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Fashion Basics

Women wearing clothes suited to their body types

 Marc Royce

Getting dressed is a whole lot easier when you know what pieces work best for your shape. Most women fall into one of four categories: circle (thick around the middle), triangle (larger at the bottom), hourglass (curvy but evenly proportioned), and rectangle (straight up and down). Here, three seasoned fashion experts―Simon Kneen, executive vice president of design for Banana Republic; Isaac Mizrahi, creative director of Liz Claiborne; and Bridgette Raes, author of Style Rx: Dressing the Body You Have to Create the Body You Want (Perigee Trade, $16, amazon.com)―identify the four styles that fit each figure best.
 

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