Broad Shoulders Are Not Feminine

by Anna
(US)

Broad shoulders may be a signal of a great body type for a male, but in spite of all the female body building types, they remain decidedly unfeminine looking to me.

So while the older among us are waiting for the shoulder pads of the late eighties to come back in fashion, celebrating our natural physiques, there are a few things we can do in the meantime.

Most importantly, don’t slouch, it doesn’t make shoulders look narrower it only makes us look like we have poor posture. So what can we do?

Choose tops with sleeves that have their seam closer to the neckline, not the droopy shoulder style seam. A seam that falls on your arm makes shoulders look broader, a seam that is closer to the neckline makes shoulders appear smaller.

As the warmer months approach, look for sleeveless tops or dressy garments with this same idea in terms of a cut away that brings vision away from your actual shoulder line and up towards your neck.

The greatest difficulty in this practice if actually finding clothing that makes the cut, so to speak. Many of the women’s off the rack styles include sleeve seams that try to accommodate the average shopper and that don’t specifically address the broad shoulder challenge.