Thank you, Marie-Anne. I am a seventy-four lady who is eager to look y very best. I also have an apple shaped body after years of being slim. I am finding it difficult to shop for midi/maxi dresses. This has been very helpful! I applaud you for deliberately addressing this problem. Again, thank you.
I don't always read the comments on your videos but lately I find that between the video itself and the commentary later, there's a lot of information and education. I am learning SO much.
Very good ideas. I was skinny all my life and were built every day and now with medication I am very app shaped and at a loss how to make myself look a little better. I will try these type of dresses and see how they work on me as I cannot wear belts anymore
Salut Marie-Anne, You are amazing, I asked you to send us some dresses for apple shape and you delivered, I am an apple shape and I always buy shift dresses, so I have been getting that right, I love the first Two dresses, but don't think the third dress would not suit me due to the belt, but a massive merci to you For listening to you FCL, I love mon, wed & fri to see what you come up with next, keep up the great videos I love them. Merci beaucoup. 💞🤗
The first two dresses are my favourites! I've always found shift dresses very flattering and feminine. I also like the 3rd dress because it's a robe chemisier, but in this case I find it too "busy" to look at with the black and white pattern, the belt, the buttons, and not so slimming. Still it's very pretty! I've always loved gingham, but on smaller surfaces, like just a shirt or just a skirt, or shoes... Thank you for this nice video!
Thanks for the video and for sharing dresses from Talbots. I am a true Talbots woman. I’ve been shopping their classic designs for years, both work and casual.
Thank you Marie-Anne, very good advice as always. I am really enjoying and learning so much from yor videos. At the age of 63, it's time I learnt how to dress myself !
Thank you for this video. I liked the first two dresses and now I understand why they work. I am automatically drawn to 'shift' dresses. I feel confident and comfortable in them.
Almost a year later, I followed your thoughts and now have a small collection of flattering shift dresses. Also, I found dresses that are midi or maxi. I am extremely happy. Thank you, Marie-Anne.
I enjoyed the video as I am an apple with longer legs and a small tummy. I have been wearing shirtdresses and shifts for years! Nice to see it is what is recommended! Many thanks, Margaret
The second dress was the one I would most want to wear. Beautiful. Your advice helps a great deal in shopping for a dress. I am going to try a shirt dress. It's funny when I cleaned out my closet, the one dress I did not donate was a shift. Maybe I am catching on!
I am an apple borderline inverted triangle. I was debating a purchase of a denim color shift dress like the white except with modest bell sleeve. Your information helped me with my choice. Thank you.
I really love the gingham dress. So pretty . I was worried about the checked pattern being too much for my apple shape. I don't have a big tummy, but I want to wear something that looks right.
Thank you, those are lovely dresses and I can wear them. I especially like the shirt dress, and the lengths are not going to be too long for my petite self ❤️
Bonjour! I'm an apple shape and love those dresses. My issue is that my legs, while having a good shape, have some spider veins and small varicose veins. I also stay out of the sun, so paleness is a problem, too. I opt for longer dresses because of this. About mid calf or longer. Do you have style suggestions? I enjoy your videos so much and have often been asked if I'm French! Quite the lovely compliment.
Thank you, Mary-Anne, I so appreciate how hard you work to help your many listeners. I do have a bigger problem. I am unable to wear anything around my waist, no skirts, no trousers. Do you have any ideas to help? I am bedridden so wear maxi dresses exclusively. That also excludes jackets and blazers. Thank you, Mary-Anne, for your insights and willingness to listen to your subscribers. My favourite video was how to wear a turtle neck sweater- such great ideas.
I'm an apple shape. I liked the first dress...the second not so much. I have found that white shadows my pooch too much. I recently found a tie dress that comes up towards the bust (I have an A cup bust, which really annoys me). Anyway this dress gives me some bust, and I think tying it at the side or even the back might be just the ticket. Thank you much MarieAnn.
I'm not an apple, but I love the white dress with the embroidery 🥰 My mom is an apple, and all of these picks are good because they would show off her best asset, her legs!
