TIPS If you are short and bulky

• Clothing must fit well.
• Shoulder is likely to be your narrowest part, so it should be closely fitted.
• De-emphasize the top-heavy figure by wearing simple, uncluttered styling for blouses, tops and jackets.
• Simple, soft draping, are advisable.
• One color or a mix of soft tones is best. Proportion must be kept in mind.
• Simple dresses tend to give you a longer line.
• High heels are flattering as long as they are not grotesquely high.
• Attractive hose tends to emphasize the shortness of leg. Black, navy, brown are good colors to hide heaviness, but the color is wrong if it calls attention to your heaviness by being out of the season .
• Single color or tones of a single-color family are good.
• Wear medium solid prints rather than large, splashy prints
• A shorter jacket gives a leggier appearance.

Things to avoid if you are short and bulky

• Skintight.
• Loose clothing makes one imagine all sort of unseen horrors beneath it.
• Avoid any soft at the collar and at the neck.
• Avoid front-pleated trousers, or pleated or dirndl skirts.
• Avoid pockets, neck/collar details, ruffles, pleats, gathers, tucks.
• Avoid breast pocket
• Don't chop up your body with contrasting bold colors.
• You should wear nothing that is big, bulky or complicated.
• Never clutter up your neck; that tends to fore shorten your figure.