https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-flats-and-proportions Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:48:37 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-flats-and-proportions#post-1941540 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 11:23:33 +0000 unfrumped 1941540@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Watching also. Good post. </p> <p>And for non- pointy solutions. Pointy toe shoes in general are bad for my feet, though I have some PG ankle straps that work. The ankle strap- gap concept seems to work for me with cropped pants.<br /> I also gravitate toward loafers with a lower vamp. May not be as modern, but seems to look less stumpy on me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-flats-and-proportions#post-1941513 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 09:34:52 +0000 Nina 1941513@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I second metallics, silver &amp; rose gold, copper - whatever matches your skin tone better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-flats-and-proportions#post-1941475 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 06:00:50 +0000 rachylou 1941475@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a good topic, just wanted to say. I’m learning. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-flats-and-proportions#post-1941468 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 05:39:23 +0000 Gigi 1941468@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find that metallics are helpful. They seem to be less heavy looking or something. I find that I can wear a round-toe ballet flat in a metallic and not look too stumpy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-flats-and-proportions#post-1941102 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 08:03:06 +0000 Adriana 1941102@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>O Angie. Good news. I belong to this club too. Straight upperbody, long torso and sturdy tighs, and calves too. I especially find it difficult in summer with trousers. Sandals shorten the legs more. I want to bookend because of dark hair, what to do? In winter I wear dark trousers with dark booties or a skirt with dark stockings and black shoes. I know most of the tips but cannot all use them. For instance I need some contrast because of my coloring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-flats-and-proportions#post-1941072 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 03:45:12 +0000 Jaime 1941072@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Low vamp, pointy shoes make a world of difference. Or higher vamp when it matches your trousers, stockings or skin depending on what you are wearing.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-flats-and-proportions#post-1941068 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 03:35:50 +0000 Chiara 1941068@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks all, and I am really looking forward to reading that post, thank you Angie!<br />Having had quite an 'organised' clothes buying strategy for the last few years, it's recently gone a little all-over-the place as I try to get my head around what to look for.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-flats-and-proportions#post-1940893 Tue, 24 Jul 2018 19:14:30 +0000 Angie 1940893@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'll write a post on the subject.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-flats-and-proportions#post-1940887 Tue, 24 Jul 2018 19:05:53 +0000 cindysmith 1940887@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It looks like basics are covered: monochromatic colum of color, pointy toe flats, platforms/flatforms, ankle length pants</p> <p>I think that sometimes, a wider leg on a trouser, even a properly hemmed one, actually adds width to the bottom half. If you have a long torso, sometimes a high waisted, skinny bottom can lengthen the leg line &amp; balance out a long torso. Even with my bigger butt and thighs, I like the higher waisted skinny to draw attention down my legs instead of to my abdomen. I generally do a cute shoe to act as an exclamation mark or whatever, just to keep the eyes from settling on my newer expanded waistline (I hate menopause LOL) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-flats-and-proportions#post-1940770 Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:41:24 +0000 Anonymous 1940770@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dress in a column of color, or neutral or low contrast . When cropped pants first came out, Angie suggested "closing the gap" at the ankle with ankle straps. I took that idea to heart. It seems to help lengthen the leg line visually. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-flats-and-proportions#post-1940765 Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:30:23 +0000 Jen 1940765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a very similar situation in that my legs are short and torso long, meaning that I need some height to balance myself out.&nbsp; My advance to you is the following:<br />1) Flats in a nude-for-you shade that matches your skin tone are leg-lengthening.<br />2) ***Buy shoes with some kind of platform and then a low additional heel. Forgive me if I am over-explaining this, but I was surprised how few people mentioned this on the "Team Heels/Team Flats" post.&nbsp; Perhaps, as I did for many years, the word "platform" conjures up for them some giant 70s wood-heel wedge sandal.&nbsp; Actually it just means there is something elevating the *entire* shoe, say 1 inch, and then the heel part has say an extra inch elevated over that.&nbsp; So it *looks* like you are wearing a 2 inch heel, but your feet *feel* like you are wearing a one-inch heel.&nbsp; This is the key if you want both height and comfort.&nbsp; Look carefully under "description" on Zappos, Nordstrom, etc.: they will specify how much of the height is heel and how much is platform.<br />3) Finally, as others have noted, true flat flats, like ballet flats, are NOT friendly for problem feet.&nbsp; Try to find shoes with some arch support, and that will make even slightly higher heels much more bearable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-flats-and-proportions#post-1940744 Tue, 24 Jul 2018 12:10:14 +0000 3style 1940744@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Personally if I wear pants with a full break at the bottom, it’s the one type of trouser where I don’t wear a standard ballet flat type of flat shoe. I’ll wear something with a platform or a low wedge or a bootie with a 1/2 inch heel. Anything that’s got a bit of bulk to it to continue with the heavy downward feeling of the full break. Pointy toes and so forth work better with pants that end at the top of the ankle or higher, imho. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-flats-and-proportions#post-1940737 Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:36:17 +0000 Meghan R 1940737@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>agree with Jussie, the color of the flats makes a big difference. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-flats-and-proportions#post-1940706 Tue, 24 Jul 2018 08:11:55 +0000 jussie 1940706@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pointed toes or squared off rather than round, and shoes the same colour as pants are my best suggestions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-flats-and-proportions#post-1940704 Tue, 24 Jul 2018 07:35:25 +0000 Chiara 1940704@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the look of heels (say 2"), because they are an easy way to balance out my proportions. I'm 5' 8", long and narrow-boned torso and arms, long neck but average length legs (so I always need tops for talls, but regular trousers are usually OK). Having heavier thighs also visually shortens my legs. So heels have always worked well for me- with a high-waisted, straight or wide leg trouser and a full break (hemmed quite low on the foot), they elongated my legs so that my torso did not take over.&nbsp;<br />However, my finicky feet are voting more and more for Team Flats, and I'm less and less interested in arguing with them Plus I love being able to walk places without having to have planned my footwear beforehand.<br />So, please share your suggestions about ways to wear flats and still elongate the leg line... </p>