Feel comfortable and confident in clothing that flatters your figure. If you’ve got a pear shaped figure it’s all about learning how to flatter your shape to build your wardrobe.

Our guide to dressing a pear shape body solves all your dilemmas. Keep reading to find out more!

What Is A Pear Shaped Body

• Narrow shoulders
• Smaller bust
• Smaller waist
• Wide hips and bottom half

How To Dress A Pear Shaped Body

• Balance out proportions: Add volume to your narrower shoulders to balance out a wider bottom half and lift the eye up.

• Consider your colour choices: A bright or patterned top and understated bottom half gives a slimming effect to your wider hip area, drawing the focus and eyeline up.

• Know which clothing styles flatter your shape: Unsure where to start or need some inspiration? Keep reading…

How To Dress A Pear Shaped Petite Body

• To flatter a petite pear shaped body, it’s important to consider your height as well as your proportions.
• Focus on elongating your frame with high waisted bottoms and tops that sit at or above the waist.
• V-necklines and vertical details help draw the eye upward, creating the illusion of height while balancing your shape.

Best Clothes To Wear For A Pear Shaped Body

We’ve picked out the best pear body type clothing from dress to jeans and tops for pear shapes formulated to show off your figure and highlight your best assets!

Best Dresses For A Pear Shape

We’ve got flattering dresses for a pear shaped body to suit every occasion. Whether you’re looking for something to elevate your everyday style with or you’ve got evening plans worth getting dressed up for, find a flattering dress style for a pear shape body for you!

What are the best dresses for pear shaped body?

Wrap dresses, collared dresses, and shirt dresses are the best styles for a pear shape, as they create volume at the top to balance the hips.

Dresses For A Pear Shape

This dress features a v-neckline and roll tab sleeves that elongate the body and draw attention upwards, creating a balanced look.

This dress features a wrap style with a tie waist that defines the waist at the narrowest point and draws attention upwards. The soft jersey fabric drapes over the bottom half without clinging, creating a smooth look.

This dress features zip through fastenings that elongate your legs and draw attention upwards. It also has long sleeves and a structured top that creates volume to balance your proportions.

Dresses For Pear Shaped Petite

This dress offers a flattering and balanced look for a petite pear shape. The ruched front detail adds volume to the top of the body, while the A-line skirt adds volume to the lower legs without adding it to the hips and thighs, creating a balanced silhouette.

This dress features long ruffle detail sleeves that visually broaden the top to create a balanced silhouette. It also has a beautiful floral design that adds dimension and prevents the dress from looking heavy or plain.

This dress features a collared neckline that adds volume to the shoulders, creating balance with the hips and thighs for a flattering silhouette.

Best Jeans For A Pear Shape Body

The key to dressing your lower half is to keep it simple in both colour and design. The right style of jeans can make a big difference to how your body is balanced. We’ve selected styles of jeans for a pear shaped figure that pair effortlessly with any top or blouse.

What are the best trousers for pear shape?

Straight leg, bootcut, and flared jeans are a flattering choice for an apple shape because they create balance between the legs and hips.

Jean For A Pear Shaped Body

These straight leg jeans are perfect for flattering your pear shape. They create balance by keeping a consistent width from the thigh all the way down, minimising a top heavy look.

Our bootcut jeans add volume to the hem around the ankle, creating balance with the hips for a more flattering and slimming fit over the hips and thighs without clinging too much

These flare jeans add volume to the bottom of the leg to create balance. They also elongate the legs by drawing attention forward, which adds to the balancing effect.

Jean For A Petite Pear Shape

These straight leg jeans are ideal for a petite pear shape. The gentle wider ankle helps balance out the hips and lower body, while the subtle design ensures it doesn’t overwhelm a smaller frame or make the legs appear shorter

These flattering jeans feature a slim leg style that creates an elongated look for your legs. They also gently skim over the hips, avoiding added bulk or making them appear larger.

These cigarette jeans feature a high waist, which highlights the narrowest part of the body, and have a slight taper from the knee down, creating an elongating effect, perfect for a petite pear shape.

Best Tops For Pear Shaped Body

A top is one of the most important pieces to consider when dressing your pear shaped body. This is the smallest part of the body, so you need to add volume to create balance. Think big sleeves, loose fits, bold prints, ruffles, and flattering necklines, the perfect pear shaped body tops.

What are the best tops for pear shaped body?

Tops that add volume and visual interest to the upper body are the most flattering, such as:

• V and scoop necks
• Flutter and angled sleeves
• Patterns and prints
• Collars
• Ruffles
• Buttons
• Front pleats

Tops For A Pear Shaped Body

This top offers a very flattering look for a petite shape. It features a broderie puff sleeve top, which add pretty volume to the shoulders creating a balanced effect.

Looking for a flattering spring top? This one is perfect. It features flutter style sleeves and a patchwork print that adds volume and interest to the top, drawing attention away from the bottom.

This top features a bottom front detail that adds volume to the bust, helping to disguise the hips. Roll the sleeves up to add balance and interest to the upper body.

Tops For A Petite Pear Shaped

This top features a front pleat detail that adds volume to the bust, helping to disguise the hips. It also has 3/4 sleeves, adding balance and interest to the upper body.

This top is ideal for balancing out a petite pear shape. The ruffle shoulders add volume to draw attention upwards, while the fit flatters a petite pear shape by skimming the body without overwhelming it or making it look shorter.

The top features horizontal lines that broaden the upper body to create balance between the top and bottom, along with a v-neckline that opens the chest and elongates the neck, creating a flattering shape for a petite pear shaped lady.

FAQ’S

• How can I flatter my figure if I have a pear shape?
  • Balance your proportions by adding volume and visual interest to your shoulders and arms, while keeping the bottoms of your legs fuller without adding volume around the hips and thighs.
• What are the best clothes for pear shape body?
  • The best tops add volume and visual interest to your top half, such as ruffles, V-necks, and puff sleeves.
  • The best jeans are bootcut, straight, and flared styles, as they create balance through the bottom of the leg and the hips.
  • The best dresses are wrap and shirt styles, as they draw the eye upwards without adding bulk to the lower half of the body.
• Can you recommend brands that offer clothing for pear shaped bodies?
  • M&Co design all their clothes to be flattering and comfortable, promoting stylish choices for all body shapes in UK sizes 8-28.
• How do I choose the right notch neck top for my body shape?
  • Wider and deeper notch necklines, such as a v-neck, offer a flattering effect on a pear shape, as they draw the eye upwards to the narrowest part of the body, away from the midsection.

Find even more must have options to flatter your pear shaped body with our wide range of women’s clothing in UK sizes 8-28.

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