It’s that time of year, when we might be tempted to over-indulge in all the yummy eats and drinks of the holidays. And why not? You can’t be an ascetic all the time. Or at least you shouldn’t be. Life is short. Enjoy it. And since food (Glamour Girl counts wine, especially champagne, as food) is one of life’s greatest pleasures, you’d be a fool to deny yourself of it at every turn.
Now that doesn’t mean you have to be a glutton, just that you can quit obsessing over whether a cookie will destroy your figure. It won’t.
But in case you still can’t be convinced, how about enlisting a little help from a slimming optical illusion dress?
They’re all the rage, as this slide show of glam gals on the red carpet can show you.
Not all of them are successful, in GG’s view. Some are outright disasters (but we’ll save those for a separate post). But there are enough good ones for you to get the picture. For instance, the ever-stunning and anatomically perfect Kate Winslet:
Or Rosie Huntington Whitely:
Or Liv Tyler:
Or Louise Redknapp:
Those are all by Stella McCartney, kind of a classic optical illusion. But you can fool the eye in other ways. Here’s the dazzling Jennifer Hudson (not that she needs to fool anyone’s eyes these days):
I think the eye-scrambling pattern on this dress worn by Victoria Beckham is kind of creepy—and frankly, she needs to give the illusion of more weight, not less:
There are many more in that slideshow, but as I said, I’ll save the disasters for another day. In the meantime, you can get illusion dresses at many different stores, including the national chains, and, of course, on eBay. Just do a search and see how many come up.
Oh, and she didn’t realize until now—GG has an optical illusion dress of her own. Here she is with hubby at the Center Club do last month. This is that Frank Lyman dress I wrote about in my last post:
Now go enjoy that glass of eggnog!