Oh wow, Marie-Anne! I am so delighted that you found something that was French Chic on the Talbots website I mentioned the other day! Glad it was helpful. Best wishes and have a good weekend! 😘
I'm not an 🍎apple shape, I'm a neat ⏳hourglass and I would wear all of these dresses, they are lovely. Especially like the gingham shirt dress, it's a beautiful everyday style of dress xx
@@MarieAnneLecoeur Yes being on lockdown it's so tempting to snack all the time, but I'm trying to be good. Trying on my tightest jeans every couple of days to make sure they still fit. We all just have to hang on in.❤
Thank you Marie-Anne for making that video specially for us apples. I like all the dresses I wish I could try them all on to see which looks best. It’s interesting that you said shift dresses are best for apple shapes. I’ve always favoured flared or full skirts. I will try shift dresses on. Merci!
Marie-Anne Lecoeur I didn’t know that. I thought they looked nice on other people but wouldn’t look good on me. I thought they would highlight my shape. What would I do without my style adviser,, Marie-Anne?! Merci beaucoup!
People used to tell me I am slim, and has a huge dress sense...which i felt was nice at the age of 30/40....but after menopause and now at the age of 60 I became fat and apple shaped. I don't know how it happened. Naturally I am very conscious with my body. Your vdo helped me a lot about the dress which I can pick. Three of your dresses are really really beautiful but I liked the 3rd one most. Thank you very much for helping. By the way I am from India and I love to wear my sarees very much. I wish someday you will make vdo on sarees and how to wear them. Thank you so much for helping us.
Dear Marie- Ann love all your videos. Please do a video on clothes women who has broad shoulders and flat chest should they wear (modest with sleeves preferably) thank you!
Thank you for your wonderful tips for those of us who are apple shaped. I did like your choices you made. The belt info. was interesting. Another tip might be to wear the belt a bit higher on your body, as that can be smaller than your waist.
Bonjour Marie Anne. Always happy to see your pretty face and red lipstick this morning.. It's cccold here and cloudy and tons of rain coming next week, boo hiss!!!! Enjoy the weekend Paula x
I loved the dresses in the other video about best summer dresses for slimming. But I am an apple. I really like the shift style dress, but not sure about the checked dress with the tie.
I have a little bit of a tummy. I miss my water aerobics class at this time to help me tighten the core muscles, including the tummy. I love wearing dresses in the summer. I have several shifts, some have a fabric twist at the waist, slimming. The other style I like to wear is fit and flare, fitted torso and flared or full skirt. A pencil skirt is nice too.
Good evening. I am not sure whether I Am an apple or a rectangle shape. I am 38 34 39 at the moment and 5:4 tall. I have a tummy but I wesr a 34C bra so wouldn’t consider myself busty. I’m also long waisted and short legged. I am 10 stone 11 pounds but currently slimming down through dieting and running. I tend to go up and down by a stone and always put on weight on my tummy first. Please help if you can. Great advice as always. Xx
Alison, you sound like an hourglass to me! But hopefully Marie-Anne can answer as she is the expert. But your measurements sure sound like a lovely, balanced shape. :-)
Marie-Anne Lecoeur thanks. Yes I did it before and I came out rectangle but my tummy does stick out loads and I’m not boyish or athletic/ model type figure. I’ll keep trying to figure it out. When I manage to stay slim I would say I’m rectangle. Have a great weekend. X
C. Yes I walk the dog for about an hour a night but have added a run programme. I’ve only been doing it two weeks but am losing weight faster. At the moment I can only do 90 secs run and 2 mins brisk walk to record we, repeated 6 times. I must admit I prefer walking!!
SVR Reservations thanks for the comment. I would love to be hourglass but I think my waist is too thick. Also when I do lose weight my bust disappears too! Have a good day.
I'm an apple & would look good in the first 2 dresses but as soon as a belt is applied to anything I look 20 lbs heavier. Empire waist looks good on me but they're harder to find in decent lengths.
I think you make good point. Something ‘loose’ around the tummy area versus something that adds ‘bulk’ and makes you look like you are wearing a potato sack.
All those dresses were attractive imho. I found myself wondering about the neckline a dress might have, and how much this point matters for this body type. Perhaps, the neckline is more relevant to other build or facial features? In the second dress, I think. Featured was a bateau or boat neck collar. I'm pondering what effect this might have for Apples. Does this beneficially draw the eye, or instead widen a woman's appearance? Perhaps that's ok in the upper body shoulder area? Also, what role might a somewhat more elaborate than chic necklace play for advantage with this body type. The other day, I saw a pretty fancy and I suppose intricate turquoise necklace that I found appealing. Then again, sometimes I just like to gaze at intricate mechanical devices.
