11 September 2007

Top at the bottom

Recently bashed by the press for having put on weight, Tyra Banks, ex Victoria's secrets model and now producer of America's Next Top Model, has shed the extra pounds for the New York Fashion week... Or at least, most of it.

I like Tyra: she has a sort of candor in a cynical business. This sort of candor however, is quite unexpected in terms of fashion! She, who gives advices to Top Model Wannabes, should know better, and especially, how to hide the remnants of the nachos bingeing located on her thighs and arms...

Tyra certainly looks lovely but she could look perfect if she had followed simple rules:
1. The dress's length: Tyra's thighs are much bigger than her - very thin- calves. She should have gone for a knee length dress... Since the dress is A-Shaped, it wouldn't make it less sexy.

2. The arms: it is tricky with arms, especially when left falling along the body! She should either strike a pose with both arms on the hips OR wear sleeves, even short. It is a matter of proportion. The best would be sleeves up to the elbow. Elongates the upper arm...

3. The shoes: although she made a right choice by wearing chunky models, she however, should have chosen black or off white, to recreate a balance in the silhouette...

Maybe she could ask some help from the professionnal fashionistas such as Nicole Richie, who almost never fails on the red carpet... Irony! Irony!

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