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Selecting a Prom Dress for Inverted Triangle Body Types

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Linda Hahn
Owner, elle H boutique
www.elleH.com  
949-715-1345

A family venture, elle H boutique gets its name from mother Linda Hahn's initials.  Linda and daughter Erica were tired of finding the same designers and similar styles at every store.  Having landed in Los Angeles after graduating from college, Erica was surrounded by an array of unique lines that are not as accessible in Orange County.  While pursuing a degree in fashion, Linda shared her daughter’s frustration in finding newer designers in the area.  Upon discovering the ideal location, the mother-daughter team realized a dream and created a new destination for women’s contemporary clothing.

The vision for elle H boutique is clear: to offer unique brands of contemporary clothing that are suitable for women of all ages.  Their combination of perspectives ensures that Linda, for example, can dress fashionably while feeling age-appropriate, and Erica, can be both trendy and classy.  Many of the clothes are selected with versatility in mind; pair a blouse with jeans for a night on the town or with a suit for a busy day at the office.  The goal is to capture the fashion-forward taste of Los Angeles while maintaining the comfort and ease of classic Southern California living.

Elle H boutique hosts designer trunk shows, private shopping parties, and promotional events with local vendors.  Be sure to sign-up for the mailing list (click on SIGN UP above) to stay informed of these events and store sales!

Now elle H boutique is also an online shopping destination.  Elleh.com was created by Linda's husband, Mark, who has been responsible for many web sites dating back to the beginning of the internet.  Now eveyone on the web can benefit from Linda and Erica's vision while shopping with ease in the comfort of their own home.

Selecting a Prom Dress for Inverted Triangle Body Types

Fashion expert Linda Hahn of Elle H Boutique shows you everything you need to know to find the perfect prom dress.

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Linda Hahn: Hi, I am Linda Hahn. I am the owner and buyer for L H boutique and I am taking today about how to find the perfect prom dress. Kelly here is an example of an inverted triangle type of body shape. What that means is that her shoulders are broader than her hips. What you want to do in this case is probably, minimize the shoulder area and try and balance out the width between the hips and the shoulders.

So what you are going to want to look for in a dress and what this dress does for you is the square neckline draws the eye in so that you see this width rather than if she were to wear a dress that was say a tube you would see all of this width and it would appear much broader. This narrows the shoulder area. Also, for people in this category they tend to be larger busted.

If you have a large bust line and you wear a deep scoop you have a lot of cleavage showing and it tends to accentuate that area. This nice, square neckline accentuates the area and makes it look attractive, but it doesn't give you an overage of cleavage. The long flower deep down the front draws your eye down and gives you a long lengthening look that's something you can look for in any dress. A print or a stripe or something that goes down one side which will help you elongate the body and help even out the body because it's all in one line.

This dress also has little ruffles around the bottom. Again, we are trying to minimize the top and add a little volume at the bottom and that's exactly what these ruffles do. The stripes horizontally and the ruffles combine to give you a little more width at the bottom. To minimize a broad shoulder you want to avoid tube tops that are going to leave that whole upper area exposed, the cut in halter tops are also going to cause the shoulders to look broader particularly, if you are an athlete and have broader, muscular shoulders you might not want that accentuated.

So wearing something like this is going to minimize that. With this dress you really only need a very simple piece of jewelry in the neckline. There's a lot going on in the dress already in terms of pattern and stripes. So you don't need to add a lot of other jewelry.

You can wear your hair down and very simple, you can also pull the hair back so that there is more of a view of the neckline, you can also put the hair up and give it a little bit more sophisticated look.

Next, I'll show you beautiful looks for the rectangle body type.

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