@@MarieAnneLecoeur Thank you for those insights. I'm just too curious for my own good. Probably I should keep it to one question at a time. Thanks again.
Hello Madame glad to see that you are well. I wanted to ask about ruching. How do you feel about it for apple shaped lady? Loved your choices, especially the last one. So glad for all your videos. Stay safe.
Hi MARY-Anne, I am a pear shape but find shift dresses flattering. I also find some Empire dresses look good. Would they suit apple shaped as they are loose below the bust?
Bonjour Marie-Anne. I am a pear shape with a stomach. I have been wearing these type of dresses to cover my 2 body issues. Will these dressess be flattering for a pear shape gone apple as well? Thanks for all your great videos!
The dresses are lovely and I can imagine wearing them, but would like to see them modeled on actual apple shaped and perhaps older women rather than the slim younger models in the video. I enjoy your videos and have learned a lot from them. Thank you.
Two of the models were older and one was a larger model. That you can imagine wearing them shows that you have the ability with your style eye to see how such dresses would flatter your shape rather than other styles so you are well on the way to be able to take any outfit on any model and know how to adapt it to you 👏
What about pants and tops for an apple. I am 5' 2" , small shoulder 18" across; 32DD, 35" waist, 42 inch hips. Can you make some suggestions please????? I have gained 15 lbs. Covid
I couldn't wear the first two dresses because of my larger chest. I need V necks or I look really top heavy. It's so hard to find a dress that works well.
Thank you, Marie-Anne. I am a seventy-four lady who is eager to look y very best. I also have an apple shaped body after years of being slim. I am finding it difficult to shop for midi/maxi dresses. This has been very helpful! I applaud you for deliberately addressing this problem. Again, thank you.
I very much appreciate your explanation of why certain styles and details matter.
I don't always read the comments on your videos but lately I find that between the video itself and the commentary later, there's a lot of information and education. I am learning SO much.
This is exactly what I need! Thank you.
Very good ideas. I was skinny all my life and were built every day and now with medication I am very app shaped and at a loss how to make myself look a little better. I will try these type of dresses and see how they work on me as I cannot wear belts anymore
Salut Marie-Anne,
You are amazing, I asked you to send us some dresses for apple shape and you delivered,
I am an apple shape and I always buy shift dresses, so I have been getting that right, I love the first
Two dresses, but don't think the third dress would not suit me due to the belt, but a massive merci to you
For listening to you FCL, I love mon, wed & fri to see what you come up with next, keep up the great videos
I love them. Merci beaucoup. 💞🤗
The first two dresses are my favourites! I've always found shift dresses very flattering and feminine. I also like the 3rd dress because it's a robe chemisier, but in this case I find it too "busy" to look at with the black and white pattern, the belt, the buttons, and not so slimming. Still it's very pretty! I've always loved gingham, but on smaller surfaces, like just a shirt or just a skirt, or shoes... Thank you for this nice video!
Hello Marie Anne thank you so much these dresses are all lovely. Thank you for remembering us Apple shapes . Have a wonderful weekend 😍😍😍
Thanks for the video and for sharing dresses from Talbots. I am a true Talbots woman. I’ve been shopping their classic designs for years, both work and casual.
I am an apple shape, and I own the first dress from Talbots. I bought it last summer and feel great in it! Thank you for this video!
Those summer dresses are elegant! Perfect selection!
These dresses are gorgeous and definitely flattering . One may not think the gingham one to be good for a apple shape but it is. Thank you Marie-Anne.
I'm an apple at last we get recognition the pears get all the attention. Thank you so much sweetheart love from Ireland 🇮🇪❤️
Apples are delicious and healthy ❤️
Apple here! I adore that white dress😍. Thank you for this helpful presentation!!
I am a curvy hour glass shape and I love all 3 dresses ! I am addicted to dresses ♥️
Another happy follower from Ireland...have always loved 60s shift dresses
Aww the joys of summer and chatting with you and everyone.
I will deduce that you live south of the Mason Dixon, lucky. I have both daffodils and snow flakes here.
