Style Tips for Apple Body Shaped Women

Apple shape women have wide & heavy upper body with slender legs and arms. To complement your looks perfectly, you need to dress appropriately and wear right footwear & accessories. The styling aim of women with apple shaped body is to draw attention to their best assets: legs & arms. Learn secret techniques to hide flaws and accentuate your best features.

1. Salwar Kameez style for Apple Body Type Women

What to wear

Empire waist full length anarkali with wide hemline, anarkali with flares starting from bodice or anarkali with embroidery/embellishment on shoulders

Salwar kameez or A-line kurti paired with churidar or leggings to accentuate slim legs. Make sure you drape dupatta on one side to divert attention from heavy torso

Delicate embroidery and detailing on kurti

Necklines like scoop, sweetheart, high collared V neck and V-neck

What to avoid

Heavy embroidery/embellishment around the neck

Patiala salwar and straight cut suits

2. Saree

What to wear

Heavily embroidered or wide embroidered bordered saree with long sleeve contrast color blouse

Wear saree standard way (Ulta Pallu) a little higher than usual without pleating the pallu to cover your problem area

Necklines like V-neck, scoop and sweetheart neckline

Saree made from fabrics like silk, chiffon, georgette and crepe

What to avoid

Apple body type women should avoid net sarees.

3. Lehenga

What to wear

Circular or full flared lehenga to look proportional. You can also opt for jacket style lehenga. The lehenga must have embroidery/embellishment at the bottom

Go for long choli that ends a little below the point where the lehenga starts

Necklines are same as mentioned in saree

What to avoid

Heavy embroidered around the waist

4. Accessories

Simple jhumka or chandelier earrings without necklace

If you want to wear a necklace, then go for chain with pendant or simple short necklace

Chunky bangles, bracelets and cuffs

Handbags like potli purse, envelope clutch, clutch & tote bags

5. Shoes

Wedges, ballet flats with rounded toes, strappy sandals, stilettos or platform footwear