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To flaunt your full and fabulous figure, Bayou, a designer who has styled Oprah Winfrey and Queen Latifah, recommends boot-cut jeans. They create and define a waist and provide all-over balance. Georgia Smith, senior buyer of denim at plus-size retailer Ashley Stewart, suggests a straight leg with a fuller hip measurement to draw eyes down to the bottom of the leg and create a slimming effect.
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A smaller waist in proportion to hips, butt and thighs can cause jeans to gape at the waist. "When a woman sits, the back of the jean should not come down," says Smith. She recommends jeans with 1 to 2 percent stretch and adequate back and front rise. And she adds that dark washes help camouflage fuller thighs.
