Style Tips With Afrah - How To Choose Textures To Suit Your Body

You know how sometimes you put together a bomb outfit and all the components are there. I'm talking cuts✔️, color✔️and your body is 100% on fire, BUT the overall look just feels and looks FLAT with no pizazz⁉️ (yes ,it's one of my fav fashion slangs). Theeeen the missing piece of interest just might be TEXTURE.

Basically described as surface quality or feel (smoothness or roughness) of a garment, texture can "whoosh!" a perfectly basic design to enviably "high-end" levels.

Monochromatic (one- colour) outfits can look super boring and basic easily, but a clever, gleeful texture play can add a lot of visual weight. As seen in photo, I am basically wearing a green-hued outfit but the gleeful texture(wool-like fabric ) play is the TOTAL GAME CHANGER here (do you see the life these textures are giving my one-color ensemble though?!!...what?!!)

On what texture will best suit "your" body, how to cherry-pick them and simple ways to add texture to your closet;

Mind you, some textures can add a few pounds to your size so you have to be very cautious of which textures you include in your closet (regardless of how cute it is🚫❌). I have put together a short list to give you a fair idea of which textures work for which body frames.

Slim and Tall babes: crisp textures with tailored cuts help accentuate your curves--Model status! Straight up!✔️

Petite and curvy divas; softer textures (e.g., medium weight cotton,silk, denim) help to evenly focus the eye on the different beautiful contours of your body. So go ahead and WERK it!

Just like you wouldn't leave a huge bar of Snickers infront of your mirror when you are trying to lose weight, don't hoard "high-fat" textures in your closet if you are trying to look slimmer . So Steer clear from very stiff Linen, corduroy, loud Metallic fabrics, excessive fringe ,tulle, they will make you look super bloated. 

I hope you find this useful.


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