Well, I think this is not nearly so bad as you are making it out to be! And with the things you've already mentioned (lower contrast bottoms, same colored shoes) I could see it being great. But some suggestions nevertheless:
--try a high low (even just a subtle one) or an asymmetrical hem. That will eliminate the horizontal line problem.
--for the tunic thing, for me for whatever reason too-short dresses seem to work better than things billed as tunics. No idea why. Maybe the shaping tends to be more flattering on a dress.

I don't see short legs at all and I think this sweater looks great on you just the way you styled it. I think we should do some therapy here on the topic 'Suz and her "short" legs'. Common girl, you ARE your worst critic EVER!

Suz, I think the thing is, you don't have to maximize every asset in every outfit. Sometimes (often, actually) just average leg length is good enough!
Sometimes it's hard to let go of perfectionism, but I just don't think it's necessary every time.
I think this outfit is lovely, and I think you should enjoy your cozy sweater and not overthink it.

You look terrific to me! But if you're not in love with it - save it for those days working from home when you don't need to go out?

Double ha; double k.

What I like is that it is minimal.

I like it better than some outfits that have ALGO with scarves and belts and layered jackets and whatnot.

The minimalism adds an element of sleekness that I think you are not factoring in when you think about leg line in just a very static measurement sort of way.

Looks fine to me!

Wow! I am sorry I nipped out there. I posted and then the phone rang and my mother had been in a head on collision! So...uh...sorry I started a storm here.

(She is okay, by the way, but my aunt's car is not. And I suspect that she might be a bit sore tomorrow.)

So...thank you everyone for your considered thoughts, the lovely compliments, and the excellent suggestions.

I really wasn't feeling super critical of myself -- just noticing why I don't wear that length so often. I agree with Diana that one of those hi-low hems or curved ones might work better for me. But I don't actually mind this....I just don't love it. I think it works a little better on me with tall boots, actually.

Anyway, it is true that I am critical of my legs and notice the shortness. Blame it on the trauma of never being able to find tall boots short enough for my calves (even though I am not petite!)

So, let me see....the sweater is heavy and chunky but it's actually more drapey than it might appear and quite oversized. I could semi-tuck it (that would work) but I deliberately wanted to show the proportions here.

Amy K. - thank you - for skin care I literally do nothing ...I mean I wash my face mostly only with water and slop drugstore Cetaphil moisturizer on it in copious amounts. And eat a ton of veggies. As for the rectangle, well...that is one of my body type modifiers. Not much I can do there! The sweater does have a bit of a Spongebob shape to it, though, doesn't it?

Greyscale -- thank you - I do love the colour of this .

Aleta, yes, it is just an ordinary workathome outfit -- that is okay. I don't mind the ordinariness. I was just interested in the proportions.

Ms Maven, that is just it. I usually feel dumpy when I wear tunics. I don't mind feeling a bit blocky, personally....waist surrender is totally fine with me. But I don't like feeling dumpy.

Karie, I like your styling ideas.

Thanks Marmee. I think you are probably right that I am exaggerating the effect - I see stumpy and others see...well...whatever they see!

Thanks Beth Ann. I usually do wear it with my jeans.

K, you made me laugh out loud. Thank you for that!

Carla, I love you. You measured and my legs are not shorter? I need you to take all my measurements.

Claire, I am not sure if the crotch point is covered. I took the darn thing off. I'll have to examine it tomorrow. I think maybe it just comes to the crotch point.

Anne has mentioned that comment about tunics being elongating because they hide the crotch point, and I confess I have always felt confused about that. Elongating of the BODY maybe, I have always privately thought. But maybe it really does have to do with the shape of the thing, as Diana suggests. I think I am on Team Stacy and Clinton here...which accounts for my great love of the semi-tuck. But I also think it depends on other body modifiers to some degree. Some one slim with narrow hips might look different from someone who is curvier...someone elliptical might have a different best tunic point from someone round, and so on. Anyway, all I know is I have never found one that I thought was particularly flattering on me.

Gryffin, thank you for those suggestions - I would consider styling it that way - long over short. I have worn it with my black pencil skirt. And it works okay.

Sarah, that is just it, isn't it. There has to be a sweet spot. But where?

Deb, you are in league with Carla to become my favourite person.

Jeanne, thank you -- and yes, I think a hi-low would be more flattering.

Shirley, thank you.

Angie, thank you -- I will wear it with more confidence.

Peri - thank you. I wasn't shooting for a 10 today. Heck, I felt lucky just to manage not to repeat! I just wanted to do a bit of an experiment to see how I felt about the silhouette.

Unfrumped, that is what I like about it, too. The minimalism. I do really enjoy that. And that part felt very me. Sometimes I get fed up with wearing scarves. I do it mostly for warmth in winter. I need to buy myself more turtlenecks.

Thank you everyone else whose name I did not mention. I am grateful for your feedback and thoughts.

Big hugs! Glad to hear everyone is fine. Keep a close eye on your mom and aunt tomorrow, too. Sometimes people feel much more shaken up, physically and emotionally the next day.

I am with K - I have never seen you in anything I'd consider unflattering. And I am so confused by your short-leg perceptions of yourself!

