Dress your body

After adopting a healthy diet and getting plenty of exercise, knowing your body type is one of the most important factors in making your appearance. That’s because learning to work with what you have enables you to capitalize on your strong points and minimizes flaws.

Large body types vary widely. You may be tall with a massive frame or short and heavyset. Whether you’re extremely fit and muscular a large body type means that you’re of above average weight or size. If you fall into the later category, you’ll also be quite wide round your torso.

One of the most important principles to follow when dressing any body type is to buy clothes that fit properly. This rule is particularly important if you are on the larger side. To show your body in its best light, select clothing that skims over your frame, as it will smooth out your physique. Your blazer should be a little longer in order to provide more coverage of your posterior. To further flatter your body and balance out your proportions, choose tops, blazers and outerwear with slightly structured shoulders as these will give you an authoritative air and will direct attention to your face.

For bottom pieces, its best to favor jeans and pants with a forgiving, relaxed fit rather straight alternatives. Pay attention to your hemlines as well and ask your tailor to let your pants fall close to the end of your heel to give the illusion of longer and leaner legs.

Pros and cons

Nearly every body type has its style challenges. If your is large, one con is that dressing your body to its best advantage means you’ll be quite limited in terms of colors and patterns you can get away with wearing. You also won’t be able to be as experimental with fashion as leaner men and simply finding trendy clothes to suit your body type can be difficult.

On the plus side, retailers and e-tailors are increasingly stocking stylish clothes in larger sizes, so it is becoming easier than ever before to find nice clothing at any size. What’s more, timeless pieces always look good on you, lending a distinguished appearance.