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Pear, flamboyant natural or soft gamine? The pressure to dress for your ‘body type’ is back – but is it just as damaging as before?
By Amy Beecham
2 months ago
6 min read
From the return of the Kibbe test to swathes of people getting their ‘colours done’, body-type analysis and ‘dressing for your shape’ is back in a big way on social media. But isn’t there a reason why we left labels like ‘pear’ and ‘soft gamine’ behind in the first place? Stylist investigates the resurgence of this trend and whether it’s just as damaging this time around.
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