How to look taller

krishnidoux

A piece of advice from HP's Kelly Cutrones for short women:

Maximize Your Height
If you're short and want to look taller, dress monochromatically in a full white look, for example, or a full cream look with two bracelets on each arm. Not only does the color make you look long and lean, but the bracelets will catch the eye and draw attention to the middle of your body.
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13 years ago

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Latest reply was from Jaime

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I just read that Edith Head (Hollywood costume designer during the golden era) used to do the same thing with petite stars. She said wearing super high heels all the time wasn't the answer. I don't think you need to be exactly all in one color either, as long as the tones are very low contrast, you aren't chopping up the body with a lot of horizontal lines.

13 years ago

Transcona Shannon

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As a 5'1" shortie, I like the idea of this but think it could get incredibly boring dressing in one colour or even completely tonal all the time. Sometimes I just throw caution to the wind and break up my body line anyway!

13 years ago

tiddles

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I'm tall but because I'm a wee bit short-waisted I tend to look shorter than I am (5 10). I do find monochromatic works well, especially navy with denim. When I wear more colour that breaks up the body line I've found matching my purse to my shoes helps a lot. I'm dark haired so the hit of dark hair, dark purse, and dark shoes draws the eye up and down making me seem taller.

So even us tall girls have problems sometimes.

13 years ago

Aziraphale

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It's true that dressing in all one tone elongates your frame, but yep, I'm with Shannon. Might get boring. As a fellow tiny person, I've got to say, what's wrong with looking your size? Isn't it along the same lines as looking your age? I'm OK with not looking 22 anymore, and I'm OK with looking petite and dainty instead of tall and willowy.

13 years ago

Transcona Shannon

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Hear hear Elisabeth!!!

13 years ago

Meredith1953

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Good things come in small packages! Flaunt it you dainty things!

13 years ago

krishnidoux

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I agree with you, Shannon, that monochrome can be boring. Especially considering that there are not so many available colours for bottoms in general, especially pants. Therefore, there is only so many colours to choose from for a monochrome outfit.

Navy blue, black, white, cream, gray, khaki (but who wants to dress khaki from head to toe?), olive green is iffy too since it can easily look too "military", then, what else? Jeans with a similar blue top... prune, maybe?

Skirts are maybe easier to wear as monochrome outfits. One can play with the boot style.

13 years ago

Jaime

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I like what Elisabeth said!

13 years ago

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