The apple shaped women typically have generous curves, so it is quite common that you have a big bust. Because you also carry extra weight on your tummy, it is important to choose the right styles that can flatter your unique body features. We’ll talk about everything you need to know on how to best dress your shape in this article, but first, let’s take a look at your body features.
Appearance
- Well-balanced shoulders and hips – One of your most notable features is that your shoulder line and hip line are nearly similar in terms of width.
- Shoulders with sloped edges – Your shoulders are well-balanced and they have a soft, feminine shape that looks round on the edges. This also constitutes your curvy figure.
- Curvaceous and big bust – You definitely have a prominent bust line and you’re most likely at least a C-cup.
- Little to almost no waist definition – It’s common among apple shapes to have an undefined waist due to the fact that their midsection area carries a heavier weight. The waist looks straight on the sides.
- Your legs are slim and shapely – Whenever you gain weight, you don’t earn that much in your limbs, particularly your legs, so they remain slender and well-shaped.
- You gain weight in the midsection – Being an apple-shaped girl means that you most likely have a belly bulge and are prone to a muffin top. This is because you carry most of your extra weight in your stomach.
TOPS
Sweetheart Neck Peplum Tops
The combination of a sweetheart neckline and peplum silhouette ticks all the right boxes to beautifully flatter your busty apple-shaped figure. Firstly, the sweetheart neckline perfectly attracts attention to the decolletage to create a visually appealing balance between your upper and lower body.
Also, since your full and shapely bust is one of your figure’s strong points, the sweetheart neckline will frame and accentuate this asset of yours without adding extra volume. It can give you a flattering silhouette for your larger bust to be showcased without being overly revealing.
Now to the peplum silhouette, it flares out at the waist which creates the illusion of a more defined waistline, which apple shapes usually struggle with. Additionally, the flare of the peplum top can help conceal your concerns about the midsection as it skims over your belly without clinging, providing a comfortable and flattering fit.
Tops with Uneven Hem
There’s definitely something charming about tops with asymmetrical hemlines and not only do they make your ensemble look more interesting, but also flatter your large-busted apple figure. How the asymmetrical hemline works is that it can divert attention away from your heavier midsection and directs the eye up and down the body instead to promote a more balanced look.
Tops with uneven hems can provide a flattering frame for your larger bust so that it gets showcased without making it look too overpowering. The asymmetry can break up the visual weight of the bust area so that it appears more balanced with the rest of the body.
Tops with Vertical Patterns
Vertical patterns such as stripes, seams, or embroidery, effectively draw the eye up and down, which visually creates a longer and leaner torso. These vertical lines can also help slim you down by creating a continuous, streamlined appearance, resulting in a slender and elongated appearance.
Vertical lines also have the efficient ability to lead the eyes in a more stable and streamlined manner so that they can create a more harmonious balance between your large bust and the rest of the body. These lines will break up the visual weight of the bust area, making it appear more in proportion to the rest of your body.
JEANS
Dark Wash Jeans
Dark wash jeans are perfect for busty apple-shaped women who struggle with excess weight in their midsection because dark colors, as we know them, have a slimming effect. Dark wash jeans create a continuous, elongated line down your legs so that your midsection area won’t look too bulky.
Dark colors tend to recede and this is what makes them excellent for minimizing attention to areas apple shapes may want to downplay. This can be effective in diverting attention away from the midsection and leading the gaze towards the legs instead.
And on top of all of those style benefits that I’ve already mentioned, they can also have a smoothing and streamlining effect on the legs. This will give you a longer, leaner appearance, which is especially beneficial for your busty apple body shape where the legs are often a slimmer feature.
High-rise Wide-Leg Jeans
High-rise wide-leg jeans are specifically designed to sit higher on the waist, which can effectively elongate your frame in an instant. Since you’ve got yourself a heavy midsection and a large bust size, you can absolutely benefit from this elongating effect to bring better balance to your proportions.
The high-rise design of these jeans also cinches in at the narrowest part of the waist to create the illusion of a defined waistline. This waist cinch helps indent the sides of your waist to make the curvy lines in your body more distinguishable.
PANTS
Flowy Wide-Leg Trousers
The loose fit of flowy wide-leg trousers seamlessly skims over your midsection, which makes the pants quite forgiving especially if you are concerned about your tummy area. This style doesn’t cling, which can help create a more relaxed and comfortable feel.
The vertical lines created by the flowy fabric material in these trousers can have an elongating effect on your apple body shape. This can help balance out the potentially overwhelming horizontal width of the bust to create a more harmonious overall look.
Straight-cut Pants in Dark Colors
Straight-cut pants have a clean, vertical line that runs from the waist down to the ankles and this verticality leads the gaze up and down to elongate your figure. Additionally, dark colors have the ability to absorb light so it can definitely slim your figure down, hence downplaying the appearance of your heavier midsection.
