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The rule of thirds: a beginner’s guide to transforming your look | Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
Three really is the magic number if you want to enhance your silhouette
The proportions are different on everyone, but as a rule, one-third of the way down your body is somewhere around the top of a pair of high-waisted jeans, a little closer to the bottom of your ribs than to your hipbones. The most common way that we break the rule of thirds is with a top or a jacket that falls to hip level over a skirt or trousers. We often talk about clothes in terms of tops and bottoms, which makes it sound as if they should take up equal space on your figure, which breaks the rule of thirds.
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