If you have a small bust, wearing a horizontal ruffle that runs along your chest will help add volume. This will make you look curvier, helping to balance out your frame. For instance, you might wear a button-down blouse with a small ruffle about halfway between your bust and your collarbone. Then, pair that with slim-fitting trousers and heels. By making the bottom half of your body look more slender, you'll help your enhance your bust even more. Ruffles along your collar may also make your bust look larger, especially if the ruffles are wide. If you have a large chest, horizontal ruffles can make it look bigger. If you'd like to minimize the area, look for a top that has a ruffle running down the center. This will create a lengthening illusion, making your top half look leaner. Try pairing this look with a pair of flare-legged jeans and chunky sandals or heels. This will help balance your frame. If you have narrow hips and you'd like them to look bigger, ruffles are a great way to add volume. One of the simplest ways is to find a skirt or a dress with ruffles along the hips. You can also look for a shirt with ruffles along the bottom hem. For instance, you might wear a tank dress with a fitted bodice and a ruffled skirt. Pair that with strappy sandals for a playful weekend look, or opt for heels and a cute necklace for a glam night out! If your hips are the widest part of your body, avoid wearing a dress or a skirt with ruffles along that area. Instead, opt for garments with ruffles along the hem. By adding volume where your legs start to narrow, you'll create a flattering silhouette for your bottom half. For instance, you might wear a figure-skimming sheath dress with a ruffled hem and a pair of neutral pumps for a pretty, work-friendly look. If you have wide hips and a small bust, you can choose whether to add volume at the bottom of your look or across your chest. There are ways to wear ruffles without changing the shape of your figure at all, if you don't want to. For instance, you might choose garments with ruffles on your shirt sleeves, along your collar, or on the back of a T-back tank top. You can also opt for ruffles on your shoes or purse, rather than wearing them on your outfit. Ruffles are basically the equivalent of having an accessory on your clothing, and they can overwhelm your frame if you don't pay attention to your styling. Stick to a sleek silhouette in the rest of your outfit, and try to keep your jewelry and other accessories minimal, just as you would when you're wearing an eye-catching statement necklace. If you're wearing a ruffled skirt, for instance, you might opt for a sleek tank top and a pair of flats. For instance, if you're wearing a ruffled blouse, you might wear a pendant necklace and a pair of stud earrings, or a cuff bracelet and a sleek handbag.
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One-sentence summary -- Wear horizontal ruffles across your chest to make your bust seem larger. Opt for vertical ruffles on your chest if you have a large bust. Wear a ruffled skirt to make your hips look wider. Choose ruffles on the bottom of a skirt or dress to balance wider hips. Look for subtle ruffle details if you don't want to add any volume. Keep the rest of your outfit and your accessories simple.

If your image has people in it, their hairstyles and clothing styles can be an indicator of the time period. Take a look at clothing catalogs and photographs with known dates. These can help you narrow down a timeframe for your image. Remember that things like style can be regional, so look for images of people from similar regions or spheres of cultural influence. By the time photography was invented, women's dress was typically more period-specific and evolved faster. If you have a woman in your image, look at her dress and style first, as this may offer a more narrow time frame. Sources like national archives for different nations, the Library of Congress photo collections, and digitized museum archives may be good places to start looking for comparable images. Like dress, props can be a good indicator of the time period. If your image shows an early phone, for example, your image would have to date to after 1878, when the first phone companies were founded and telephones became publicly accessible. Items like bicycles, toys, and cookware can also be great indicators of the time period for an old image. Check online or look through old department store catalogs to help you place specific types and models. This one is a bit trickier than fashion and dress, but certain types of animals or plants can be an indicator of the time period. The Cordoba Fighting Dog, for example, was bred out in favor of the Dogo Argentino by the 1920s. A photo with a dog of that breed, then, would have to come before the 20's. Exotic plants, likewise, can be an indicator of the time period. If you see a plant like a palm tree that seems conspicuously out of place for the presumed time period, search online to see when that plant species was first imported into the area.
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Look at dress and hairstyles in the images. Look for props in the image. Check on different species of plants and animals.