Alice guest stars on Twin Cities Live to discuss fun outfits with stripes for different body types

SOME TIPS ABOUT DIFFERENT BODY TYPES:

If you are a RECTANGLE shape: YOUR BUST LINE AND HIP LINE ARE ABOUT THE SAME WIDTH AND YOU HAVE LITTLE WAIST DEFINITION. YOUR LEGS AND ARMS WILL BE PROPORTIONALLY SLENDER, YOU HAVE SMALL TO MEDIUM BUST WITH PROPORTIONALLY SLIM LEGS AND ARMS, YOU MAY HAVE A FLAT BOTTOM AND COULD RESEMBLE A RULER, YOU HAVE A STRAIGHT BODY TYPE WITH AN UNDEFINED WAIST. YOUR MAIN STYLE AIM IS TO ADD CURVES BY DEFINING YOUR SHOULDERS AND IF YOU ARE SLENDER DEFINING YOUR WAIST, DO WEAR SEMI FITTED CLOTHES, SLEEVELESS TOPS/DRESSES, DRESSES THAT FLOW THROUGH THE WAISTLINE.

If you are HOURGLASS shape: YOUR FULL HIP LINE AND BUST LINE ARE THE SAME WIDTH AND YOUR WAIST IS WELL DEFINED, YOU HAVE A BALANCED BODY SHAPE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS FOR DRESSING FOR YOUR BODY TYPE AND MAIN STYLE AIM IS TO EMPHASIZE YOUR CURVES ESPECIALLY YOUR WAIST WITHOUT ADDING BULK-DO WEAR FITTED CLOTHING, SOFT CLINGY FABRICS, DRESSES WITH DEFINED WAISTLINES, STRAIGHT AND GENTLY FLARED PANTS AND SHIRTS

If you are an INVERTED V OR BROAD SHOULDER shape: YOU HAVE A PROPORTIONALLY LARGE BUST, AND BROAD SHOULDERS OR BOTH. YOU HAVE NARROW HIPS WITH A WELL DEFINED WAIST, AND MAY HAVE A FLAT BOTTOM. YOUR STYLE AIM IS TO CREATE THE ILLUSION OF THE HOURGLASS BODY SHAPE BY BALANCING YOUR LOWER BODY TO YOUR UPPER BODY. WEAR SET IN SLEEVES AND WEAR THINGS THAT MINIMIZE YOUR SHOULDERS IN DARK COLORS

If you are ROUND OR OVAL shape: YOUR WAIST IS UNDEFINED WITH A LARGER STOMACH, YOU MAY HAVE A FLAT OR FULL BOTTOM, YOU HAVE AN OVERALL APPEARANCE OF BEING ROUND ESPECIALLY IN TORSO AREA. YOU HAVE AN UNDEFINED WAIST AND STOMACH. MAIN STYLE AIM IS TO CREATE THE ILLUSION OF A LONGER, INVERTED TRIANGLE BODY SHAPE AND WEAR ACCESSORIES ON TOP TO DRAW ATTENTION UPWARDS TOWARDS SHOULDERS AND FACE (DO WEAR SHOULDER PADS TO BROADEN SHOULDERS, GOOD FITTING BRA, TOPS AND BOTTOMS SAME COLORS, LOW NECKLINES AND UNTUCKED TOPS, STRAIGHT FLAT FRONT PANTS.

If you are a TRIANGLE OR PEAR shape: YOUR BUST LINE IS PROPORTIONALLY NARROWER THAN YOU FULL HIP LINE AND YOU HAVE A WELL DEFINED WAIST, YOU HAVE NARROW SHOULDERS, YOU HAVE A BALANCED BODY, YOUR CARRY MORE WEIGHT IN YOUR THIGH AREA THAN IN YOUR UPPER BODY-DO WEAR SHOULDER PADS TO BROADEN SHOULDERS, GARMENTS TO EMPHASIZE WAIST, SKIRTS THAT ARE SLIGHTLY FLARED, BOOT LEG OR STRAIGHT LEG PANTS, ACCESSORIES TO DRAW ATTENTION TO UPPER BODY MAIN STYLE AIM IS TO CREATE THE ILLUSION OF THE PERFECT HOURGLASS BODY SHAPE BY BALANCING YOUR TOP HALF TO YOUR BOTTOM HALF BY CREATING THE APPEARANCE OF A WIDER UPPER BODY.

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