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How to Look Tall and Skinny
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
The quickest way to look tall and skinny is to wear all black with stilettos. But we want to have more fun with our wardrobe than that. There are plenty of ways to look skinny without going goth and without killing your ankles with stilettos every day. Here are a few simple tips. The basic tips can be broken down into color, shapes and lines, and accessories.
When you are choosing color, you want to go for monochromatic as much as possible. The pantyhose should be the same hue as the skirt and the shoe if at all possible. To keep from boring yourself with this look, use varied textures. Also, the color does not have to be black, although sometimes it can be.
Shapes and lines are made by colors and patterns and the structure of garments. The objective here is to create vertical lines. An unbuttoned cardigan will make vertical lines right where you need them, through your waist. If any of your garments are striped, wear vertical and not horizontal lines. Also, your skirts should not be wider than they are long, or else they will give you a puffy look like you are wearing womens snow pants. However, you do not want all of your pieces to be long. This will make you look droopy. You want a mix of long and short pieces.
There are several things that you should and shouldn’t do when it comes to accessories. First, you want to avoid belts and chokers, which will add horizontal lines. Horizontal line automatically make you shorter. Choose long necklaces. Tie your scarves so that the end dangle, creating another vertical line. Avoid light colored hats, like a pink hat, which will draw a vertical line across the top of your head.
Finally, the easiest way to look tall and skinny is to wear high heels. You want the to be at least an inch. Keep in mind that the taller the heel, the greater the effect, so go as high as you are comfortable with.
