How to Dress Yourself Thin

Charla Krupp on How to Dress Thin
Timothy Hogan

The Hips, After
In this outfit, the model looks as if she's lost 10 lb. "This shapely pencil skirt fashions the body into a sexy hourglass," Krupp writes. Ruffles on top focus attention on the upper half.

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