Wear Your Clothes the Right Way

Have you ever walked into a store, seen a fabulous outfit on a manequin, purchase it in just your size, only to take it home and have it fit horribly? Well it’s time to stop blaming those incidents on the clothing or certain aspects of your figure. BlissfullyDomestic has a collection of tips on how to buy and wear properly fitting clothing. Here are some selections for tops:

Long sleeved garments should hit just below the wrist bone with just a little ease (shouldn’t be too tight or loose)

Shoulders of any jacket, blouse or tee should be AT the shoulder – right where your arm is attached…NOT below the shoulder.

Put your arms down to the side, and look at the armpit area of the garment. There should not be excess fabric there. This is a very common fit error many ladies make – they buy jackets too big, then they have all this extra fabric in the armpit – that extends to the chest. Honestly, sometimes it looks like four boobs! Don’t make this mistake, two boobs are enough!

The back of any top shouldn’t show any ripples or ridges. If you have a little ‘extra’ in your back, then wear a camisole under tops. If there is visible pull between your shoulder blades, then you will need to go up a size.

A button-front blouse should never gap open at the bust line. If the blouse seems to fit otherwise, you can add a hidden button to close the gap.

Length – if you have been blessed with height – then you generally don’t have to worry about how long a jacket is. However, for the vast majority of ladies out there – the length is going to be something you will need to look at. If you try on a jacket, and like it, but ‘something’ isn’t right – it’s probably the length.