Ethnic wear is all about perfect fit, be it for blouses (cholis) with lehengas or your favorite sari. The right way is not just finding your favorite dress but also getting the perfect fit for your body type.
With women having diverse body shapes, the need for different designs of lehengas evolved and gave way to different varieties at present. Every body type has its own strengths and flaws. The best to choose is that which matches and beautify you perfectly.
Though lehengas are known as a ready to wear outfit, not every lehenga choli suits for every body type. When choosing a lehenga choli style, it is crucial to select one that is in perfect for your body type. Dress according to your body shape to look flattering and create maximum visual appeal. Picking up the perfect clothing and accessories not only highlight the positive aspects of your body but also hide away your flaws. Although the design, color and other such factors matter, comfort is the key that one expects from the outfit.
Apple shaped body
Ladies with apple shape have wide and heavy upper body with slender arms and legs. Apple shaped women tend to look round so they often shy away from wearing lehengas as they feel it would not suit them. But that is totally wrong. All you need to do while choosing a lehengas is selecting the one that takes away eyes from your flaws. Go with flowing silks and soft cottons in simple designs. It gives you soft silhouette without highlighting those extra inches. Circular or full flared lehengas are the best pick for you. Choose blouses that are long and end where lehengas start. You can opt for jacket style lehengas with embroidery embellishment at the bottom. Neck designs like V-Neck, scoop and sweetheart would best accentuate your body. Avoid fish cut, straight cut, skinny a-line ones which highlight heavy stomach.
Hour glass shape
Ladies with hour glass shape body are the luckiest as anything would look good on them. However, A-Line in fluid fabrics such as velvet, georgette and chiffon that does not stand stiff will most complement you. A fishtail or a mermaid-style lehenga would compliment this figure like no other. It is fitted till the knee and then flares out till the bottom, accentuating the hips beautifully. Pair it with a halter-neck choli or a corset for the perfect look.
Rectangular shape
Ladies with rectangular shape have skinny athletic frame without any curves. So choose attire that best creates those curves. Choose a full wide skirt like mermaid or fish cut lehengas in stiff fabrics to add volume at the bottom. Raw silk is the perfect fabric for you followed by Net. Pair it with low and plunging neckline blouse to create curve illusion.
Pear shaped
These ladies have wider lower body, heavier bottom and a curvy waist line. Go for flared, panel or A-line lehengas with a slight flare from the waist. And opt for fabrics like georgette and chiffon as they do not add volume to your look. Blouse design can have heavy work as this helps draw attention to upper half of your body rather than lower. Neck designs such as square neck, boat neck, scoop neck, sweetheart neck, halter blouse, strapless blouse or V-neck work really well for you as they highlight the upper half of your body. Balance the heavy embroidery with net dupatta. Fish cut and straight cut lehengas are an absolute no-no as they draw attention to your hips.
Petite is someone with a tiny frame. A-line lehenga looks best on a tiny-framed body. Also, you can opt for an off-shoulder short choli. Most importantly, the embroidery and all other details like sequins and beads should be dainty just like your body type.
Inverted triangles (also known as cone or strawberry shape) are ladies with wider shoulder or bust line and narrower hips. Flared lehengas with heavy boundary gives an illusion of shape up base