Comments on: The long and the short of it – the simplest slimming trick in the book http://beaut.ie/2012/the-long-and-the-short-of-it-the-simplest-slimming-trick-in-the-book/ Beauty, Fashion, Life Fri, 24 May 2013 18:46:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: salsera http://beaut.ie/2012/the-long-and-the-short-of-it-the-simplest-slimming-trick-in-the-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1041805 salsera Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:17:26 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=65152#comment-1041805 Sigh..I am so sick of the ‘vertical stripes are slimming’ nonsense. Vertical, correctly shaped *panels* are slimming.

It is a false conclusion, based on the fact that thin girls look thinner in vertical stripes. This is mainly because the stripe doesn’t bend, and therefore elongates the look.

The obverse is not true.

Researchers in England recently proved that curvy girls actually look fatter in horizontal stripes, because the curves make the stripes bend. Cleverly cut chevrons are very slimming; close together stripes on arses make the stripe curve around one’s legs, and as for on a big bust, forget it.

I have a big bust and I look much better in horizontal striped panels,when I have a dark panel covering most of my bust and the other ones cleverly placed to distract the eye from my boobs.

If you don’t believe me, google Kelly Brook and stripes.

]]> By: Celine (McMademoiselleLikes...) http://beaut.ie/2012/the-long-and-the-short-of-it-the-simplest-slimming-trick-in-the-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1041008 Celine (McMademoiselleLikes...) Sat, 06 Oct 2012 12:47:08 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=65152#comment-1041008 I am in love with the warehouse dress (the lace one with side panels)… but I’m from the other end of the spectrum, and it might make me look skinnier than I already am (don’t laugh, do you know how difficult it is to dress nicely when you have the frame of a 12 years old boy?!)

]]> By: Rosemary http://beaut.ie/2012/the-long-and-the-short-of-it-the-simplest-slimming-trick-in-the-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1040765 Rosemary Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:18:56 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=65152#comment-1040765 Emma, Aisling, you can arrange an appointment whenever you choose. My fee? Lunch and a Ladurée macaroon.

Sarah, eh, what?

OtherMary, I KNOW! Those striped leggings are truly horrendous, perhaps second in terribleness only to that more recent trend – skin-colour leggings. No idea why anyone goes for it; at best, it makes you look naked; at worst, as if you’re covered in a layer of puckered cellulite. Yuck.

LoCo, if you must go for horizontal stripes, be assured that narrow are better than wide! And Breton tops are really cute and you can break up the wide aspect by layering them under a cardi or blazer, or wearing them with a long scarf!

]]> By: *Aisling* http://beaut.ie/2012/the-long-and-the-short-of-it-the-simplest-slimming-trick-in-the-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1040701 *Aisling* Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:05:00 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=65152#comment-1040701 I’m with Emma on this one: Rosemary when can we arrange a personal shopping experience?

]]> By: LoCo http://beaut.ie/2012/the-long-and-the-short-of-it-the-simplest-slimming-trick-in-the-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1040682 LoCo Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:51:18 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=65152#comment-1040682 Oh oh I’m wearing a black dress today which has little thin cream horizontal stripes. I probably look MAAASSSSIIIVVVVEEEe, ha ha ha.
I love horizontal stripes, I’m all about the breton tops :( ;)

Also love scarves always buy some nice new ones each year and the longer the better.
I don’t buy new coat each year( too expensive) get my coat dry cleaned before I put it away and then mix and match with new scarves.

]]> By: OtherMary http://beaut.ie/2012/the-long-and-the-short-of-it-the-simplest-slimming-trick-in-the-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1040663 OtherMary Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:13:30 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=65152#comment-1040663 The striped trousers that Elyse is wearing remind me of the striped leggings that many a young wan has been seen sporting in warmer times. Many questions have been raised: does there exist a more universally unflattering legging? Does anyone wear these with a top long enough to cover her arse? Has anyone been hypnotised by the jiggle of said unflattered arse in the optical illusion print?

I have the Louboutins that Elyse has on her feet and they are not uncomfortable. Biancas are like the Simple with a platform. The toebox is normal width and the pitch is only 4 inches.

]]> By: Emma (Fluff and Fripperies) http://beaut.ie/2012/the-long-and-the-short-of-it-the-simplest-slimming-trick-in-the-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1040661 Emma (Fluff and Fripperies) Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:11:48 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=65152#comment-1040661 TAKE ME SHOPPING ROSEMARY

]]> By: rio http://beaut.ie/2012/the-long-and-the-short-of-it-the-simplest-slimming-trick-in-the-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1040660 rio Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:10:58 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=65152#comment-1040660 Great post, I need that jacket in my life!

]]> By: Sarah http://beaut.ie/2012/the-long-and-the-short-of-it-the-simplest-slimming-trick-in-the-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1040655 Sarah Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:58:04 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=65152#comment-1040655 I have to say fashion has become very inelegant with how to make a frame look smaller. It so much more available where as you had to look up on ways to make your self look thiner instead all you do is go into a shop and its right in front of you!
yay Fashion!
I really hope the stick thin trend of the 00′s stays away for good….no one can pull that look off not even the stick thin girls from back in the day!

]]> By: LauraLou http://beaut.ie/2012/the-long-and-the-short-of-it-the-simplest-slimming-trick-in-the-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1040653 LauraLou Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:44:17 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=65152#comment-1040653 I got a leather dress from Penneys very similar ti the last one. Steal at only €19 :)

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