeans, to create a smoother line from your waist through your hips.
  • Pick a pointy-toed shoe in the same colour as your pants to strengthen the vertical line of your hourglass shape and keep you from looking too horizontally curvy. The taller the better!