What works best for you?

We’ve got tips to help you choose the right belt styles foreach common womens body shape. This is just for starters as we’ll be adding to this page over the next few months.

'Quick links':

• Top tips
• - Boyish figure
• - Large waist - apple shape
• - Large hips - pear shape
• - Apples and pears
• - Curvy figure - hourglass
• - Not so slimming
• Keep it in proportion
• - Petite women
• - Breast size

Top tips

Boyish figure

• As they say in Birmingham, you FLB (flippin’ lucky bitch)! You can wear anything but you might want a wide belt to cinch your outfit to add some curve and definition.

Large waist - apple shape

• Try wearing your belt about 3 inches down from your waist to draw the attention away from it.
• If your bust is far larger than you hips, balance it out by wearing a belt hipster fashion over your jeans, rather than in the loops.

Large hips - pear shape

• Use belts as often as you can to attract the eye to your trim waistline but be careful not to wear the belt too low with a cropped jacket - this will draw too much unwanted attention to those hips.

Apples and pears

• Wearing a belt the same colour as your clothes has a great slimming effect i.e. going for length and steering away from width.
• Another school of thought says a wide dark belt with an interesting buckle makes a plus size woman’s waist look smaller. We say try both and let the mirror be your judge.

Curvy figure - hourglass

• If you have curves to die for the last thing you want to do is cover them up with long shapeless garments that make them look like bulges. The belt is the hourglass’ best friend for bringing out those glorious curves.

Not so slimming

• Belts go with just about everything but for wide waist and obi belts, avoid wearing them with a high neck top without sleeves. This can make you look blocky unless you are very curvy.

Keep it in proportion

Petite women

• The golden rule is to avoid wide belts as they’ll steal your length. Don’t go much wider than trouser belt width.

Breast size

• Big boobs demand a big belt but be careful with very small breasts, as a big belt can swamp you – then it is time for the padded bra or a thinner belt.