Muffin Top

I've been working at Nordy's (that's what us veterans call it) now for almost 5 months and the biggest complaint from women (not girls) is this funky mid-section they grew between 30ish to 40ish years old, especially around the time when their hormones started to change.  When these bodies are in hip jeans it creates a mid-section roll which sits on top of the waist band of the jeans so lovingly referred to as the "Muffin Top". Everyone is trying to avoid the muffin top but they want to wear hip cute jeans. This is a problem!

The low rise jean has been an ongoing trend and I don't see this trend going away soon. Last year designers TRIED to re-introduce the high waist pants, even ones that were skinny.....oh they were so awful. Did you see the "Guess" ad in Vogue?  Even these beautiful thin models looked big in the mid section = which is almost impossible. You know, there's a brand of jeans called "not your daughters jeans" and they market a "tummy tuck jean" that have 90% spandex and are so high waisted, they look like they sit right under your boobies. Definitely NOT hip jeans. I remember Saturday Night Live did a spoof commercial for "mom-jeans" they were so awful! So these high waisted jeans are not an option.

Anyhoo - back to the subject of this post - the "Muffin Top" which will now for the rest of the post be referred to as MF.

There is a way to not starve yourself or have lipo, wear these cute low waisted jeans AND not show your muffin top. I have become an expert at this since it's the #1 request.  The secret is in what you choose to wear on the top half of your body. What not to wear = form fitting tops, hugging the mid-section, tops that narrow at the waist line, tight t-shirts and the worst of all - shirts that are too short exposing the MF.

What to wear - tops that "blouse" at the waist area, empire waist tops, and ones that gather right at the mid-section and blouse out. Also, bright colors which bring the eye up which will slim the hip/booty area.

Here are some tops I would recommend:

         

   

    

Please note - all photos are on skinny models - however I don't dress skinny models in real life and I know these tops work on real bodies. Also - the tighter the waist band of the jeans - the more the muffin is squeezed to the top. 

PS If you have big boobies - the empire waist tops are the best, they accentuate your "girls"  and hide the MF at the same time.