Overweight Teen? How to Dress to Look Thinner

It used to be that being overweight as a teenager meant that you had no choices with clothing that would be fashionable with everything that you had to choose from were all old-fashioned looking. The designers didn't put a lot of effort into designing clothing for teenagers who wore clothing bigger than a size 4. Now days there are many designers that are designing great looking clothing for the plus size younger generation and they look great and are still very fashionable.

The new designs are available in many different styles which are available for plus size people are very fashionable and comfortable. At one time if you were overweight everyone told you that you should wear black because it would make you appear thinner. Wearing black does make you look slimmer but now you can wear any color and still look thinner. It's not that the colors that will make you look bigger than you really are it's the larger designs on the fabrics. Therefore, feel free to choose bright, vibrant colors to wear. Here are some simple tips that will help you look thinner.

Footwear: Wearing heels with your outfits will make you appear thinner. Wearing shoes with heels will make you look taller and make your legs look longer thus making your weight look more evenly distributed. You don't want to wear spiked heels but you want to wear a little heel with your outfits.

Print: With prints it is better to have smaller design sizes on the fabric than big designs. But you may find some big designs that will make you look great. It all depends on the design and the outfit. Strips will look better vertical then horizontal.

Jewelry: Wearing jewelry can make the eye look at the jewelry and not your size. You won't want to wear overbearing jewelry but you will want to wear some jewelry.

You can look a few pounds slimmer just by what you wear, always check a full length mirror if you have access to one so that you can check out and see which outfits look better and make you look thinner.

By: Judith Thomas