Fashion Blog by Jen Anderson

Separates are supposed to be easy for pear shaped women. We pears wear a different size on the top and bottom, so separates just make sense. And yet I've spent way too much time staring into mirrors and wondering why yet another top was too tight across my hips. Just...

I'm not talking about your typical pear-shaped figure here. I'm talking about Super Pear shaped women, which may be a term I just made up. Pear shaped women have hips that are wider in proportion than their shoulders. Super Pear is that, but more.  OK, so how do you know if...

Your body can absolutely have some attributes of more than one of the five main body shapes. It's so common that some style experts have come up with their own taxonomy. Trinny & Susannah discuss 12 body shapes in The Body Shape Bible, while Bradley Bayou has defined 48 body shapes...

Maybe you call yourself pear shaped, or maybe you prefer triangle-shaped. Either way, you've probably wasted a ridiculous amount of time and energy glaring at your hips in a dressing room mirror. Stop blaming your hips and stop looking for fabulous outfits in all the wrong places.  Reality check time...

Plus size is a size category, not a body shape. That means that not every piece of plus size clothing is going to be right for every plus size woman. Though really, wear whatever makes you happy. We're not the fashion police. But certain silhouettes work with your body's shape...

This isn't just a plus size problem, but having to deal with it on top of all the other aggravations involved in plus size clothes shopping is just - ugh. It's the sort of thing that can make you settle for ill-fitting clothes. You know you deserve better, but trying to...

I mean, really. I've rejected the idea that I have figure flaws that need to be camouflaged. Or that I should dress to look taller. And don't get me started on how weight isn't an indicator of health. But I still talk about apples and pears and which pieces are better...

A lot of people (stylists and designers included) seem to think that dressing for your body shape means camouflage and optical illusions. These people are kidding themselves. They seem to think that we should all aspire to look like we're hourglass shaped, even though less than 10% of women are...

I'm a firm believer in dressing for your body - not because you have parts that need to be camouflaged, but because it's just so much more comfortable to wear clothes that fit properly. Trying to shove my pear hips into a narrow skirt just doesn't give me enough room...