Xazmin Garza has written a great article about how to choose clothes that will make you look 5 to 20 pounds slimmer depending on your height.

Her main tips include choosing V-necks as the eye starts at the bust and goes upward, choosing vertical lines as they narrow you, going for tailored pieces (if it doesn't fit, you look unfit) and choosing dark colors to minimize and light colors to maximize. She recommends empire waist blouses as the smallest part of the rib cage is accented and wrap dresses where the V-neck frames the face and the wrap defines the waist.

See more of her slimming clothes tips here.

See also the video below where Katie Stiles chooses a few empire waist tops that look much better than the standard t-shirt.

See additional slimming clothes tips by Tyra Banks.