How to Choose the Right Length Necklace to Flatter Your Body
The other day I was reading something that said that if you wear a longer pendant that ends under your bust, then you will draw attention to the narrowest point on your rib cage and this is flattering for all. Sadly this is not true, as in fact as you can see from the pictures above, that where you end a necklace draws attention to that area.
Now we want to create a focal point and a necklace is a great way of doing that, you can see in the first picture that no necklace means that the eye keeps wandering around the body, you’ve given it no focus.
In the second picture you can see with a shorter necklace it draws the eye up to your face and neck.
The third picture creates a focus from the bust up to the face as it’s longer, but will draw attention.
The last picture on the right has a pendant that ends just under the bust, and as you can see it draws attention to the mid-section which is not something many women who are H or O shaped (and some Vs want to do), if they are conscious of their tummy.
Ideally, if you have a tummy, wear a shorter necklace. If you have a slim waist (A or X shape), then you can wear the long pendant below the bust.
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Great post. I’m going to share it with my jewelry clients.
Nice set of images! Very informative in where the eye is drawn. Thank you for this :).
I was actually drawn to the face with #1 and to the necklace with #2.
Great pictures! Now I get it. I think I most needed to see the “without” picture. Oops. That’s my error.
One more point can be drawn out of these pictures is that heavier the necklace in visual it tend to make wearer look heavier too as in last picture with just long chain and pendant she is looking thinner and longer… To me at least
I agree with Malika, I immediately thought the pendant did make the last girl look longer and thinner. Perhaps because the model is gorgeous and slim it would be hard to make her look heavier regardless of any length
Yes! You’re right! In the second picture, she looks significantly thicker than in any of the other pictures, and in the last she definitely looks thinner and taller! In the third picture, she’s neutral, she looks the same size as she does in the first picture to me. That’s very enlightening- I’m so going to use this to my benefit!
Agree with TW. The first image the focal point was the face and a beautiful face is a good thing to be looking at.