If you want to make your hips look smaller, or have sloping shoulders that you’d like to broaden, why not try a jacket like this one from Bloomingdales, which has a wide collar, which helps to balance your body shape. Wearing a patterned jacket like this with a plain neutral bottom is also a great way to draw attention up toward the face and away from your hips and thighs.
Alternatively, you could try a jacket like this which has horizontal details on the shoulders which broaden them. This jacket is more suited to a woman with a smaller bust than a larger one because of the mandarin collar.
Another option is a jacket with a puffed sleeve which will add extra width to your shoulder line and create a more evenly balanced appearance.
So these jackets are all great for you A shaped women, but would be best avoided by the broader shouldered V shaped woman.
Darn. I have a coat that I love with a huge portrait collar like the top photo! After we’ve determined I’m a V shape, I know the coat is only making my hips smaller and my shoulders broader, emphasizing my “issue.” That my friends, is why we study this stuff, so we don’t make expensive mistakes.
Why not try teaming it with a pair of jeans or trousers with pocket detail at the hips to visually widen that area, or even a pair of trousers or skirt in a lighter shade?
what if you have broad and straight shoulders? could we please have a post about that?