If you went from an hourglass size 16 to 12

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What is your ideal dress and or capsule wardrobe items? What would you wear that you didn't feel comfortable in before or that suited your body shape.
I don't know where to begin. It takes time to get used to a new body shape and my tastes and essentially clothes were always dictated by my size and shape .
Thanks in advance .

I've pretty much done exactly that. Previously I would be wearing oversized tops / jumpers and leggings.

Now I am wearing clothes that are much more fitted, I'm enjoying stretchy mini skirts with tights and tight jumper / top. Just bought my first pair of jeans in years. Wide leg. Wearing with a tight top. Fitted sweater dresses with tights

Take yourself off shopping and try loads of stuff on, especially stuff that you havent considered before.

Wrap dress, always lovely on curves.

Me too. If you're a real hourglass from the Trinny and Susannah body shape bible, their advice on types of clothes that will suit you still holds good (obviously allow for a couple of decades of fashion evolution to have gone by!)

For me, I can now ditch the oversize tops and scour Vinted for v-neck fitted jumpers, scoop-neck tshirts, slim-fit bootcut jeans, and dresses with a fairly close-fitted shape. Avoid any extra fabrics in the way of puffy sleeves, flounces, frills, etc.

Worth a noodle: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=www.bodyshapecalculator.co.uk/trinny-and-susannahs-12-body-shapes&ved=2ahUKEwjCzrDA972LAxX0Z0EAHdypHU0QFnoECBkQAQ&sqi=2&usg=AOvVaw2cWT2CE79YETHGz1k8IDgX