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

Step FiveDouble breasted jacketThe trench style wrap The cropped jacketDouble breasted jacketThis style has a sporting feel and appearsin many different cuts. Recent militaryfashion for coats and jackets havefeatured the double breasted cut and italso appears when women’s suiting takeson a more androgynous or mannish feel.Buttons may also be exaggerated in sizeand lapels large. This style in coat formwill usually be long.The noticeable double-breasted featurecan be used to widen the upper body.The trench stylewrap jacketThe jacket may fasten with subtlebuttons or it may just wrap over. Thecrucial feature is the belted waist. As withthe single breasted jacket, this is a greatway to define the upper body and isagain universally flattering.This style is also found in coats wherethe waist is featured and the fabric fallsfrom the hip into a gentle flare. Again thisis a universally flattering style.The cropped jacketThink Coco Chanel classic; think hemlinejust below the waist. This jacket isdesigned to change the proportions of abody making the lower body lookstreamlined. It often appears in softfeminine pastel tweeds or wool mixes.This style will create volume around theupper body.This style in coat form is straight with nodefinition at the waist and has a JackieKennedy classic retro charm.Avoid if you are tall or top-heavy injacket and coat form.Caryn Franklin’s How to Look Good 44