Yay! Everyone’s here, so we can get started. Good to see you guys again. Welcome to yet another how-to-dress-1o-lbs-slimmer post in the Business Casual Superstar series, the only business casual blog column that is mentioned by name in the Bible.
I’m here today to share another outfit that accentuates your waist, this time for the petite ladies. (Also, I’m not actually here. I’m chillin’ on my BFF Amanda’s BOAT singing an Andy Samburg song I’m sure you’re all familiar with.)
Regardless, here’s what I came up with. Remember how we talked about color blocking and belts as a neat way to accentuate the waist? Here’s an outfit that illustrates both methods.
Knit and Woven Print Dress ……….. $23.99
Michael Antonio Lotus Pumps in Grey ………. $39.95
Stretch Rectangle Link Bracelet ………. $8.50
Not one of my *favorite* outfits posted here, but it works. And it illustrates what I wanted to show you about the color blocking and belting at the narrowest part of your waist. I went shopping with one of my old friends from high school (who is also a law student now, an almost-3L like me, but at Boston University, which, coincidentally, is where I spent a great deal of my childhood because Mama Hoomster taught there and worked on her Ph.D. there) and she’s a wee little thing like me. Our nickname for her was Wee, actually. Because she’s little. And because her middle name is Weili.
Anyway, Jessica is little, like me. She needed a belt, and was sadly out of luck because all the ones we looked at were way too big for her, even at the farthest hole, and sat more on the wider ridge of her hips than anywhere close to the narrowest part of her waist, which is where those belts need to be.
That was a pointless, rambling way to say belts should sit at the narrowest part of your waist.
>:(
I am such a windbag. You guys should stop me. This is all your fault, really. In fact, it’s everyone’s fault but mine.
Anyway, I paired it with grey shoes, and I went with a round-toe because that emphasizes the roundness or curve of your calves, whereas a pointy toe elongates your legs. So, whatever, different objectives.
I tossed in a turquoise bracelet to pick up the warmer blues in the skirt of the dress, and there we have it!
