How to Dress When You Have a Flat Bum

Are you middle-aged and losing your butt? After 30, our bums start losing muscle mass and tone, making them droop and wrinkle. Things get worse when we hit menopause, and falling estrogen levels lead to less fat in our butts, making them look flat as a pancake. What’s a gal to do?

The good news is that you can take your butt from flat to fabulous! Here’s how.

1. Steer Clear of Shapeless Jackets

Shapeless sweaters, jackets, and tops that fall straight down in the back and around your waist are not your friend; these make a pancake butt look, well, more pancake. Instead, choose jackets with a shape in the back to give the appearance of a rounder, fuller butt. This lace-up jacket is an excellent example of how to boost the look of your booty!

2. Wear Body Skimming Dresses To Accentuate Your Hips and Butt

It might seem counterintuitive to wear a body-skimming dress or skirt when you have a flat butt. However, the goal is to wear clothing emphasizing a feminine, hourglass shape. Think A-line, full skirts, and fit-and-flare dresses that nip in at the waist. Steer clear of loose-fitting dresses, which will make your bum look lost. Opt for skirts and dresses that skim – not cling – to your curves.

3. Define Your Waist

If menopause has made you thick through the middle, you can create the illusion of a waist, which will help your butt. In other words, if you want your butt to look bigger, make your waist look smaller.

To do this, choose dresses that are belted at the waist or a style that cinches at the waist ( like fit and flare). A dress that emphasizes your waist via embellishments such as beading and ruching will also make your waist look smaller and your bottom fuller.

4. Wear Light/ Bright Colors on Your Bottom

Many women prefer wearing dark colors on their bottom half (to shrink their booty) and brighter colors up top. But, if you want to remind that you do indeed have behind, it’s a good thing to wear lighter or brighter colors on your bottom half. Dark colors shrink the area they cover, while light, bright colors ( such as white) expand a space. These fitted white jeans will make the most of a flat bum.

5. Seek Out Bum Enhancing Pants and Jeans

While the style of pants that suit you best largely depends on your body type (Rectangle, Hourglass, Apple, Inverted Triangle), flat-bottomed gals will get a boost from pants and jeans that cinch at the waist, making their bums look bigger. Stretch material also helps contour your behind.

You can also get an extra boost by avoiding loose and baggy pants through the leg and opting for more slim-fitting styles that accentuate your posterior. For example, boyfriend jeans may be comfy, but their relaxed fit drag down an already droopy behind.

Boot-cut pants are better since they taper at the knee, making your bum look more prominent. Also, choose mid-high rise jeans over low-rise because they make your bottom look higher.

Other details that can help? Jeans with high back pockets that sit towards the middle of your backside will make your bottom look rounder and higher. Flap-style back pockets or pockets with any buttons, embroidery, or busy detail also help to pump up the look of your butt and create the illusion of a rounder rear.

6. Try Butt Boosting Right Shapewear

From traditional shapers that flatten your waist and tummy (making your butt look bigger by comparison) to booty-enhancing miracle workers like ‘booty bras’ designed to give your bum a lift and padded shapewear shorts, there are lots you can wear underneath to resculpt your rear.

7. Wear Heels