How to Dress When You Have a Belly? The Art of Illusion
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How to enhance yourself while hiding your belly? Whether your belly is small or very rounded, you feel like it's all anyone sees in your loose or tight outfits. Of course, you carefully avoid horizontal stripes and, even if you like black in small doses, fashion is more fun than a total black look! You come back angry and frustrated from your shopping trips when, empty-handed, you realize that once again, your curves and complexes prevent you from wearing that beautiful dress or those lovely pants that caught your eye. That's in the past! Today, we talk about 8 clothing items and accessories to adopt to give the impression of a flat belly. Yes, it's possible! Discover the art of illusion to dress with modernity, elegance, and femininity while camouflaging that little belly.
1. The fine and fluid sweater: the essential
Your best ally across all clothing types is undoubtedly the BLOUSE! Fluid blouse, blouson top, light shirt... all these options are at your fingertips as long as the material is airy, flowy, and doesn't cling to the skin (and love handles).
Super feminine, full of elegance, the fluid blouse is worn with an oversized jacket or cardigan and a fitted bottom (to balance and avoid a balloon effect).
Look ideas
For a touch of modernity, tuck one side of the shirt or blouse (or the front of the top) into your pants and let the rest hang loose on the sides and back. This is particularly effective if you don't want to show your waist.
It will be just as effective with a skirt (straight, flared to hide your hips, or pencil to play the sexy attitude) and pretty camel or black boots. The shorts can easily replace the skirt as well, especially if they are in the same color as the blouse, which gives the illusion of a longer torso.
A great example, the slightly loose Apolline ruffled shirt at the waist, tucked into high-waisted shorts for a modern touch - Les Petits Imprimés
A particularly trendy case at the moment: the striped shirt. Its main advantage: elongating the torso with its vertical lines. You can tie the two ends together at the waist (which will be concealed under the volume of the knot) or tuck one end into pants for a more modern look.
The extra tip
On the color side, choose the shade that best highlights your complexion according to your colorimetry. Also think about floral and animal prints that are right on trend.
As for accessories, a pretty necklace to illuminate your neckline, a scarf casually tied around the neck, beautiful earrings, etc.
And what about your belly? Out of sight, out of mind! Challenge accomplished!
Highlighted asset
Your legs (bare in a skirt or shorts or shaped by a nice fitted pant) and your neckline.
2. The dress
Ah, the dress! This essential key piece of the women's wardrobe is the ultimate charm asset. But which dress to wear when you have a belly? You will be surprised, but there is a choice! To camouflage a little too rounded belly, opt for:
1. The skater dress
Simple and flowy, the skater dress flares from the navel to fall in harmonious pleats over the thighs. The gaze is thus diverted from your belly and slightly wide hips. Quite clever, the skater dress!
2. A empire dress
Its beautiful neckline flares under the bust in a soft and light material that falls straight or flared, thus elegantly hiding your little belly and love handles.
3. The trapeze dress
Flared from the hips, ideal for accommodating the belly, wide hips, and slightly strong thighs.
Double advantage for this red trapeze dress: a wrap bodice and a flared skirt - Les Petits Imprimés
4. A straight dress
Super chic and ultra trendy, the straight dress is ideal for H body shapes, but also for all other women who love comfortable outfits! Cinch the waist with a belt if yours is defined.
With the straight knit dress Morgane, the little belly is stylishly forgotten - Les Petits Imprimés
5. The long dress
Lengthening, the long dress significantly slims your silhouette while hiding your little flaws. Equipped with a thin cord to cinch the waist or a slightly thick belt on the hips, the floral patterned dress is ideal, paired with pretty trendy spring jewelry.
The lightweight midi dress is ideal for combining femininity and hidden belly - Les Petits Imprimés
The dress is therefore a precious ally for those too noticeable little bellies, provided you choose the right cut and material to avoid clinging to the belly and love handles.
Highlighted asset
Draw attention to your assets: elegant head carriage with beautiful earrings, sensual nape highlighted with a necklace, open neckline that suits your body shape, goddess-like legs...
3. The empire or wrap cut
How to wear it to forget about your belly?
We just touched on this idea with the empire dress: creating volume around the bust will camouflage your little rounded belly. Like the flowy blouse, tuck the front of your top in and let the rest of the garment hang loosely around your waist to be right on trend with modern-chic-feminine style.
This beautiful empire dress elegantly hides your little belly (Image: frenchpoetry.fr, Pinterest)
Look ideas
For example, how about a folk-inspired look with an empire top featuring embroidered ethnic patterns in black on white, paired with tight black pants and black heels? All paired with a faux leather jacket or a perfecto to structure the bust and add a current graphic touch.
Second example: the wrap dress (also called a portfolio) that suits all body types (except for H shapes who will follow their natural trend with a straight dress). With boots, you get a stunning look!
The extra tip
Little underwear tip: the empire cut accentuates fuller busts. To counter this slight inconvenience (if you wish, of course), opt for a minimizer bra, designed to flatten the bust a bit.
Highlighted asset
Your bust and your legs (if the dress is short).
4. The long fluid jacket
How to wear it to give the illusion of a flat belly?
