How to Dress if You Have Wide Hips
Most women aren't born with the super slim hips of a supermodel, but that doesn't mean you can't shrink your hips a bit with the clothing you choose. Even supermodels have to resort to tactics to hide less than perfect hips by adjusting the camera angle or altering what they wear. If you want to downplay your hips and call attention to your better features, try subtly changing the way you dress. Here are some ways to disguise large hips:

Emphasize your shoulders and upper body

Instead of lamenting how large your hips appear, use some stunning accessories to emphasize your head, neck and shoulders. Drape a colorful, silk scarf or put on a dramatic, handmade necklace to draw the eye upwards away from your large hips. Another way to emphasize your upper half is to wear a lighter or brighter color on top. A brightly colored silk or printed blouse is a nice way to play up the upper half of your body. Another strategy is to choose a top with small shoulder pads to give your hips balance.

Use color to de-emphasize your bottom half

To downplay wide hips, wear a darker color pant or skirt that's not too form fitting. Dark colors cause the hips to recede and appear less prominent. The good news is dark pants and skirts need to be dry cleaned less often and look elegant when worn for most occasions.

Choose the best fabrics for downplaying wide hips

Your choice of fabric can play in how wide your hips appear. Avoid fabrics that have a strong pattern, particularly horizontal stripes and loud, bright graphics, as well as fabrics that are billowy. Lightweight wools and linens are good all around fabric choices.

Choose the most flattering pant and skirt styles

To hide large hips, choose looser fitting trousers that have a moderate leg width. Extremely narrow leg widths may enhance the width of your hips and a wide width will make your legs appear shorter. Stay away from high-waisted pants or pants with cuffs. The ideal skirt for large hips is an a-line cut that starts at the waist and widens towards the hemline. These skirts tend to emphasize the waistline while disguising large hips.



The most flattering length for a skirt for the pear shaped woman is just below the knee.

Large hips don't have to detract from your overall appearance. By using simple fashion strategies to disguise large hips, you can sport a more streamlined physique.

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Lakme Fashion Week 2008
About Lakme Fashion Week

Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) is a joint initiative by Lakme and IMG, the global leader in fashion weeks and event production. LFW has been conceived and created with a vision to "Integrate India into the global fashion world and redefine the future of fashion". LFW will be organized twice every year.
New successful initiatives like 'Emerging Designer Category' and 'GenNext' were unveiled for the first time in India at the inaugural LFW 2006 with an aim to provide a platform for promising young talent. Both Lakme and IMG have been pivotal to the success of the Lakme India Fashion Week over the previous seasons.

About Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI)

the Fashion Design Council of India set up in 1998, was conceptualized as a facilitator & catalyst of advancement of the India Fashion Industry in collaboration with agencies both government and others, the essential mandate for the council was to promote the industry and equip them to face the market place.

The council's initial thrust was to encourage the development of the domestic Pret-a-Porter and diffusion markets. The Lakme India Fashion Week was the National Platform Created to promote business for the Designer fraternity. Over the year LIFW has showcased the creative competence of Indian desingers and offered a forum for business interaction at the national and international levels.

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Fashion Designers "Lakme Fashion Week 2008 "

01. Aastha Bah
02. Abdul Halder
03. Abhishek Byas
04. Abhishek Dutta
05. Allen Solly Woman
06. Anand Kabra
07. Aneeth and Chinar
08. Anirban/Rajesh
09. Anuj Sharma
10. Anupama Dayal
11. Arjun Khanna
12. Arshiya Fakih Eappen
13. Asmita Marwa
14. Deepti Toor
15. Dev R Nil
16. Digvijay Singh
17. Drashta Sarvaiya
18. Gayatri Khanna
19. Geetika Gulia
20. Jenjim Gadi & Jasleen Kochhar
21. Kallol Datta
22. Kaushie Adiseshan
23. Kiran Uttam Ghosh
24. Krishna Mehta
25. Kunal Rawal
26. Malini Agarwalla
27. Manish Gupta
28. Manish Malhotra
29. Nachiket Barve
30. Nandita Mahtani
31. Narendra Kumar
32. Neelanjan Ghosh
33. Neeta Lulla
34. Nikasha Tawadey
35. Park Avenue
36. Payal Singhal
37. Pria Kataria Puri
38. Prriya and Chintan Shah
39. Raakesh Agarvwal
40. Radhika Agarwal

41. Rimzim Dadu
42. Ruchi Mehta
43. Sabyasachi Mukherjee
44. Sailex Ngairangbam
45. Sanjay Malhotra
46. Shyamal & Bhumika
47. Sonali Dalwani
48. Sonam Dubal
49. Soumitra Mondal
50. Sudhir Nayak & Tapash Biswas



51. Swapnil Shinde
52. Urvashi Kaur
53. Viishvajeet Dheer
54. Vineet Bahl
55. Vivek Karunakaran
56. Vivek Kumar
57. Wendell Rodricks