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Posted on March 2, 2009 in Grow Tall
People like to play about with their height. Women or men who are tall may want to look a bit shorter and vice versa. Appearance matters much in social circuit. Too tall or too short may make you stand out. What do you do? Solution lies in wearing clothes that can hide your height. What kind of clothes you might ask? Let us have a look.
Clothes that Hide Height
Clothes For Tall People:
- Tall women can wear wide belts.
- Horizontal stripes as well as textured patterns would gel on tall women.
- One can wear flat shoes to hide height in case you happen to be tall.
- To de-emphasize one’s height one can wear separates. Tops and pants need to be of different colors. This will break up the length of the body. The top part as well as the bottom part of the body will appear as two separate entities, rather than one frame.
- Wear pants with cuffs. Cuffed pants truncate the legs and make them look a bit shorter.
- One can tuck in one’s shirt or top as this emphasizes the torso and legs and make you look shorter.
Clothes For Short People:
- Thin and short people can wear checks designed tops and loose pants. This applies to both men and women. A top with a longish design would look ideal for those who are short.
- Loose clothes make one look taller. This helps in the case of lean people.
- In case one is short and stout, then loose pants and loose shirts will look good.
- Mix colors. Dark and black colors make you look taller.
- Wear heeled shoes, as they will make you look taller.
- Avoid wearing cardigans and blazers which have three buttons as they will draw undue attention to the short upper part of the body. Let the blazers and cardigans cover the buttocks slightly as this will give an elongated look to the body.
- Do not wear double- breasted suits. In case, you do want to wear one of then, then do up the buttons. This will provide a longer appearance.
- When one is wearing a sports jacket then it is better to ensure that there is a contrast between the jacket as well as the trouser, so that the natural looking vertical lines are maintained.
- Avoid low-rise type of pants as they will make the legs look more shorter than they are.
- For T-shirts and sweater, V-neck will look good as it will make the body look longer. Turtlenecks can make you look shorter.
- Avoid cuffs.
- The trousers need to break off just on the shoes, a bit more than the average as this would make the legs look longer.
Clothes For Normal Height:
- For those who have correct height and body weight then it is difficult to hide height. Dress comfortably and wear plain colors.
One would like to hide one’s height, depending upon whether one is too short or too tall. Dress maters. One has to choose the right set of clothes to enhance one’s height.
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September 9th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog.
Cheers! Sandra. R.