Is a Tunic For You This Spring?

Tory Burch is one of my (Deborah) favorite designers. I love her classic casual styles and the bold, happy colors she uses in her designs. One of her signature pieces is the tunic. This spring her tunics come in some of the most gorgeous big, bold patterns.

Tory’s tunics have a late 60’s/early 70’s ethnic vibe.  Remember when Hippies wore tunics?  Nowadays you see them on models and celebs, and they look great, but we’ve found that in reality they don’t always translate.

For example, I have  an hourglass shape and I was really excited to try one on, but when I did, it looked horrible like a pillowcase. It did nothing for my figure…just made me look wide all over, even when I wore skinny pants, which is the suggested way to wear a tunic these days.

A tunic doesn’t do  anything for gals who are pear shaped either(pear shaped is when your hips are much wider than your shoulders). But, it can work well for an H-shape (shoulder and hips equally wide with wider waist) or even better an inverted triangle shape (wide at the shoulders an narrow at the hips).

I also think to wear a tunic well you have to feel good in it.  Tunics have a boho feel to them, so if that’s your personality great.  If it’s not, you’re going to feel frumpy, no matter how pretty the top is, and that was  true for me.  But it’s always good to try on different looks, just to be sure.