Different dresses are made with different figure types in mind. What makes you look wonderful on you might make another friend look fat or flat.

Sure, you can change your bra size with plastic surgery, but hey, it isn't practical to go for breast augmentation when the trends demand a bigger bust, and then go for breast reduction when the slimmer look, with smaller bustline is hot.

I know of a busty woman who loved androgenous clothes and resorted binding her breasts to flatten them, so as to get the look she wanted. That too, is a rather painful alternative.

Some dresses make a busty woman look very sexy, playing up her cleavage beautifully, but make her smaller sisters look flat. On the other hand, there are those dresses that make a busty girl look fat when she is simply busty, but which make her smaller sisters look sexy.

The best thing to do is to know your figure type and dress accordingly. However, you can play down or play up your breasts by your choice of bras. Ideally, you should wear bras in your actual size as these would be the most flattering. But then again, rules can be broken.

If you want to minimize your breasts, to make them look smaller for a slimmer effect, go for 1 cup size smaller and a band size larger. If you want fuller breasts and a deeper cleavage, go for 1 cup size bigger and a band size smaller. This is especially effective if you are between sizes. For all other occasions, stick to your real bra size as your breasts would look and feel their best that way.

It is easy to fake a cleavage, or to deepen your existing one. You can always shove everything you've got towards your cleavage and stuff padding into your bra to keep everything in place and to boost the volume. Or you could wear a push up bra.

On the other hand, if your bust is big and you are sick of everyone staring at your breasts instead of your face, you can always play down your breasts. There is no need to bind them. If you want to appear smaller, wear a minimizer bra as it makes you look smaller, yet keeps your breasts shapely looking.