Dress To Flatter Your
Rectangle Body Shape

As a female with a rectangle body shape you have a straight, boyish body type. Your bust and hips are about the same size and you have an undefined waist. You probably also have a small or medium bust. And proportionally slim legs and arms.

If you are slim you resemble a ruler.

Your main style aims are...

• Defining your shoulders


• Or, if you are slender, by defining your waist

Do wear...

• Shoulder pads to emphasize your shoulders. This may sound very 80s advice, but they really do work. However, they should not be too large and definitely shouldn't be visible


• Semi-fitted clothes


• If you have firm upper arms, short-sleeves and sleeve-less tops and dresses


• Medium to high necklines


• Dresses that wrap or flow through the waistline


• Straight to gently flared flat-fronted pants


• A-line shirts

Don't wear...

• Clingy fabrics


• Fitted clothes


• Low necklines


• Baggy tops


• Baggy pants


• Narrow skirts

Combine these guidelines with...

Please note these guidelines only take into account your horizontal and vertical body shapes. The recommendations may change based on other features such as your age, your face shape, your neck length and any figure flaws you may have.

A full style analysis will look at you as a whole and make specific recommendations for clothes taking all your features into account.