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Large norks, hourglass with spindle arms- top advice

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Prolificmincepiebreeder · 10/01/2013 16:51

Have DD/E norks with a size 10 hourglass and very bony skinny arms. What top shape should I be going for? I'm sick of getting it wrong!

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Prolificmincepiebreeder · 10/01/2013 16:56

I like jumpers like this:
m.boden.co.uk/en-GB/Womens-<a class="break-all" href="//Knitwear/Jumpers/WK821/Womens-Hotchpotch-Jumper.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Knitwear/Jumpers/WK821/Womens-Hotchpotch-Jumper.html
But all I see is big norks and silly twig arms I look lm a tent Sad

Even a v neck looks odd.

Don't think I can wear boat neck either.

Woe!

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Prolificmincepiebreeder · 10/01/2013 20:44

Bumping

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ooer · 10/01/2013 21:12

Link didn't work for me but I found it here.

I am large of nork also. Round, high necks just don't work. Also the pattern on that jumper appears to be narrow, horizontal stripes, which would give the optical illusion of widening the bust area. And it's quite short so in danger of a boxy shape - not good on those large of nork.

Plus Boden seem to be using some quite skinny models lately - most of us have no hope of looking like the model does in that sweater!

Have you tried a deep v neck? Or a marl rather than a stripe? I go for v-neck cardis quite a lot, leaving a neat cardi open divides you up vertically and makes your top half look slimmer. I do have some roundnecks but always wear a pendant or a dangly scarf to break things up a bit. (not a great big woolly one as they can make things look a bit "shelf"- like!) I am not a fan of the waterfall cardi either, just looks to me like you are trying to cover something up!

Also dark colours on the top half, you can get away with lighter on the bottom.

Hope this helps.

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