Thank you Marie-Anne, very good advice as always. I am really enjoying and learning so much from yor videos. At the age of 63, it's time I learnt how to dress myself !
Thank you for this video. I liked the first two dresses and now I understand why they work. I am automatically drawn to 'shift' dresses. I feel confident and comfortable in them.
That second white dress was really pretty! I love how simple yet gorgeous it is!
Almost a year later, I followed your thoughts and now have a small collection of flattering shift dresses. Also, I found dresses that are midi or maxi. I am extremely happy. Thank you, Marie-Anne.
I'm more of a pear shape but a shift dress would work beautifully. Thank you!!
Thank you for this video. I loved your ideas and choices! I would like to see more videos on apple shapes.
@@MarieAnneLecoeur Is there an easy way to search for your Videos on Apple Shapes? I really need help. NOTHING I have makes me "happy" in the mirror
Great video Marie-Anne!! Also, I love your bangs!! Super youthful and attractive!!💗
Thank you. We'll, I'm right with the shift dresses. And the last one without a belt. Excellent!!!!
Please post more ideas of what to wear for an apple shape body. Thank you so much in advance. ❤️
Perfect! You did an awesome job! Thank you so much.!
I enjoyed the video as I am an apple with longer legs and a small tummy. I have been wearing shirtdresses and shifts for years! Nice to see it is what is recommended! Many thanks, Margaret
Thanks for responding to my request and those from my fellow apples. I like all three dresses.
what a wonderful blouse (or dress top) you wear in this video 😍!
This is great 👍🏿! I will be sharing it with my apple 🍎 shaped friend! Thanks for sharing.
Thankyou for the advice 😊
As I love Brigitte Bardot I still love and wear gingham as much as I can .Love the last dress! Thanks!
The second dress was the one I would most want to wear. Beautiful. Your advice helps a great deal in shopping for a dress. I am going to try a shirt dress. It's funny when I cleaned out my closet, the one dress I did not donate was a shift. Maybe I am catching on!
I liked all the dresses but the 1st one was my favorite. Thank you helping us apples. Great content as usual!
I am an apple borderline inverted triangle. I was debating a purchase of a denim color shift dress like the white except with modest bell sleeve. Your information helped me with my choice. Thank you.
Oh thank you Mme Lecoeur...... I did just order the last Navy gingham dress. I hope it turns out to be a favorite ☺️
Nice tutorials 👍
I really love the gingham dress. So pretty . I was worried about the checked pattern being too much for my apple shape. I don't have a big tummy, but I want to wear something that looks right.
Marie-Anne, is it possible to be a mixture of two body shapes? Thank you so much for your work and your cheerful smile! Xxx
Thank you, those are lovely dresses and I can wear them. I especially like the shirt dress, and the lengths are not going to be too long for my petite self ❤️
I am not apple shape, but I liked all of them and got some good ideas for the coming summer! Thank you so much.
I am not Apple shaped but these are beautiful dresses. It is helpful to know why a certain dress is flattering to our shape.
I love them all Marianne. Wish l saw this last year. Thank you for your wonderful and oh so useful tips and advice. We all want to look gorgeous ❤
Bonjour! I'm an apple shape and love those dresses. My issue is that my legs, while having a good shape, have some spider veins and small varicose veins. I also stay out of the sun, so paleness is a problem, too. I opt for longer dresses because of this. About mid calf or longer. Do you have style suggestions?
I enjoy your videos so much and have often been asked if I'm French! Quite the lovely compliment.
Thank you, Mary-Anne, I so appreciate how hard you work to help your many listeners. I do have a bigger problem. I am unable to wear anything around my waist, no skirts, no trousers. Do you have any ideas to help? I am bedridden so wear maxi dresses exclusively. That also excludes jackets and blazers. Thank you, Mary-Anne, for your insights and willingness to listen to your subscribers. My favourite video was how to wear a turtle neck sweater- such great ideas.
Those are great options! I especially liked 2 & 3. I'm not an apple but I do like concealing the tummy area. 👌
I'm an apple shape. I liked the first dress...the second not so much. I have found that white shadows my pooch too much. I recently found a tie dress that comes up towards the bust (I have an A cup bust, which really annoys me). Anyway this dress gives me some bust, and I think tying it at the side or even the back might be just the ticket. Thank you much MarieAnn.
