Body Shape Bible: Understanding How to Dress X Shape Bodies

As I discussed here when I explained how lines work, body shape tells us:

• Where to put the verticals
• Where to put the horizontals to balance, broaden or highlight
• Where to place detail
• Where to keep boring/dull/plain/no detail

That’s it!  So let’s look at the X Shape (commonly called the hourglass shape)

So putting these rules into action, see some examples of what flatters your X shape.