平常出去买衣服时，你是否也是喜欢挑选时尚杂志里苗条模特身上穿的那种？或是知道自己太胖，故意穿宽松大码的衣服遮挡瑕疵？但是，这两种做法正确吗？英国《每日邮报》时尚编辑伊莉莎向体验者示范，正确的穿衣搭配能让你看上去瘦一英石（约6.4公斤），但错误的做法则会让你胖一英石。以下就是体验者的试验心得：

FATTENING, PLEATED MAXI DRESS:
令人发胖的百褶长裙：

I feel like a Greek goddess in this halterneck maxi dress, but when I really look at my reflection, I realise that, sadly, I don’t resemble one. The halterneck that I believed was a failsafe flatterer makes my shoulders look broad.
穿上这件露肩及踝裙时，我感觉自己就是个希腊女神，但照镜子后却悲催地发现没有哪个女神会像我这样。我本以为露肩设计能让我显得苗条，但实际上却使肩膀看上去更加宽厚壮实。

I thought the loose shape would skim over my physique, but without a belt it makes me look shapeless. Perhaps if I were in my 20s, with slender arms, I might be able to carry off this dress. As it is, I just look as though I have rather a lot to hide. I’ve easily gained a stone just by putting this on.
之前我认为宽松的版型能掩盖肥胖的身体曲线，但不带腰带的裙子使我更没身材了。要是我还是20多岁，有着细细长长的手臂，说不定能驾驭这条裙子，但现在看来，穿这种裙子就是为了遮挡很多肥肉。它使我看上去重了一英石。

SLIMMING, ILLUSION PANEL DRESS:
令人苗条的布块镶边裙：

When even supermodels like Kate Moss wear illusion dresses to enhance their perfectly proportioned physiques, it would seem sensible to take notice. But I’ve never liked these dresses: they look a bit comical, somehow, and surely the optical illusion is too obvious to fool anyone?
哪怕是凯特-莫斯那样的超级名模，都会穿令人产生视觉误差的裙子来彰显完美身材，那我也可以试一下。但我一直都不喜欢这类裙子：外观看上去滑稽可笑，所谓视觉误差设计真的骗过人的眼睛吗？

But when Eliza finally convinces me to try this on, I really like it. It’s not too tight or revealing, but it is alluring. Importantly though, the dark panels at the sides definitely make me look thinner. A stone seems to have instantly vanished.
当伊莉莎说服我试穿一件时，我立刻就喜欢上了它。它既不紧也不暴露，却相当诱人。更重要的是，衣服两侧的黑色镶边真的使我看上去瘦了好多。似乎立刻瘦了一英石。