I think the right tunic can be elongating but I don't get why. I need comparative visuals for this kind of thing.

Sending out the clarion call for Angie....

I would be really interested to here how you feel about this length with a lower contrast bottom. Is it perhaps the combination of length and high contrast that makes you feel cut in half?

I was quoting Trinny and Susanah on the crotch covering thing, if anyone wanted references!
I don't really think of this length jumper as a tunic FWIW.

Interesting, Anne. I think you're right - a true tunic would be below the crotch point for sure. But that never seems to work well on me, at all. Or at least it doesn't work to my eye.

I find this discussion fascinating. For all that it is worth, I agree with K and many others. I think it looks nice on you, and your legs do not look short.

I do share you leg length appearance concerns though. I think we have similar body types in terms of long torsos. So here is a recent photo of an outfit of mine, where the top is true tunic length. And there is high contrast between the top and the pants. So I would be curious if you and others think this tunic length is leg shortening, leg lengthening or neither. I can not tell myself, and it ties nicely into this discussion.( and I hope you do not mind, I am not trying to hijack your thread).

(Tanya, Tanya, Tanya- your legs look like they go all the way to heaven in this outfit )
And Suz, yours look pretty good too!
IKWYM about wearing o'sized sweaters though- I need to be in the right state of mind to be happy wearing mine, as in wanting to feel and look cosy and warm rather than willowy and slim. (Mine is more boxy than rectangular like yours.)
An interesting discussion, as I have just listed on Ebay a BF. shirt that I just felt so frumpy in

Suz! Your legs don't look short! K made me laugh out loud too! You CAN'T look bad even if you tried. He he! I might prefer the outfit with tall boots too.

Tanya I can only see your gorgeous figure! Can't get past that to your legs

Suz, having only read your post and no comments I am going to respectfully disagree:). I love this on you. I would wear black booties but other than that would not change a thing. I am a petite also and I would wear this in a heartbeat.

I think you look great (haven't read the other comments). Maybe you just have to get used to the new silhouette?

Suz, first, you are too hard on yourself. No short legs here. But, thank you for pointing out what I'd not realized was the reason I have trouble with wearing tunics and tops below crotch length, unless the outfit is really low contrast. I have trouble wearing leggings except black ones with a too-short black dress, for example. My legs over-all are average, but the length from knee to foot is short (figured out from trying to buy knee-high boots).

Joy, maybe that really does explain why we in particular find it SOOOO difficult. I wonder. I also really, really strongly dislike the look of crop pants/ clams on myself unless they are very tapered, usually low contrast, and I have a bit of a heel (so usually a wedge sandal). When I was running around playgrounds after my daughter that was still too "dressy" and impractical for my everyday life so I rarely wore them. Now I wear them more often. But always with a bit of hesitation.

Thank you all for your opinions. And Tanya, thank you for the images! You are more willowy and graceful than I am in shape but we are similar in some ways for sure. But this outfit looks spectacular on you and here's why I think it works:

1. Your tunic is longer than mine, more like a dress.
2. It is shaped at the waist.
3. The boots (toned to the tunic) unite them and make -- not a column of colour, but a strong relationship between top and bottom -- a unity -- so what you see is just a long line, period. The knee area is sort of skipped over to an extent.

Tanya, your legs definitely look long in that outfit. I agree with Suz that the tunic reads more as a short dress and that helps.

Suz! I don't see anything wrong in this outfit, your legs don't look too short for me, even in this high contrast outfit and different color shoe!

BUT I can so relate with your(and others) dilemma around achieving flatering proportions with tunic lengths.

I too consider have a long torso with shortish legs, but I am longer from the crotch to waist, and have thick and (too)shapely tights, which seem to complicate things even worse.

As Diana said, for me shorter-dress-length tunic like sweaters work best (but not the shorter dresses themselves, cuz then, they have a higher waist cut, which doesn't match the place of mine-and nor the classic shapeless tunics, wich make me look plump for the matter of having wide hips, to:-(().

Lyn, you might have hit on another factor -- elliptical shape -- looks wide from the front (even if not actually large). I know I am also elliptically shaped, wider from the front than the side.

I loved reading this thread, because we have similar long torsos/strong shoulders/elliptical shapes and I've never really embraced the tunic trend either! That being said, I do think you're a bit hard on your legs sometimes, even if you think you're not being critical. They really don't read short or stumpy, at least in pics. And I'm so glad your mother is ok, even if the car isn't.

First off, so glad your mother is ok

I think you look lovely here and there is nothing off about the outfit. Having said that...I know EXACTLY what you mean and how you are feeling about the proportions here because I am the same. I feel stumpy and short with that much of my upper body covered. This is why I have fallen so in love with the semi tuck - it raises the sweater so more legs show and suddenly, I feel more proportionate.

But Angie has a point (as she always does!) in that it is "flattering enough". Not everything has to be perfectly proportionate all the time. And many trendy silhouettes are not IMHO. I think it all boils down to your own personal preferences and comfort zone.

Suz - this looks SO cute on you and I don't see leg shortening here at all. Really glad you decided to change it up a bit and show us this one.

Suz, this looks really good! Different proportions from what you usually show but nice nonetheless. And I really like that sweater.