How to dress tips?

[Jiggy16]

On the back of another thread I've just added, just wanted to get some advice and tips on trying to dress more stylish/practical etc. I am useless with style and clothes, always wear clothes to hide my shape and try to avoid any embarrassing situations. In the summer I finally dived into the dress trend but couldn't understand how all these women could wear fabrics that were see through on me or I was worried about wind etc. Only just discovered that some people wear cycling shorts under dresses or dress slips, even casual every day dresses. I really am this clueless on this!

Has anyone got any good tips etc for how to wear different styles? Hard to describe what I mean. I guess I just thought my body shape was so weird and other people just pulled on tops/bottoms and everything fit and sat perfectly!

Hope that makes some sort of sense!

Have a look at a body shape calculator - once you know your shape you can look at tips for how to best dress to flatter your shape. Wearing clothes to hide your shape isn't going to make you look your best, although we're all guilty of it at times!

I'm pretty sure I'm a pear, small shoulders but big hips and thighs, always struggle to get things to fit in that area! Was just wanting to know if there were any wee tricks people dis to make clothes sit or fit better, like the slip under light fabric etc. thank you!

What kind of things do you want to wear op?

I do think pp is right the key is getting properly fitting clothing and that just takes a bit of practice. I don't think most people can just randomly select clothing.

I can't wear the vast majority of clothing- But I know what suits me and what to look for and which bits to emphasise. So I know I can't wear v necklines/skinny trousers/mini skirts/ so I just avoid! I also create outfits and plan likely events (pub/work/shopping/ home/dinner out/ fancy etc)

I don't wear cycling shorts under summer skirts dresses but I wear nothing shorter than 3 inches below the knee. In winter thick black tights are your friend 80 denier plus so can go shorter but I have heavy thighs so don't go too short.

I buy and try a lot and return a lot too. Decent shoes and coats are worth investing in. I do have chub rub (anti chafe shorts) shorts for the summer but never wear them. Find brands I know work for me and buy and sell on vinted. I set a budget and stick to it and follow people on Instagram and a few style groups on Facebook and read this topic on here. Have a search on Google/Pinterest to for eg "capsule wardrobe for a pear" to get some inspo!