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The best dresses for pear shapes

Pear shaped : Pear shape
Pear shapes are fuller on the lower half so dress to enhance your top half: try a top with details that draw the eye (like a dress or top with big or embellished shoulders). Or balance yourself out: try a dress with a fitted top and fuller skirt. Try wearing plain trousers or skirts. Wear a longer jacket, as a short one will exaggerate your bottom half (although make sure it doesn’t finish at the widest part of your bottom). Well-fitting pencil skirts are good as they should cling in the right places, and have a slight corseting effect Photograph: Rob Biddulph
pear shapes: Blue floral dress
Blue floral dress, £38, Miss Selfridge, www.missselfridge.com Photograph: PR
pear shapes: Bodycon
Bodycon, £49.50, Marks & Spencer, 0845 302 1234 Photograph: PR
pear shapes: Coloured snakeprint dress
Coloured snakeprint dress, £35, Marks & Spencer Photograph: PR
pear shapes: Neon sequined dress
Neon sequined dress, £34.99, River Island, 020 8991 4904 Photograph: PR
pear shapes: Pink dress
Pink dress, £150, both French Connection, 020 7036 7200 Photograph: PR
pear shapes: Print dress with padded shoulders
Print dress with padded shoulders, £399, Jaeger, 0845 051 0063 Photograph: PR
pear shapes: Purple tie-dye dress
Purple tie-dye dress, £420, Felder Felder, www.brownsfashion.com Photograph: PR
pear shapes: puff sleeved dress
puff sleeved dress, £65, Warehouse, www.warehouse.co.uk Photograph: PR
pear shapes: Bodycon
Bodycon, £49.99, River Island, www.riverisland.com Photograph: PR
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