Straight-cut pants also follow the natural line of the legs without being overly tight. This streamlined silhouette can be very flattering for apple-shaped figures who also have a big bust because it provides a tailored look without clinging to the body.
DRESSES
Off-the-Shoulder Dresses
Off-the-shoulder dresses open up enough space in your upper half to showcase your shoulders and collarbone, creating a more flattering visual line at the top of the body. This helps neutralize the appearance of your big bust and balance out your fuller midsection.
By exposing the shoulders and collarbone, off-the-shoulder dresses can instantly give you a graceful and elegant neckline. The off-the-shoulder neckline can also provide a slimming effect for the upper body as it creates a horizontal line across the shoulders that can visually break up the broad width of the bust and create a more balanced appearance.
Tailored A-Line Dresses
If you have a larger bust size, you’ll find A-line dresses to be very beneficial in a way that they can emphasize this feature without making it the sole focus of your entire figure. The dress gently skims over your bust, which provides a flattering fit without causing the upper body to appear overly heavy.
Many A-line dresses are tailored to cinch in at the natural waist and this can be helpful for apple shapes as they typically don’t possess waist definition. This creates the appearance of a narrower waistline, which helps bring a more flattering balance between your upper and lower body.
Also, the flare of an A-line dress helps conceal any fullness around your midsection. It doesn’t cling tightly around the tummy so it makes it more forgiving for those who are concerned about their tummy.
Streamlined Shift Dresses
Shift dresses are known for their straight cut and relaxed fit, which seamlessly skims over your body without clinging too tightly. This way, you are giving your large bust and bulky midsection more space, hence allowing superior comfort and ease of movement.
Its straight silhouette skims over the body without the snug cinch at the waist. While it’s true that cinching your waist is ideal, there are times when some apple shapes are more comfortable with a roomier fit so wearing a shift dress doesn’t draw attention to the midsection where weight is often carried.
Since shift dresses don’t really emphasize the waist, they lead the attention to the legs instead. This is especially flattering for apple shapes because your slim and shapely legs are totally one of your figure’s best assets.
SKIRTS
Pleated Button-Down Skirts
Pleats in a button-down skirt draw vertical lines in your silhouette that draw the eye up and down to create a lengthening effect. This can help elongate your legs and make you appear slimmer to tone down the heavier appearance of your midsection.
The pleats are strategically placed along the waistband to give more room to accommodate the bulge you may have in your midsection area and this can balance out your proportions by camouflaging the tummy.
High-Low Skirts
High-low skirts have a shorter front hemline and a longer back hemline, which creates a sense of uniqueness and asymmetry. This particular design creates a vertical line down the center of your figure which can visually elongate your legs.
In addition to its asymmetrical visual effect, the high-low style draws attention to your legs, which is one of your figure’s strongest points, and it shifts focus away from the bulkier midsection for a more proportionate look.
The asymmetrical hemline of a high-low skirt also promotes a sense of movement that adds a touch of drama to your ensemble. This dynamic element can divide the attention between your large bust and the lower body for better balance.
Peplum Skirts
Peplum skirts are definitely super dainty and their peplum silhouette is also very beneficial for big-breasted apple-shaped women who are looking into giving their figure a more distinctive shape. Peplum skirts have a flared or ruffled section that starts at the waist and extends down over the hips, which creates the illusion of a defined waistline.
Also, the extra fabric or the flared overskirt around the waist and hip area can help conceal any concerns about the tummy area. It provides a bit of extra coverage and a flattering drape that can hide your tummy bulge.
This subtle volume boost from the flared overskirt of the peplum also creates a sense of balance that can help neutralize the attention that your big bust most likely attracts.
OUTERWEAR
Neutral-colored Wrap Coats
Neutral colors are very versatile and visually flattering for body shapes that tend to carry more weight. So neutral-colored wrap tops can visually slim down and elongate your frame to balance out the proportions of your apple-shaped figure.
Wrap coats have a flattering, cinched-in waistline that helps you achieve a distinguishable waistline curve. Also, what’s great about this style is that the wrap design gives you the freedom to customize the fit by being able to adjust the wrap to cinch at the waist to your desired level of comfort and style, ensuring that it flatters your specific body shape.
Tailored Schoolboy Blazers
Schoolboy blazers come in a flattering design in which it is fitted at the waist, creating a more defined waistline. With this simple waist-cinching detail, you can achieve hourglass curves by making the indentation of your waist more distinct.
This particular blazer style also features lapels, buttons, and vertical seams that can create vertical lines that draw the eye upward and downward. This can help elongate the upper body and subtly camouflage the bulge you may have in your midsection.
Additionally, tailored blazers have a structured and defined shape that produces minimal, clean lines. This can provide your figure a sense of structure (particularly to the upper body) and therefore help evenly distribute the focus all throughout your frame and prevent your large bust from dominating your figure.