I'm not an apple, but I love the white dress with the embroidery 🥰 My mom is an apple, and all of these picks are good because they would show off her best asset, her legs!
You do not need to be an Apple to wear those. You could shorten them or belt them if you feel like drowning in fabric
Oh wow, Marie-Anne! I am so delighted that you found something that was French Chic on the Talbots website I mentioned the other day! Glad it was helpful. Best wishes and have a good weekend! 😘
Marie-Anne Lecoeur 😘
Thank you so much for this video!!
I'm not an 🍎apple shape, I'm a neat ⏳hourglass and I would wear all of these dresses, they are lovely. Especially like the gingham shirt dress, it's a beautiful everyday style of dress xx
@@MarieAnneLecoeur Yes being on lockdown it's so tempting to snack all the time, but I'm trying to be good. Trying on my tightest jeans every couple of days to make sure they still fit. We all just have to hang on in.❤
Thank you Marie-Anne for making that video specially for us apples. I like all the dresses I wish I could try them all on to see which looks best.
It’s interesting that you said shift dresses are best for apple shapes. I’ve always favoured flared or full skirts. I will try shift dresses on. Merci!
Marie-Anne Lecoeur I didn’t know that. I thought they looked nice on other people but wouldn’t look good on me. I thought they would highlight my shape. What would I do without my style adviser,, Marie-Anne?! Merci beaucoup!
People used to tell me I am slim, and has a huge dress sense...which i felt was nice at the age of 30/40....but after menopause and now at the age of 60 I became fat and apple shaped. I don't know how it happened. Naturally I am very conscious with my body. Your vdo helped me a lot about the dress which I can pick. Three of your dresses are really really beautiful but I liked the 3rd one most. Thank you very much for helping. By the way I am from India and I love to wear my sarees very much. I wish someday you will make vdo on sarees and how to wear them. Thank you so much for helping us.
@@MarieAnneLecoeur thanks dear ...❤❤ lovely comment.
Dear Marie- Ann love all your videos. Please do a video on clothes women who has broad shoulders and flat chest should they wear (modest with sleeves preferably) thank you!
Thank you for your wonderful tips for those of us who are apple shaped. I did like your choices you made. The belt info. was interesting. Another tip might be to wear the belt a bit higher on your body, as that can be smaller than your waist.
Great choices! A big merci!
Great video as always Marie Anne! thank you for the tips, while not an apple shape, i'm going to share this video with my cousin!
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You 💖💖💕
Fantastic dresses for apple shape thankyou good info
I love you're wearing Marie-Ann. May I know the brand? Thank you.
Bonjour Marie Anne. Always happy to see your pretty face and red lipstick this morning.. It's cccold here and cloudy and tons of rain coming next week, boo hiss!!!! Enjoy the weekend Paula x
I loved the dresses in the other video about best summer dresses for slimming. But I am an apple. I really like the shift style dress, but not sure about the checked dress with the tie.
I’m not an Apple but I enjoyed this! I loved the gingham dress.
Hello thank you I will give the dress a try.
I have a little bit of a tummy. I miss my water aerobics class at this time to help me tighten the core muscles, including the tummy. I love wearing dresses in the summer. I have several shifts, some have a fabric twist at the waist, slimming. The other style I like to wear is fit and flare, fitted torso and flared or full skirt. A pencil skirt is nice too.
@@MarieAnneLecoeur Merci, you keep my spirits high.
Good evening. I am not sure whether I Am an apple or a rectangle shape. I am 38 34 39 at the moment and 5:4 tall. I have a tummy but I wesr a 34C bra so wouldn’t consider myself busty. I’m also long waisted and short legged. I am 10 stone 11 pounds but currently slimming down through dieting and running. I tend to go up and down by a stone and always put on weight on my tummy first. Please help if you can. Great advice as always. Xx
Alison, you sound like an hourglass to me! But hopefully Marie-Anne can answer as she is the expert. But your measurements sure sound like a lovely, balanced shape. :-)
Personally I've found that keeping a brisk walking habit is much easier to keep and so much safer for our knees in the long run. (no pun intended..)
