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    You need to wear clothes that reflect your status

    Вам должны одевать одежды что отражают ваш стан, maybe?
    "Особенно упорно надо заниматься тем, кто ничего не знает." - Като Ломб

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    Вам следует носить одежду, которая отражает вашу стать.
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    You need to wear clothes that reflect your stature - Вам необходимо носить одежду, которая подчёркивает ваш статус. (it seems to me 'stature' means social status here?)

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    What is the context, Valda? Why do you use “need”?

    Вам следует носить одежду, которая подчеркивает вашу фигуру. (if you have a well-proportioned body)

    Вам нужно носить одежду, которая соответствует вашей фигуре or которая скрывает недостатки вашей фигуры. (if not)

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    You need to wear clothes that reflect your stature - Вам необходимо носить одежду, которая подчёркивает ваш статус. (it seems to me 'stature' means social status here?)
    Oops!

    Yes, should've been status on second thought... a moment of indiscretion if you will I edited it now.

    Thanks for the alteratives!

    Although yea "stature", apart from height, also means "importance or reputation gained by ability or achievement"... but status is more natural in this sense

    What is the context, Valda? Why do you use “need”?
    Because someone (some fashion expert maybe) is telling off that person that he "needs" to wear clothing fitting to his status
    "Особенно упорно надо заниматься тем, кто ничего не знает." - Като Ломб

    "В один прекрасный день все ваши подспудные знания хлынут наружу. Ощущения при этом замечательные, уверяю вас." -Кто-то

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    Quote Originally Posted by Valda View Post
    Вам должны одевать одежды что отражают ваш стан, maybe?
    These days cтан refers mostly to the realm of poetry and presumes a lithe body (slender build ), probably a wasp waist, and attracts listener’s attention to the waist; if your add a certain diminutive suffix to it , the word gets dirty. To avoid unnecessary connotations, you might want to use phrases подчеркивают вашу фигуру as Lena already suggested or подчеркивают ваши достоинства (always in plural) instead.

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