Choosing the right necklines is critical for women with the inverted triangle shape, because they can dramatically change the visual balance. Since you have broad shoulders and often also have a big bust, you can come across as top heavy. That is exactly why you need to understand which necklines work better for your shape and which ones you should avoid. But first, let’s take a deep dive to understand your body’s characteristics.
Appearances
The inverted triangle body type is known to have the following features:
- Broad shoulders
- Narrower bust
- Narrower hips
- Athletic or swimmer body shape
Knowing that you have broad shoulders and even narrower hips, it’s important to wear necklines that will help to minimize your shoulders such that they can be more proportionate when compared to your hips.
Therefore, the goal is to balance your shoulders and play up your hips. Doing this will help to create the illusion of curves around your hips by narrowing your waistline. These neckline styles will help you achieve this flawlessly.
V-neckline
Let’s start things off with the extremely flattering v-neckline which is perfect on the inverted triangle body shape. The V-neckline is popular as a slimming neckline style and the effects are visible on this body type.
With this neckline, you can easily create the illusion of a longer and slimmer neck. Since the inverted triangle body type is known for having broad shoulders and narrower hips, this projects a top-heavy appearance that you can downplay with your neckline choices.
Use the v-neckline to draw attention of the eyes away from the broad shoulders and downwards to your bottom-half. This has a naturally slimming effect on your torso which helps to streamline your entire silhouette.
A v-neckline can help you create a more proportionate and visually balanced outlook where your shoulders are not so wide compared to the lower half of your body.
Scoop neck
This neckline style is deeply curved and wide, revealing a significant portion of the chest area. Although this is not as wide as the boat neck, you can use the scoop neck to create an elegant and flattering look on the inverted triangle body type.
One of the biggest benefits of this neckline is that it helps to create the illusion of a longer and leaner neck. Apart from this, it highlights your collarbones which is a great way to soften your shoulder line and stylishly minimize your broad shoulders.
Of course, your bottomwear matters a lot as it has to complement the effects of this neckline. For the inverted triangle shape, you can combine this with a lovely pair of wide-leg jeans and heels for a great night out with friends.
Crew neck
The crew neckline has the same positive effect on an inverted triangle body shape as the scoop neckline. This is also a wide and low style that shows off the chest area. Women with this body type can use this to their advantage, especially if you want to emphasize the illusion of a longer and leaner neck.
Doing this helps to slim down your broad shoulders and play up your hips to create a curvy silhouette. So, if you’re in love with a more feminine outlook but think your inverted triangle body shape limits the chances of this happening, I’m here to tell you that this is not true.
You can use the crew neckline to highlight your collarbone and soften your shoulder line. Complete this look with flared pants and you’ll tilt more towards an hourglass-like structure.
Halter neck
This neckline runs from the front to around the back of the neck, with the upper part of your back left uncovered. This is a stylishly sleeveless neckline that works for the triangle body shape.
The amazing effect of the halter neckline is that it helps to accentuate your shoulders and give them a softer, feminine outlook. However, the highlight of this neckline is that it draws more attention to your neck and face.
In line with the theme that has been mentioned so far, more attention on this area of your body means that there’s less focus on your broad shoulders.
Therefore, you can easily use this to streamline your silhouette and avoid making your broad shoulders the focus of your entire structure. Don’t wear halter neck tops that are too tight on your body frame.
Asymmetrical neck
The asymmetrical neckline is great for creating a diagonal visual distraction on the upper half of the inverted triangle-shaped body.
Of course, when you take a look at this style of neckline, the first thing that draws your attention is the diagonal line that runs across the shoulders, stylishly revealing some aspect of the chest area.
This attention-grabbing feature is perfect for the inverted triangle body type because it helps to create a softer look around the shoulders. However, while you don’t notice the width of the broad shoulders, your eyes will be naturally drawn towards the hips which can create a curvier outlook.
This combination therefore tones down the shoulders and helps to accentuate the hips to create the illusion of curves. Wearing a top or dress with an asymmetrical neckline is one of the best ways to minimize your broad shoulders.
Avoid Strapless
Wearing tops or dresses that have absolutely no straps will draw the eyes towards the exact width of your shoulders. The last thing you want to do is draw a lot of attention to your broad shoulders and make it the focal point of your entire structure.
Strapless necklines are not flattering for the inverted triangle body. As you already know, you have a naturally top-heavy appearance due to your broad shoulders and narrow hips.
With a strapless neckline, you will further narrow those hips while making your upper body appear wider. This completely throws your entire silhouette further off balance and even the right bottom wear may do nothing to improve your overall outlook.
Therefore, it’s best to avoid wearing tops or dresses that leave your shoulders and chest area completely exposed, like the strapless neckline.
Avoid Spaghetti straps
Similar to the effect of the strapless neckline on the inverted triangle body type, spaghetti straps are also not flattering for this body shape. Thin straps can visually widen your shoulders.
This is best for women with narrow shoulders that need to add more volume to this area. However, as an inverted triangle body shape woman, you don’t want to emphasize your shoulders as they are already wider compared to your lower body.
These thin straps, while adding volume to your shoulders, will slim down your torso, so the disproportionate outlook will be more obvious. Also, you want to draw attention away from your shoulders and chest area.
When you wear spaghetti straps, their thin nature will draw focus towards this area which is the opposite of what you would like to achieve.
Avoid square neck
The square neckline is a boxy style that provides contrast on a body with natural curves. It also helps to create the illusion of a longer neck as it draws more attention towards the collarbones, a flattering effect for women with narrow shoulders.
However, the inverted triangle body type doesn’t have any of these features. So, you can guess that the square neck is not right for you. Since this body type doesn’t naturally have large busts and curvy hips that can be accentuated by a square neckline, this will have a negative effect on your overall silhouette instead.
The square neckline will emphasize the broadness of your shoulder and won’t have a flattering effect on your collarbone. If you have a small or medium-sized bust, the low-cut square frame won’t look good around this area of your body.
Avoid necklines with ruffles and bows
Any neckline style that adds more volume around the shoulders and neck is a huge no for the inverted triangle body shape. Details like ruffles and bows around the neckline naturally make the area where they are present look bigger.
That’s because they are perfect for drawing attention towards that part of the body, thereby adding more visual volume. When worn around a neckline on a woman with an inverted triangle body shape, this will draw more focus on your broad shoulders and the disproportionate narrowness of your hips.
Therefore, your inverted triangle shape becomes more obvious as there is no balance between both halves of your body. Necklines with ruffles and bows may be pretty to look at, and incredibly feminine, but they are not for you.
It is best to keep your neckline plain and without extra details as that’s what works best for your body type.
Avoid bateau neckline
This is a wide and straight neckline that will make the inverted triangle body shape look top-heavy. This is not flattering for this body type as it emphasizes the broadness of your shoulders and further throws your silhouette off-balance.
