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How To

Fashion for a Curvy Figure

You've got it, so flaunt it. Show some skin and balance it with slimming black.

by Marie Claire

Topics: flatter your figure, what to wear, coats, curvy figure More

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SMOKE AND MIRRORS: The master of disguise - the wrap dress. Conceals lumps and bumps, reveals sexy legs and chest. Dress, $155, HUGO; pumps, $69, MIA; necklace, $225, Julie Sandlau; ring, $6.50, Icing by Claire's.

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Black colored dresses is the ideal color for women of all body shape. I would recommend bamboo clothes for women; the fibers are smooth giving them the ability to emphasize a woman's asset more.
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