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How to dress for totally changed body shape

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PaperBlinds · 28/04/2022 15:55

My body has totally changed shape in my forties and I guess with menopausal changes, but I don't know what to wear anymore.

I am relatively tall 5'8'' with broad shoulders but was always quite shapely slim with small chest and waist. But now I have a round tummy and big boobs and bum! I look quite matronly I guess - like the prow of a ship. All the solutions for disguising tummies (empire line dresses, trapeze dresses, tunics, anything oversized from Cos) look so frumpy or really don't work because my shoulders are broad and I end up looking like a not like a badly upholstered overstuffed armchair. Elasticated waist trousers and skirts cut me at exactly the wrong point and every top I try looks boxy.

I know I am never going to be slim in the same way again and I want to love this bigger self, but part of that is looking stylish for me. I like simple shapes like Cos and Eileen Fisher, white shirts and linen, but none of it works anymore. Any suggestions for outfits/shops/style blogs most welcome....

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Stormchaser1502 · 28/04/2022 16:18

Watching with interest! I too have changed shape late 40’s. I was always shapely but slim. I often say I feel matronly too. Big boobs tummy and bum!! My legs are my best part but at my age I feel tarty getting them out!

PaperBlinds · 28/04/2022 16:30

Shorts! I had forgotten about shorts - my legs are okay too. But still what on top?

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