Marie-Anne Lecoeur thanks. Yes I did it before and I came out rectangle but my tummy does stick out loads and I’m not boyish or athletic/ model type figure. I’ll keep trying to figure it out. When I manage to stay slim I would say I’m rectangle. Have a great weekend. X
C. Yes I walk the dog for about an hour a night but have added a run programme. I’ve only been doing it two weeks but am losing weight faster. At the moment I can only do 90 secs run and 2 mins brisk walk to record we, repeated 6 times. I must admit I prefer walking!!
SVR Reservations thanks for the comment. I would love to be hourglass but I think my waist is too thick. Also when I do lose weight my bust disappears too! Have a good day.
I'm an apple & would look good in the first 2 dresses but as soon as a belt is applied to anything I look 20 lbs heavier. Empire waist looks good on me but they're harder to find in decent lengths.
I think you make good point. Something ‘loose’ around the tummy area versus something that adds ‘bulk’ and makes you look like you are wearing a potato sack.
loved these dresses
Love all three dresses.......❤❤❤
I really like the first two dresses.
All those dresses were attractive imho. I found myself wondering about the neckline a dress might have, and how much this point matters for this body type. Perhaps, the neckline is more relevant to other build or facial features?
In the second dress, I think. Featured was a bateau or boat neck collar. I'm pondering what effect this might have for Apples. Does this beneficially draw the eye, or instead widen a woman's appearance? Perhaps that's ok in the upper body shoulder area?
Also, what role might a somewhat more elaborate than chic necklace play for advantage with this body type. The other day, I saw a pretty fancy and I suppose intricate turquoise necklace that I found appealing. Then again, sometimes I just like to gaze at intricate mechanical devices.
@@MarieAnneLecoeur Thank you for those insights. I'm just too curious for my own good. Probably I should keep it to one question at a time. Thanks again.
Hello Madame glad to see that you are well. I wanted to ask about ruching. How do you feel about it for apple shaped lady? Loved your choices, especially the last one. So glad for all your videos. Stay safe.
@@MarieAnneLecoeur thank you.
Excellent presentation and advice! I would wear all these!
I prefer dress # 1.
Hi MARY-Anne, I am a pear shape but find shift dresses flattering. I also find some Empire dresses look good. Would they suit apple shaped as they are loose below the bust?
Bonjour Marie-Anne. I am a pear shape with a stomach. I have been wearing these type of dresses to cover my 2 body issues. Will these dressess be flattering for a pear shape gone apple as well? Thanks for all your great videos!
@@MarieAnneLecoeur Much appreciated!
I liked the third dress very much. I liked the pattern. All of the dresses were good for hiding flabby upper arms as well as the stomach.
Love Talbots they have a yellow and blue toile fit and flare dress that are breathtaking
Marie-Anne, what do you think about wrap dresses for apple shapes?
The dresses are all lovely but I like the navy Boden dress from the other video as I like that length.
Great advice! Thank you
thanks so much beautiful Marie-Anne ....
I am 87 yes old an apple shape. Would a shift dress be OK for me? I'm probably a size 14.
The dresses are lovely and I can imagine wearing them, but would like to see them modeled on actual apple shaped and perhaps older women rather than the slim younger models in the video. I enjoy your videos and have learned a lot from them. Thank you.
Two of the models were older and one was a larger model. That you can imagine wearing them shows that you have the ability with your style eye to see how such dresses would flatter your shape rather than other styles so you are well on the way to be able to take any outfit on any model and know how to adapt it to you 👏
Thank u
What about pants and tops for an apple. I am 5' 2" , small shoulder 18" across; 32DD, 35" waist, 42 inch hips. Can you make some suggestions please????? I have gained 15 lbs. Covid
I'm interested- I'd not considered shift dresses... I hope I can find some.
Ok, I can't find shift dresses at my usual online sources. Arrrrrghh....Plenty of A-lines.
ThAnks. Loved this One
Yea for Talbots!!!
Thank you.
Sleeves also help if your shoulders got a little burn
I couldn't wear the first two dresses because of my larger chest. I need V necks or I look really top heavy. It's so hard to find a dress that works well.
J’adore!
Wrapdresses...👗not my shape,im slim...but have noticed,they are very good for 🍏🍎🍔🍐
I loved the white dress. Sadly, it is sold out.
would a sheath dress work for apple shape? thank you!
@@MarieAnneLecoeur Thank you!
Good video like check dress
Love to you !!
Merci beacoup!