TIME

We Found the Best Holiday Dresses for Your Body Shape

Clothes Rack In Fashion Boutique
Sabina Diethelm / EyeEm—Getty Images/EyeEm

You'll want to wear these after New Year's Eve

Ugh, we know. You procrastinated long enough and now you’re without a dress for whatever parties you still have to attend, including New Year’s Eve. Well, consider this the one and only time that waiting until the last minute will be in your favor — we found the best holiday dresses, and we did it by body type too.

Got a long and lean silhouette? Embrace your supermodel height with a sinuous midi- or floor-length dress that easily skims over your frame. And if you’re petite, go for minis that range from girly ruffled tiers to sharp blazer dresses. Scroll through to find your perfect dress that you’ll wear for the rest of the season and maybe even for the rest of your life, because these are that good.

1. Body Type: Long & Lean

Look for: Long- and mid-length diaphanous dresses in the form of slips and fluted lace numbers.

Shop the looks: Staud, $255; staud.com. Reformation, $300; net-a-porter.com. Shoshanna, $525; shoshanna.com.

2. Body Type: Petite

Look for: Easy minis that won’t overwhelm your frame. Find drama with girly ruffles or a bow-bedecked shoulder strap. Or, play it cool with a sharp blazer dress.

Shop the looks: Self-Portrait, $435; modaoperandi.com. Topshop, $130; topshop.com. Veronica Beard, $595; veronicabeard.com.

3. Body Type: Curvy + Hourglass

Look for: Flattering fit-and-flare silhouettes in structured fabrics. For a hit of sex appeal, curve-clinging cuts that highlight your hourglass figure.

Shop the look: Maje, $347 (originally $495); maje.com. Ganni, $197; mytheresa.com. Saloni, $343; matchesfashion.com.

Read about the rest of the best dresses for different body shapes on InStyle.com

This article originally appeared on InStyle.com

We’ve included affiliate links in this article. Click here to learn what those are.

Tap to read full story

Your browser is out of date. Please update your browser at http://update.microsoft.com


YOU BROKE TIME.COM!

Dear TIME Reader,

As a regular visitor to TIME.com, we are sure you enjoy all the great journalism created by our editors and reporters. Great journalism has great value, and it costs money to make it. One of the main ways we cover our costs is through advertising.

The use of software that blocks ads limits our ability to provide you with the journalism you enjoy. Consider turning your Ad Blocker off so that we can continue to provide the world class journalism you have become accustomed to.

The TIME Team