MAKEOVER MONDAYS: BRIGhTENING UP AT 62
Cynthia is 62 in these photos. She was chosen as one of the AARP Faces of Fifty Plus Model Search. What I love about this visual is that you can see that with just a few slight tweaks a refreshing difference can be made.
Now granted it's apples to oranges between a sweater and a summer dress. But that isn't really the point. The point is what a few changes of line and proportion can do to enhance.
Cynthia has a body type I categorize as an I2 : a rectangular body type (bust waist and hips are proportionately the same) with short legs to a longer torso. Her big issue being a widening waist and protruding abdomen.
I chose a raised diagonal waistline (diagonals slenderize and raised waist elongates legs) with a a bit of gathering (camouflaging a tummy). The dress could have been about an inch or two longer.
The tulip (or slightly pegged) skirt helps give more shape to the hips. In other words, if you want to slenderize your hips, tulip or pegged styling is not the most flattering. But, in this case we wanted to add some curves.
And, as always, that's a shaper under there. Some dresses may have enough structure to cinch in your waist, but if you have a thicker waist line a waist cinching undergarment will help create the illusion of a younger midriff.
Hair was highlighted, curled and brought "UP." Up and away to lift the face. Generally bangs are more youthful, but with a shorter forehead it was more flattering to lift the fringe off the face.
Overall a nice fresh lift. - Christopher Hopkins
Now granted it's apples to oranges between a sweater and a summer dress. But that isn't really the point. The point is what a few changes of line and proportion can do to enhance.
Cynthia has a body type I categorize as an I2 : a rectangular body type (bust waist and hips are proportionately the same) with short legs to a longer torso. Her big issue being a widening waist and protruding abdomen.
I chose a raised diagonal waistline (diagonals slenderize and raised waist elongates legs) with a a bit of gathering (camouflaging a tummy). The dress could have been about an inch or two longer.
The tulip (or slightly pegged) skirt helps give more shape to the hips. In other words, if you want to slenderize your hips, tulip or pegged styling is not the most flattering. But, in this case we wanted to add some curves.
And, as always, that's a shaper under there. Some dresses may have enough structure to cinch in your waist, but if you have a thicker waist line a waist cinching undergarment will help create the illusion of a younger midriff.
Hair was highlighted, curled and brought "UP." Up and away to lift the face. Generally bangs are more youthful, but with a shorter forehead it was more flattering to lift the fringe off the face.
Overall a nice fresh lift. - Christopher Hopkins
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