I’m plus-size – my favorite style of dress is an ‘optical illusion’, it’s so much more flattering over the tummy area
A PLUS-SIZE style lover has shared her favorite dress style that is aesthetically appealing and flatters the stomach.
The fashion enthusiast’s favorite style of dress happens to be an optical illusion and a tight garment that accentuates the tummy region.
Digital creator Stephanie is a body-positive and self-love advocate that uses her TikTok platform to provide uplifting messages to her viewers, style advice, and shopping haul videos.
As a plus-size woman, her content is meant to empower other women like herself to feel confident in the skin that they are in.
In a TikTok video, she shares her best style tips for wearing tight clothing that hugs a fuller figure.
The video is meant to be a challenge for plus-size women to kick-start their body-positive journey and start feeling comfortable wearing tight outfits, no matter their body shape.
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“Do you feel like because you’re not a size zero, you’ve always been told to wear clothes like this?” she says at the start of the video.
The video then transitions to a greenscreen where Stephanie adds, “You know, the baggy clothes that don’t cling to any of our body fat?”
The style guru doesn’t waste much time before addressing her first fashion hack, which she is coincidentally wearing.
She dons the orange-multi Stella Midi Dress, $68, as she tells her audience to start wearing dresses with patterns on them.
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“The patterns will continue through and won’t cling to any of your insecurities, like your tummy, or your backfat, and it’s going to create a really nice illusion effect,” she explains.
Tight dresses with plain patterns will define the stomach region and draw attention to it, which Stephanie says might “make you start feeling insecure and run away from tight clothes.”
The Australian also has a trick for women who are just starting out wearing tight clothes and aren’t feeling as adventurous.
“If you’re just starting out wearing tight clothes, black is always going to be your best option, just to get you to feel comfortable at the start,” she claims.
For anyone still feeling shy about form-fitting attire, her third fashion tip is to go for any clothing with a different type of material that does not sit directly on the skin.
“Go for something that has a bit of flow…something that sits on your waist and flows down really nicely,” she states. “It’s not going to gripe or cling on to any of your insecurities.”
Stephanie closes out the video with a body-positive and size-inclusive statement.
“Always remember you are beautiful and you are unique and you deserve to feel good in what you wear,” she asserts.
“Angel behaviour,” a TikTok user commented.
“B***h you are inspirational as f**k. every time I see one of your videos they hype me up and make me feel so good. thank you x,” another added.
“Yes queen!! Your doing such a good job representing plus size culture on here,” a viewer praised.
