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Ensure all colors and textures are harmonious to create an overall theme that slays

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Now, bodies tend to fall into sometimes unflatteringly-named shapes: Apple (for someone with a larger middle), Inverted Triangle (for someone with broader shoulders and narrow waist and hips,) Rectangle (someone with similar width shoulders, waist, and hips,) Hourglass (has similar sized shoulders and hips, with a narrow waist,) and Pear (for those whose hips are the widest point on their body.) But they do tell a descriptive story, so well use those labels