Top Fashion Tips For Tall Women
Women who are taller than average are presented with a particular challenge when it comes to trying on clothes. Having longer legs seems to limit you in what you can wear, especially pants, as most pants are not made over 34 inches in length (though you may be able to find the rare pair of 36 inch pants).
A lot of tall women also don’t want to draw attention to their height, and they’d rather conceal it and try to make themselves look as if they are of a more average height. We’ll help you both play up your height and play down your height with these tips below:
How to Play Up your Height
How fun is it to be able to really show off just how stunningly tall you truly are? Wearing any sort of bold pattern, such as a striped dress or top, will really draw attention to your height. Nautical themes are a big hit this year for the taller ladies. Wearing a navy colored shirt with well tailored skinny jeans and a ballet flat will make you not only look tall, but also cool and casual.
TIP: Focus on large color blocking when you put together your outfits
All because you are tall doesn’t mean that you can’t wear high heels. To really bring attention to your height, choose sleek and sexy stiletto pumps, stiletto knee boots, or platform heels.Skinny jeans coupled with any of these shoe choices will surely make you look about seven feet tall!
If you are looking at dresses, try to find any type of body-skimming “little black dress” to really show off your curves, or choose a maxi-style dress. The maxi style dress can be worn both day and night, depending on the material that you choose to wear. Jersey is great for the daytime, and silk or chiffon works well for night.
How to Minimize your Height
If you want to look a bit less domineering, wearing ballet shoes with a pair of jeans will keep the appearance of your height at a minimum. For nighttime shoes, you may want to choose some sexy kitten-heeled shoes, low wedges or flat knee high boots rather than the four inch stilettos.
Wearing more long and filly blouses in neutral tones with jeans will go a long way in making your legs appear shorter. Long blouses and shirts will give your legs a “cut off point”, which is why your legs will appear shorter than they truly are.
When ever possible, avoid wearing any very long dresses and skirts as these will only further accentuate the length of your legs. Very short dresses will also bring attention to the length of your legs, so to try and help minimize the appearance of your height, try to find some classic and chic knee-length dresses and pencil skirts.
Wearing tops and pants that are of the same color group will help keep you looking shorter than you really are. Neutral tones like beige and mauves will keep you looking shorter, whereas bolder tones such as bright reds, blues, yellows and all sorts of prints will only draw attention to your height.
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