Fashion tips for dropping a dress size

Full View  Images via Rugby.com, Polyvore, Loobook.nu and Glamour. A duster coat (also known as a day coat) comes in many guises, but is generally a lightweight coat with a straight up-and-down cut. These vary between dressy evening styles and more casual variations depending on the fabric. A duster coat worn with a contrasting garment underneath will make you only as wide as the contrasting garment you wear beneath. Get it? Especially when it's a dress. See Solange there? She looks only as wide as the amount of yellow dress that's on show. Genius....

Full View  Images via Rugby.com, Polyvore, Loobook.nu and Glamour. A duster coat (also known as a day coat) comes in many guises, but is generally a lightweight coat with a straight up-and-down cut. These vary between dressy evening styles and more casual variations depending on the fabric. A duster coat worn with a contrasting garment underneath will make you only as wide as the contrasting garment you wear beneath. Get it? Especially when it's a dress. See Solange there? She looks only as wide as the amount of yellow dress that's on show. Genius. Same goes for long-line cardigans: Blake's image via Coutureinthecity. Trick number 2 - Wear a panel dress....

Full View  Topshop and Polyvore Remember this famous dress? See what it did to Kate's bod? It sucked her, slurped her, and visually poured her into half her size, all thanks to crafty panels of contrasting colours that played on negative space. This is a great trick to try for swimwear too. There's a great one for $59 in Switch at Farmers right now, and one at Topshop.com too. Trick number 3 - Wear monochrome....

Full View  Both pairs from Asos. Nude heels are the shizzle. When worn with bare legs they make your legs look like they go on forever. Kate Mid loves them and so do I. Buy some.   Trick number 5 - Fake tan your loins. Everyone knows that being tanned makes you look leaner and more toned (cellulite dain't show up as much on brown skin). I won't be promoting getting your cancer on under the rays outdoors, and Ambre Solaire does just as good a job. Trick number 5 - Squeeze into control pants....

Full View  Everyone knows that being tanned makes you look leaner and more toned (cellulite dain't show up as much on brown skin). I won't be promoting getting your cancer on under the rays outdoors, and Ambre Solaire does just as good a job. Trick number 5 - Squeeze into control pants. Get these Spanx from Ezibuy. There's nothing better to suck in your bod than a pair of Bridget Jones control pants. It'll smooth your lumps and shrink you down at least half a dress size. Hells yea, I say.   Trick number 6 - Give me some skin. Image via Instyle....

Full View  Image via Instyle. Another great way to look like a skinny B*%ch is to flash your tits. No, just kidding, but exposing a bit of skin round your chest area will balance out your upper half while shifting googling eyes away from your tummy, which you may or may not have a problem with. Chances are you do, though, because none of us ungrateful  brats are happy with our bodies the way they are. Funny that. But back to the lecture at hand, Halle's got it down, she's always spotted in deep V everything. So stock up your closet with V-neck dresses, T-shirts and boiler suits. Just kidding. Not. Not. I'm back in action now after a week without you (I trust you've all been good) and later this week I'll bring you a giveaway of tremendous expensive and dribble-worthy proportions. Stay tuned....