How to Make Your Hips and Legs Look Bigger or Smaller

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How to Make Your Hips and Legs Look Smaller

If you want to make your legs and hips look visually thinner, you need to take into account the use of garments with straight silhouettes. They’ll extend a continuous line from your hips passing through your legs, which helps dissimulate the volume that is generated side to side of the hips. This is the most important tip that you need to remember! If you wanna know more, look at the left side of the following table.

How to Make Your Hips and Legs Look Bigger

That’s not a problem! You have hundreds of options to make your legs and hips wider! You can choose whatever fabric or silhouette you want! But you need to be careful with the colors you choose, the clearest ones are the best option for you, avoid dark colors. Look at the right side of the table below to learn more.

How to Make Your Hips and Legs Look Smaller

How to Make Your Hips and Legs Look Bigger

Pants

Straight Pants

Straight leg pants will dissimulate the size of your hips and legs. They'll generate a better effect if you choose them in dark shades.

Culottes

Culottes, are so stylish and they are a design that you definitely need to try! They add volume to your legs and hips.

Palazzo Pants with Light Fabrics

Choose Palazzo pants made of light materials that fall in a sheer manner. Avoid Palazzos with heavy and thick fabrics.

Palazzo with Heavy Fabrics

Palazzo pants in heavy materials will make your legs wide, especially if you choose them in clear or vibrant colors.

Dark Skinny Pants

Skinny jeans are not the best option for you, they stand out more and increase the appearance of your hips and legs. But as every rule has its exception, you can choose your skinny pants in black and wear them with high heels. High heels are always your best ally when you want to look thinner with stylized legs.

Skinny Pants in Light Colors

You can use skinny jeans, but it’s better if you choose them in light colors, avoid using them in dark colors or they will create the opposite effect.

Wide Leg Pants

Wide leg pants help to make your body’s figure look more balanced. If you are petite they are not a good suggestion... unless you wear them with high heels.

Work Up Pants

Add extra volume to your legs but especially to your hips.

Boyfriend Jeans

Boyfriend Jeans definitely focus the attention on your legs. But if you are like me, and you love them because they are the perfect complement for your hard edgy look, then choose them with a slight ripped effect.

Boyfriend Jeans

Boyfriend jeans are the perfect fit for you; they add lots of volume to your legs. The more ripped they-- are the better!

Skirts

Straight Skirt

The straight line skirt has a beautiful and classy design. It will help your legs look longer. This skirt is a must-have in any wardrobe! You can wear it in hundreds of casual and formal looks.

Light Pencil Skirt

Choose your pencil skirts in light or vibrant colors, they help your hips to be the focal point.

A-line Skirt

A-line skirts are perfect for you! But never forget to choose them in an ideal fit, they shouldn't be too wide.

Flare Midi Skirt - Ruffle Skirt

Both kinds of skirts are spectacular to make your hips wider.

Pointed Hem Skirt

The bottom area of this skirts has a perfect form to make your legs appear longer. In general, you'll look thinner using pointed hem skirts or dresses.

Peplum Skirt

It doesn't matter if you wear a peplum skirt in a dark color, it will always add volume to your hips. You can also use a peplum blouse to achieve the same effect.

Shorts

Straight Shorts

Avoid shorts too… well shorts, and too tight.

Printed Shorts

The best shorts you can wear are the ones with vibrant colors and pleats to add more volume.

Colors

Dark Colors

Dark colors will make your legs and hips look thinner.

Light Colors

Light colors will make your legs and hips wider.

Embellishments

Simple Embellishments

Simple embellishments like fringes and embroidered details in the hem of the skirts and dresses, add an elegant touch without over-saturating your look.

Sequins - Patches - Adornments

Jeans full of patches; you can go as wild as you can with the patch trend! Sequin pants, skirts or dresses, with all the glow and glamour they have-- are an excellent option to make your hips and legs stand out.

Prints

Mini Prints with Dark Backgrounds

Prints will always add volume and capture the attention in whatever area they are used. But, if you love them and can’t live without them, don’t worry-- you can choose prints with dark backgrounds and they won’t add so much volume to your legs.