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Can Plus Size do Boho?

16 replies

AteRiri · 11/01/2017 19:10

Or will we just look frumpy?

I'm 5'8" (almost), a 16 hoping to get down to at least 14 but would love to be 10-12.

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Manumission · 11/01/2017 19:19

I think you have to be careful about the silhouette, but prints and accessories are easier.

Nettletheelf · 11/01/2017 19:24

If you're 5'8" you could carry it off, I think?

What kind of garments are we talking? Long skirts? Tassels?

Manumission · 11/01/2017 19:30

"Boho" is a very broad church though isn't it?

Were you picturing something specific?

user1477416713 · 11/01/2017 19:42

I'm your size/height and I don't regard myself as plus size just generously proportioned. What do you mean by boho?

AteRiri · 11/01/2017 20:13

Boho top. Something similar to this, but in bright pink.

Can Plus Size do Boho?
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jumpjumpformylove · 11/01/2017 20:28

I think there's a risk boho tops on anyone with any kind of bust will begin to look a bit "wenchy".

I'd love to imagine myself as an ethereal, bohemian creature in wisps of patterned chiffon sipping drinks on my terrace in the Ibiza hills, but my body was just not made for the boho look, sadly.

AteRiri · 11/01/2017 20:30

any kind of bust

Small bust here.

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Manumission · 11/01/2017 20:35

I think that should work fine TBH.

Lot's of gathered cheesecloth around the hips is the kind of boho that would be a worry.

Manumission · 11/01/2017 20:43

It's a really nice top. Is it that actual one?

AteRiri · 11/01/2017 20:57

No, it looks like that though. I plan to wear it with shorts - it's summer in Aus.

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Nettletheelf · 11/01/2017 23:29

Just buy it. Tops like that look better when you are curvy. You are not 'plus size', by the way. You are probably average size!

AteRiri · 14/01/2017 09:39

This is the exact top. Except it's more bright pink in real life, not red.

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BusterGonad · 14/01/2017 18:54

I'm not entirely sure I'd call that boho tbh!

CurlsLDN · 14/01/2017 19:45

I agree with buster, I don't think the actual top is very similar to the one you posted initially, and I don't think it screams boho to me.

However it's a nice top, I think the wise neck would balance you out nicely if you have wide hips, it could look fab

AteRiri · 14/01/2017 20:02

They look the same to me, in person. Just this one does not have the decoration in the middle.

I don't have wide hips. I'm the rare small bust, no hips, no butt plus size. But with massive arms, wide shoulder, and thankfully nice long lean legs.

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BusterGonad · 15/01/2017 03:43

You are not plus size unless it's an American 16!

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