This video is all about the midi dresses and how to find the right dress
to flatter your unique shape I just feel oftentimes as women we tend
to blame our bodies when the dress doesn't fit right and in all reality
it's the clothes it's not you so join me here by subscribing hitting that
thumbs up and let's get started! Alright so how to find the midi dress so it fits
and flatters your beautiful shape well first of all why are we even talking
about mini dresses and mini skirts well it's just a very popular style in stores
right now and so most likely if you're shopping for a dress
you're going to come across the midi dress and maybe you really like one you
try it on and you're like oh what's going on with it
I'm glad you say with it and not with your body so here are just a few tips on
how to again find a style of midi that fits and flatters your beautiful shape
so in case you're a little confused about the different hemlines of dresses
and skirts first of all all the way down to the floor floor length
you've got the maxi that hits you at the ankle and the MIDI is right around your
calf okay so typically it hits you mid calf
but that's what we're gonna actually talk about in just a second so cocktail
is a right below the knee you've got the knee length above the knee and the midi
and of course you want to choose a hemline and a dress but that fits and
flatters your shape just because the midi skirt and dress is trending right
now it doesn't mean that you obviously have to wear it you want to wear what is
going to be most flattering on you and if you want to show off your legs then
show off your legs and more power to you but what's nice about the midi dress
is that it can be worn both in summer and the winter and there is a way to
make it a little more flattering I promise it's just a matter of the fabric
and the fabric really contouring nicely around your body you don't want anything
too clingy or you don't want too much fabric I've often seen that midi dresses
could just have way too much fabric and the great way to fix that is ladies with
a belt I'm telling you I've even worn my grandma's midi dresses and I just belted
it and it made it look so much better so the fabric is important
and how it's laying on your body also what's very important is where the waste
is hitting you so if you have a fabric that's just very loose then just be
careful about it hitting you on the Empire because then it might accentuate
a little bit of the tummy area however no tummy no worries or if you do have a
little bit of a tummy like me I tend to have I tend to choose fabrics are a
little bit thicker so that it kind of camouflages my tummy a bit long bit more
so just pay attention to that okay now in terms of the hemline so
again the midi is not necessarily a length that's SuperDuper flattering on
everybody sometimes it is just more flattering to have something a
little bit shorter but if you're definitely all about the midi and you
want to learn how to style we're gonna talk about it right now okay if you're
trying to elongating and you're wearing that midi so again that's right above
your ankle mid calf then you do want to consider a nude shoe so it doesn't break
up your leg do you see how when you're wearing a red shoe red skirt it just
kind of breaks up and it makes that part of your leg just a little bit more
choppy but if you're trying to elongate it then wear a nude shoe so that it
makes your leg look longer you also want the MIDI to hit you at the most
flattering part of your calf so you want to go right below the biggest part of
your calf unless of course you have more like calves that are straight up and
down then it doesn't matter as much but if you have calves with curves like I do
then I would want to have to choose a MIDI that's right below the widest part
of my calf so it accentuates the most flattering part of my leg and another
way that in another thing you might want to consider is if you're wearing boots
or booties you might want to wear tights with it just to again create that
monochromatic and elongating look because as you can see in this image on
the left it's just a little bit choppy you've got the skirt you've got the part
of your leg showing and then you've got the booties so just creating that
monochromatic either by wearing longer boots such as in the
image or by wearing tights then your along gating and your creating a more
flattering silhouette also what you wear with a midi skirt is important as well
so if the typical rule is that if you're wearing something loose and flowy then
you want to balance it out with something that is a little bit more
fitted as you can see in this image here however if you go with something loose
and loose it can look from beat really quick and we know that this woman
doesn't look frumpy if she's wearing something that's more flattering on her
you could just see that in this image there's just too much fabric and it's
just not styled in a very flattering way so again just keep in mind that if
you're wearing something with lots of fabric balance it out with something a
little bit more fitting all right so now on to how to choose styles for different
occasions so for example if you have something on a formal event you and
you're choosing a midi then you can choose something that's a little bit
more with Lacey or tulle so that it gives you the length but it also gives
you this sheer beautifulness kind of look here and because she's
wearing something that's more on the empire waist that's totally great but as
you can see that it's camouflaging her tummy are really nice because of that
extra fabric so just keep that in mind if you're going to choose a midi on the
empire waist and it's in a very kind of it's a fabric that doesn't have a lot of
weight to it it's going to accentuate your tummy but if you are going to
choose something lacy and a heavier fabric that it's going to camouflage it
really nice here for example in this image she is not wearing an empire way
she's wearing a right at the waist and it looks really great she has definitely
a very curvy body and the hem line is hitting her bright mid calf but you
can see that she does have legs that are pretty thin here as you
can see and it's hitting her right above the middle part of the calf so that's a
great hemline and looks very flattering on her and she's accentuating the waist
with the trust of the of the top and the bottom
and it's perfectly weighed out and in this image there's also the low to high
or high to low and this is also great because it shows a little bit of your
legs but it's still quite formal so how do you style the middie just for
everyday looks well I think that it's super great with a jacket or boots you
can style it with a blazer something a little bit more dressy if you're trying
to get dressed for work as you can see in this image she's wearing the
monochromatic I mentioned earlier this is a little bit of a flowy fabric but
she has a structured blazer on and the monochromatic boots and tights and it
just isn't elongating very flattering here she's wearing longer boots and so
this it could even go for summer this particular dress but she's dressing it
up really nice for cold weather and here with the vest it looks really cute as
well so in this case what I wanted to show is that the middie is not very
flowy it's more fitted and so it definitely makes it a lot more
flattering you could also pair a Middies with sneakers
I think definitely by adding a belt it would be more flattering in these looks
but you can create this like cool effortless almost like a tomboyish look
with sneakers you can also pair midis with just a little cardigan and a jacket
but again look at the balances here because of the flow enos of the midi
skirts the tops are a little bit more fitted and lastly here for some extra
inspiration a belting belting belting it always just adds a really nice seamless
look for dresses and for skirts whenever you're kind of trying to unify
a top and a bottom just by belting it it creates just very
nice seamless look and also it covers up those waistbands really nicely too
sometimes they the midi skirts come with an elastic waistband let's cover that up
and then here in this one in this case a little mini skinny wrap belt is really
cute because it accentuates the waist and a great length for a MIDI here as
well so I hope you enjoyed this video I hope it was helpful give you some
inspiration on how to choose hemlines how to choose fabrics for your body type
and the where should hit you and also you can
pick up a couple of the belts that I featured here in this presentation down
below or will include the links thank you so much for watching and we'll check
you next time on on a style minute