Male Body Shape

How to style 

The first step to look stylish and put together is to get familirize with your body shape. When you are at peace with your body shape you will accept it and start to learn how to dress it up. You will discover what cut and design that flatter you body the most and bring out the best in you.

There are 5 types of Male Body Shape, each has it's own characteristic. The Body Shapes namely :

TRAPEZOID, INVERTED TRIANGLE, RECTANGLE, OVAL & PEAR SHAPE

I will take you go through it. So let's Dive In and Have some Fun

TRAPEZOID Body Shape

Your outfit should be made fit to your body. You have the most proportional Body Shape, so you can show it off. Just don't wear slim fit that is to tight on waist and hip area.

Make the combos of your ouufit interesting by choosing and mixing the right colors, nice cut and texture that makes your outfit looks stands out and unique

INVERTED TRIANGLE Body Shape

Vertical Stripes such as in these two above pictures will make the lower part of your torso looks wider 

and balance your body shape

Layering your outfit with loose outer will balance your shape as well. 

Avoid wearing something fitted in your waist area as this will make your shape not proportional

( See the picture of Kobe Bryant wearing Oversize Shrit as  Outer layer )

For pants, straight cut pants or bootcut jeans would be best. Avoid slim fit that makes your overall looks imbalance

You need to make friends with a good tailor, because from to time you need to make alterations for your outfit to achieve the perfect balance to your looks

OVAL Boday Shape

Opt for SINGLE BREASTED Suits instead of DOUBLE BREASTED Suits. Double Breasted Suits tend make the waisted area looks bigger 

Wear ensemble in the same color shades from Head to toe. So it's Tonal.  You can play with different texture for the Tonal ensemble to make it more cohesive and interesting. 

Wear V Neck T-Shirt or Shirt as the V neck elongate the neck area.

Wear Vertical Stripes Shirt to elongate the torso.

Wear Pants without Belt or at least belt that is not standing out or become the statement piece of your outfit.

RECTANGLE Body Shape

This type of Body shape has narrow shoulder, waist  that is not define and narrow hips. Therefore to create better sihuette and better looks, we need to work on the Shoulder and Chest area to give more volume in these areas. The purpose is to make the upper part of the body looks broader than the lower part that will make a better and proportional silhuette

Wear structured blazers or jacket that has more details on the chest ie with big pockets. 

Plaid jackets to combine with darker color pants will make the shoulder & chest looks broader.

We can also create a fuller looks to your upper torso by wearing Layering outfit ( ie. open shirt as outer layer and T-shirt underneath ). You could also wear a vest.

Wear Straight pants and if desire, you could also cuffed it.

PEAR Body Shape

The body shape has a narrow shoulder and chest and wider on the hips area. 

Our goal with this type of body shape is to focus the attention to the upper part of the Body and stay away from giving to much attenction to the lower part of the body.

This body shape, characterized by narrow shoulder that a bit droppy. Therefore we need to work on this area, by choosing the right fit. You need to make friends with a good tailor who will be able to assist you to create the right fit to your clothes especially in the shoulder area to make it looks broader and straight.

Wear shirts, jackets and suits in interesting detail to draw attention to the upper body parts

Shirts in nice light colors will broaden the looks of your shoulder and chest

Vertical Stripes Jacket and Blazer to draw attention to the upper parts  of the body as well as elongate it.

Simple pants with less details but with good cut will be good to create neat and slim look on this area. Stay with Straight Cut pants and boot cut jeans if you like

So I do hope this post will assist you to be more familiar with your body shape as the firist step to be stylish and elegant.

Until next post

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