Video: How to Dress an Athletic Body Type

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Brandy Joy Smith

http://www.brandyjoysmith.com/

Brandy Joy Smith began her career in the fashion industry in 2005, working in sales, public relations & marketing coordination and made the jump to styling full time in 2009. Her work has been internationally and nationally published with clients ranging from Ok Magazine, Sony Urban, Prevention Health Magazine, Hennessy Cognac, Built for Man, and I Heart Magazine. She also works monthly with San Antonio Magazine, Austin Monthly, and the Houston Examiner.com as a wardrobe stylist and trends contributor. Currently she is represented by the Campbell Agency in Dallas. Brandy has dresses every type of persons from politicians and athletes, musicians and models. Regularly Brandy travels to New York, Los Angeles, and recently Paris to stay current on all the trends and continue her education in the fashion world.

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Hi, I'm Brandy Joy Smith, and I'm a wardrobe stylist. When dressing an athletic body, the goal is to create curves and shape in the body, enhancing the bust, defining the waist, and adding volume below is key. Meet Emma. She has an athletic body type. Athletic body types lack strongly defined curves, but appear very fit. Today, Emma is wearing a dress from 81 Poppies with a V-neck detail that emphasizes her bust. The dress also has a defined waist, which is enhanced by the bow and tie. The fullness in the bottom of the dress adds volume where she needs it, in her hips. This dress gives the perfect balance to her body type, but we went a step further and added heels to give her butt some lift and shape, an essential for an athletic body type is a great belt. It's an easy way to add definition in the waist, which naturally adds more curves to the body.