fashion and style 2023
The fast & fun way to stop looking frumpy
Feeling frumpy? Here's why...
THE PROBLEM
When a garment is too small or too big for you, it is often quite obvious. Eg: if the garment is too small it will feel tight and uncomfortable
But this is quite different to not being a standard size. When you aren't a standard size it's less obvious and often related to the vertical proportions of the garment against your body. An obvious example is if the full length of a dress is too short.
A less obvious, yet very common example, is when the garment is too long for you from the shoulder to the armpit. This is not an issue that will cause physical discomfort so often goes unnoticed. And it's also not related to your height. But, if this one element is wrong, it has a domino effect - it will make your posture look bad, your bust look saggy, which in turn will make your tummy look bigger than it is. It's this cumulative effect that makes you look frumpy
If you look frumpy there's a good chance you're not a standard size and you'll love learning about tweaks
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THE PROBLEM
Many women try to 'hide' the body bits they don't like under loose and/or long garments that give them no shape. This solves one problem - you can't see the bits that cause your anxiety - but creates another. Crude attempts to hide your body bits will often make you look frumpy and can make you feel self-conscious and overly sensitive to comments about your appearance
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THE PROBLEM
Every woman has a set of colours that will make her look and feel alive and attractive. Colours that sit outside of your group can make your skin look sallow (yellow) which in turn can make you feel frumpy, or they can draw attention to body bits you don't want to show, which can make you feel self-conscious, which will make you want to 'hide', which in turn will make you look frumpy. It's a circular issue!
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THE PROBLEM
Many women don't realise that the wrong knickers and bras can make you look frumpy
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THE PROBLEM
Curvy women who wear styles in non-stretch fabrics often look and feel frumpy because they are limited to styles that fit their widest parts - at the expense of their narrowest parts. It's like pushing a round peg into a square hole - there will be gaps and those gaps can make you look frumpy
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