shirts to make us look thin.

placid casual
placid casual Posts: 23
edited September 2008 in Workshop
i have the job of designing and ordering our club's new kit.
it would help a large section of our membership if i could come up with a design that is more ummm... flattering to the figure.
obviously i can't do much with the colours, but should i be looking for hoops, stripes, dark panels on the sides, light panels on the sides....

any ideas radarland???

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  • cock_sportif
    cock_sportif Posts: 106
    Dark sides help - as do dark colours across the board - but the rule is generally vertical stripes. Horizontal stripes make things look broader.
  • unclemalc
    unclemalc Posts: 563
    If you look at the peleton you'll get some ideas. The Caisse d'Epargne kit has a stripe going up the leg which fits into one along the front/side of the jersey and its concaved inwards. This has a really good slimming effect when used over a dark background. Its especially good on Valverde's 'special' strip.

    Liquigas have the same effect, with a blue stripe ...
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Something like this might look good across the rear pockets :lol:


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  • Bugly
    Bugly Posts: 520
    corsette? :oops:
  • a_n_t
    a_n_t Posts: 2,011
    tell the lard arses to lose a few pounds? :oops:
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  • idaviesmoore
    idaviesmoore Posts: 557
    cock_sportif wrote:
    . Horizontal stripes make things look broader.

    Apparantly not, although I thought so too. Saw a report on GMTV yesterday morning and they were reporting on a new study from some French students that proved that, actually, horizontal stripes make no differance. They showed two dresses and, in fact, the horizontal striped dress did look slimmer. Could have been manipulted in some way, though.

    Maybe the Celtic strip could be the way to go after all :wink:
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  • unclemalc
    unclemalc Posts: 563
    Excuse the repetition but I stuck this in a similar thread in 'Race' section....

    The best way to flatter is to curve the shape inwards. The best examples I can currently think of (and I know the guys are racing snakes anyway) is Valverde's 'Spanish Champ' kit and the Liquigas kit - both use a continous line from the legs up near the armpit which concaves into the waist.
    In the Caisse D'Epargne kit especially, it looks great because it uses bright colours on black.

    Watch Valverde in the peleton, or there is a good front on pic in the September Pro-Cycling Tour Special.
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  • simplesimoncardiff
    simplesimoncardiff Posts: 37
    cock_sportif wrote:
    Dark sides help - as do dark colours across the board - but the rule is generally vertical stripes. Horizontal stripes make things look broader.

    Up & down stripes ftw.. Oldest trick in the book.
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  • richa
    richa Posts: 1,632
    Dark colours, particularly black, hide a world of sins.
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  • nickcuk
    nickcuk Posts: 275
    Specify 'peek-a-boo' shirts with strategic holes for bits to poke out of, you will find the comments are not about them making the wearers look a bit lardy.

    Might even boost club numbers

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