Fuller & pear - Caryn Franklin's How to Look Good

Step Five
Gilet
Bolero
Cropped 50’s style jacket
Waistcoat
Gilet
This is a great shaped garment, which has
appeared as a padded design and more
recently a sheepskin item. It has no
fastening and sits over other layers to
give a practical warmth to any clothing.
The strong vertical trim feature can help
to elongate the body.
Bolero
The overwhelming feature of this jacket
is its hemline, which ends at high rib cage.
Catwalks can sometimes feature this cut
heavily over a fitted jersey top and
trousers. It is very lengthening but can
also focus interest around the bust.
Cropped 50’s style jacket
Cropped sleeved jackets with cropped
hemlines work very well over dresses.
They often have one or two button
fastening at the collarbone or a tie
fastening and fall open. In lightweight
fabrics they are a summer design that
appears on the catwalk for time to time
and because of the roomy cut will always
make the body look dainty within.
Waistcoat
The waistcoat is one of my favourite
garments because it can give shape to
the upper body. It works just as well with
jeans as it does with more formal clothes.
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