Trench, coat, jacket, or vest (thin or thick for the oversized look) worn open, this key piece of your outfit balances the light materials worn on top (blouse, cotton shirt, play of transparency, lace).
Flat belly look idea with a long fluid open jacket (Image: Pinterest)
Favor jackets that are not belted and not fitted to better elongate your silhouette with vertical lines. The belt ties in the back (if there is a belt). Do you have a belly and hips? It's your ideal ally.
A very long jacket, long to the knee, is the most flattering. Otherwise, tailored crossover jackets that fall at the hips are also very flattering. Definitely avoid short jackets (cropped, blazers, or bombers) that fall right on the little belly you are trying to hide.
Look ideas
First suggestion: a beige coat or trench open over a fluid white top worn on a straight black skirt and camel or beige boots (to elongate the leg), with small fancy accessories (scarf, jewelry, etc.).
Another style: a very simple white t-shirt on well-cut jeans and white sneakers for a casual look or heels for a sophisticated silhouette.
The extra tip
Here is THE formula that works every time: open jacket + fluid top = double effect of a flat belly!
Your assets highlighted
Your elongated silhouette, the top graphic and structured or soft depending on the cut and color of your jacket.
5. The high-waisted jeans / skirt / shorts
What model of high-waisted jeans, skirt, or shorts to wear when you have a belly?
The jean is one of the key pieces of the women's wardrobe, a true timeless piece, just like the skirt and more recently the short. The "bottom" with a high waist is particularly indicated to help hide a rounded belly.
The high-waisted jean paired with the tucked top, and voila! the flat belly illusion is perfect - Les Petits Imprimés
Thanks to their shaping effect, they flatten the belly which hides even better under the fluid top. This flattening effect elongates your silhouette as long as you tuck the front of the top into the high-waisted jean, short, or skirt, especially if you have a fine and marked waist. Otherwise, wear the top outside, in a loose and fluid manner.
This pretty lightweight high-waisted linen effect short elongates your silhouette with class and femininity - Les Petits Imprimés
Choose a jean in which you feel comfortable, even when sitting. It should not be too tight around the belly, risking cutting off digestion. If you are not comfortable with high waist, stick to a normal waist jean.
Highlighted asset
Your legs shaped in a slim jean or elongated with a bootcut jean that balances generous hips.
6. A nice décolleté or bare shoulders
The fundamental idea in fashion is to divert attention from our flaws to help the gaze focus on our assets. In your case, you want to divert attention from your belly with a nice décolleté, for example.
Bardot collar top Yilin, a neckline full of charm that diverts attention from small curves - Les Petits Imprimés
The V-neckline is a must-have to free the neck and the upper part of the bust, highlight the head carriage, and create a vertical line that elongates the upper body. Be careful not to fall into the pigeon neckline at work, risking losing credibility.
A very feminine alternative that is not highlighted enough is to bare the shoulders, especially with a Bardot collar. This straight collar effect or "oops, my straps fell" creates a horizontal line on the upper body (ideal for widening narrow shoulders) and elongates the nape.
Opt for a fluid top, with a V-neckline, bare shoulders, or a Bardot collar to draw the eye to your natural assets.
Assets highlighted
The bust, the top of the décolleté, and the sensual nape.
And at the beach? Discover our selection of the most beautiful one-piece swimsuits adapted to your morphology. Shaping, slimming, or sculpting, you will surely find your happiness to shine this summer.
7. High heels
When it comes to elongating your silhouette, it necessarily means high heels. But rest assured: there are options for all tastes. You are probably wondering how heels will help you camouflage your belly?
High heels, a strong asset for structuring the silhouette, shaping the legs, and helping us tuck in the belly (Image: Pinterest)
High heels are unmatched for rebalancing a silhouette, starting with the spine. Consequently, this little magical effect changes the way you hold your head, your chest stands out, your belly tucks in, and your buttocks are shaped.
Always respecting your proportions, favor thick heels if your shapes are generous. Conversely, lean towards pumps or even stilettos if you are slim.
8. The sculpting bodysuit
To finish with our last flat stomach ally, the sculpting bodysuit, the slimming shapewear, the slip dress, or the high-waisted flat stomach panties are essentials to flatten the rounded belly.
The black lace shaping and push-up Mermaid bodysuit: pretty sexy, right? - Les Petits Imprimés
Of course, all these pieces require a bit of practice to feel comfortable. But you should really test their shaping effect at parties, from time to time, to go out with friends, or have a drink in the city. You'll quickly notice that this little fitted dress you fell for but never wore, or this little top that shapes your bust, makes quite an impression...
Forget about grandma's horrible shapewear. Today, slimming bodysuits and sculpting shapewear are enticing underwear adorned with lace, dotted patterns, and play with transparency effects in a sexy pin-up spirit to keep until the end of the night (or not!).
Highlighted asset
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How to dress when you have a belly? The summary
From now on, you master the ultimate art of illusion. This magical tool allows you to highlight your natural assets and make your little flaws and complexes disappear thanks to a careful selection of pieces from your wardrobe.
So you have several ideas for an "illusion flat stomach" outfit, 5 dresses to adopt as soon as possible, tops, bottoms, necklines, shoes, and even sexy underwear to camouflage your curves, love handles, and little bulges.
Who's going to make the credit card heat up? :D