How to Dress if You Are Tall
If, for some reason, you'd prefer to downplay rather than embrace your height, follow these quick tips to "shorten" your look. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Men's Dress Shirts
- Men's Dress Sweater
- Mens' Dress Pants
- Sweaters
- Women's Dress Pants
- Women's Dress Shirts
- Women's Dress Shoes
- Women's Dress Sweater
- Women's Sandals
- dresses and skirts
Instructions
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Try wearing a longer top to help visually shorten your legs.
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Wear pants with cuffs to ground and truncate your legs.
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Choose horizontal stripes over vertical ones; avoid pinstripes, for example, which will elongate your figure.
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Mix light and dark shades. Pairing a dark shirt with light pants, or vice versa, will shorten your body.
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Put on flat, rather than heeled, shoes.
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Tips & Warnings
Pick clothes that have larger details ' wide lapels, buttons and other features. Delicate details such as small collars will make the body look large by contrast.
Avoid dressing all in one color, which enhances height.
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Wow! Who ever said I did not like being tall. I love to dress in one color, top totoe. It gives a very effective and stunning look to the tall figure.
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Samantha Kaye A. Avestruz
Oct 27, 2010
Why would I want to look small? "Bigger is better". and I love the way people say "Wow! You look so tall, you could be a model someday". I'd rather look down on people than look up. -
Jekyll
Dec 05, 2008
And I've never tried to make myself look shorter. I don't see the point in that.
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Jekyll
Dec 05, 2008
And I've never tried to make myself look shorter. I don't see the point in that.
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Jekyll
Dec 05, 2008
I'm 6'6" 240 and my biggest problem is finding clothes that fit and are somewhat stylish. I'm athleticly built, but most of the stuff I find is for obese tall people, and most of the designers that make "in style" clothes, don't make them in extra-tall sizes.
