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How to look taller?
- Thread starter *Princesse*
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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.
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.
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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...
...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...
