How to look taller?

[farou7a]

^ lol isnt 5'4 the average height for women?!?!

i NEVER slouch, and i wear heels, plus i do yoga too so i know im stretching well.
sigh.

i think thats all we petite people can do

 

[Melisande]

I don't necessarily agree that a slim silhouette is always better.

Done properly, short people can do baggy like nobody's business , while a very tall person in baggy clothes often just looks clumsy.

Today, I met the coolest petite woman at the hospital: a woman doctor in her 60's (very slim and tiny), she wore a ginormous white doctor's coat in what was obviously a large man's size, letting the shoulders droop to her elbows, sleeves rolled up generously and collar raised. The back billowed dramatically as she walked, giving a glimpse of black drainpipes and pointy ankle boots. While the others in the uniform just looked like frumpy doctors, she alone could have been in Yohji. I don't think it would have worked on a very tall person.

I also have a guy friend (a successful designer), who is very short and muscular. He always wears his Armani suits and shirts way too big, but it's charming and stylish, in a Chaplinesque way. I think if he wore a well-fitting suit, he'd just look too pert and normal and even smaller.

 

[softgrey]

those two folks sound super cool Melisande!...
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i think there's a lot of great advice here already...
i also think that a pair of boots that goes midcalf is extremely flattering and makes your legs look much longer---so you look taller...