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Summary: In order to create a slimming effect with pants, wear pants that are dark, that have flared legs and that have pinstripes. Avoid low waist pants when trying to look slim with advice from an etiquette consultant in this free video on clothing and fashion tips.
Gabriela Garzon is the principal owner of G.G. Image & Etiquette Consulting in Miami, Fla., which is a full-service provider of image consulting, professional and personal etiquette,...read more
"Hello. My name is Gabriela Garzon at G.G. Image and Etiquette Consulting in Miami, Florida. In this clip, I'm going to talk about what are slimming pants. What you need to know is that the darker the pant, the slimmer you're going to look, but we can play with different colors, just adding illusion that you have a straight line, like using pin stripes and flare leg pants, such as this one. It gives it illusion that the lines are going down, so of course you're going to look taller and you're going to look slimmer. The same you can do with like darker pants like black ones with flare legs, or sort of like Palazzo type of pants. This can only be done for average type to tall people. Petite women should not be wearing those. Instead, they should be wearing straight type of legs with a subtle flair, not much, but basically straight. They can also use the pin stripes and just dark colors, and try to stay just below the waist or above the waist. Anything that it's low waist will not make you look any slimmer. Once again, this is Gabbie Garzon at G.G. Image and Etiquette Consulting."
eHow Article: Slimming Pants