Looking on the plus side | Bangkok Post: lifestyle

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For women with curves, it can be annoying - heartbreaking, even - to walk around the market looking at clothes that look like they were made for 12-year-olds. Even worse is to hear "We don't have your size" remarks from the vendors.

The fact that most clothes are so small result in the number one biggest fashion mistake for curvy women - buying something just because they can squeeze themselves into it, not because they look good in it. Sometimes they even buy something when they can just barely hold their breath enough to keep the seams from bursting. As a result, the overall personality looks bad, as they have to pull and tuck all the time.

Confidence is key, and personality outdoes shape any given time. Let your beauty shine through no matter what your size by choosing the clothes that compliment your body. The focus is to make yourself pretty, not slim despite the mass confusion that slim equals pretty nowadays. Well, that's not always the case. Here are five rules for curvy women to look gorgeous in their own skin.