The meaning of (you look the part)!!

[Morame]

hello again guys n gals ...thank you so much for answering my previous question ..that encouraged me to ask again and again here in this awesome forum
My question today is : what is the meaning of ( now you look the part ) .. It was said about a dress that fit perfectly a woman's body in a film.....what would it be like to say it in another words ..

[DFJames]

Hi Morame:

"To look the part" means that a person's appearance or style of clothes is suitable for the role they are in.

For example, if a child was performing in a school play about pirates, and wore a patch over the eye and a scarf around the head, they would "look the part".

David F. James