One-piece garments like dresses, jumpsuits, and rompers can make a short person look taller by creating vertical lines that lengthen their frame. To highlight your waistline, wear heels, keep details upstairs, and use pocket squares, hats, and tie. Straight, tailored pieces with a “column” feel will create straight lines up and down your body, making you look taller.
Nude heels can grant you more inches of height and elongate the lines of your legs and feet, especially when wearing a mini skirt. To feel confident, wear well-fitted clothing in dark colors and monochromatic outfits. High-rise trousers should behemmed and avoid belts whenever possible. Tight-fitting clothes, like bodycon dresses and skirts, attach themselves to the natural curvature of your body.
To create the illusion of height, always match shoes to pants, embrace the importance of blazer buttons, ditch the belt, use shoe lifts, and avoid short-sleeved shirts. V-neck tops and dresses are great for creating the illusion of height, drawing the eye downward, making your torso appear longer. Monochromatic outfits with columns of color, v-necklines, and shorter mini-skirts or mini-dresses can also help.
In summary, one-piece garments like dresses, jumpsuits, and rompers can make a short person look taller by creating vertical lines and highlighting their waistline. Wearing well-fitted clothing, incorporating nude heels, and wearing shorter, shorter mini-skirts or mini-dresses can also enhance your overall appearance.
📹 15 Simple Style Tips To INSTANTLY Look Taller This Spring & Summer If You Are Petite *Game-Changing*
If you are petite or if you just want to look taller, this is the video for you. I’m sharing my top 15 tips to look taller this spring and …
📹 Petite Dressing Mistakes | How To Look Taller In Flats
In this video I am revealing most common mistakes petite (and not only petite) women make that can make them look shorter, and …
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I have finally started buying pants in petite length, and got on board with high waisted. I don’t wear elevated shoes often, mostly flats, so these tips help. I am hourglass shaped, shorter torso with longer legs, and I want to look taller because I want to look leaner, I’m a little thicker than I ought to be, but that’s okay. These tips really help, thank you!!
Wow! This is a Masterclass in dressing to look taller. At 5’1″ in my 70s, while I’ve discovered many of these tips over the years, this refresher has highlighted a few bad habits developed, especially in retirement as my style morphed from Classic with a Twist to Sporty Chic. It has been sooooo easy to be hijacked by contrasting footwear, oversized anything, when a cropped jacket and accessories to scale work so much better. Thank you, thank you, thank you. This article is one to Save, Repeat, Repeat. You’re amazing!
I LOVE jumpsuits for feeling thinner and taller. I had quite a few back in the 90’s (?) or whenever they were popular. I haven’t found one lately that I like. I’ve always heard to wear darker shoes than your hem but I see a lot of women on tv, QVC, HSN, etc. who wear nude or light colored shoes or boots with dark pants and skirts so I’ve been a little confused. I almost always wear shoes with a little or a lot of heel; I feel taller and better than with flat sandals or shoes. Love your tips, I’ve followed a lot of these “rules” for many years. I realize I can break the rules and still look ok!
I’m only 5′ 1″ and I don’t think 5′ 4″ is that short. I am older (a senior) and cannot wear high heels anymore. I don’t wear flats either and CANNOT wear pointed toe shoes. I do not work anymore so don’t need dressy shoes for work. The only shoes I can wear are wedge sneakers but not high wedges. I also can wear small ankle boots with a no more then 1 1/2 inch heel. I also don’t have a car and have to walk to a bus stop and some bus stops do not have a bus bench, so have to just stand there. It is very hard for me to wear most shoes. I cannot wear “sky high heels.” Try walking to bus stops, having to also transfer to other buses. When you are 5′ 1″ it is hard to look taller and don’t have much choices for shoes. I also never wear white or pale color pants. Only wear dark color high rise pants but I still am short. I cannot wear high wedges, not safe when walking and getting off and on buses and some sidewalks uneven. Have you tried walking to a bus stop, standing and waiting sometimes a long time when bus is running late or do you wear high heels but have a car?
Finally found someone who understands the challenges we petites face on a daily basis. So glad this popped up in my feed. I’m 5ft and have adapted many clothes but this has given me a fresh perspective. I’ve always avoided high-rise jeans as I thought they would restrict my movement and be uncomfortable but will now try a pair. Also I don’t feel safe in high heels so have always worn flats, definitely motivated to try some espadrilles and short block heels. Thank you for a great article ❤
I am the shortest one of my girlfriends, when we get together, l am the one who always looks more stylish and put together because l followed these rules for decades. I learned by trial and error, back in the day (Gen x girl) we only had fashion magazines. perusal your article and other fashion YouTube influencers l hope others will know how small changes….no pun intended make a huge difference. Thank you Erin
Sorry but the jumpsuit has got a major issue : the time and fuss it takes when you go to the bathroom ; if you’re busy or on a travel (where the top part might fall down over the generally dirty toilet floor in the plane or at the airport…)it can really get a nuisance, having to lower the sleeves, undo the button or zipper, whereas no need to remove your top if you wear trousers. Now I read somewhere that some film stars with excellent couturières or toucher’ups have them sew a very discreet, hidden zipper, thus solving all the problem.
Hi Erin, so lovely to see you making a article like this ! Spring and Summer are right there and I feel fun, fresh, an explorer, playful and colour lover 🤭😁I loved all the suggestions, they are so spot on! Loved loved that jacket that you can remove the bottom off!!! You Boo Boo Girl, look so much more YOUTHFUL with the cropped jacket!! I only noticed it when you showed the two versions of the same 😂I wholeheartedly tell you how youthful and fresh fun you look in that combination!!! I also loved the all in one colour… the white trousers with the ivory french top (gorgeous by the way!)… I believe that is fun, harmonious and optically elongating, no matter what colour one uses. I am a curvy lady and only 165cm tall, and i rock wedges with head to toe white lace set of gorgeous flowy A-line long bottoms and the top lace has a cheekey V neck and beautiful detail at the end of the flowy sleeves… I like to wear it with a pamela and a straw bag….and that adds joy and light and happiness that is spread around too! So yes Erin, it is fun to play around with our clothes, being creative to be more visually taller and leaner heheheh the tricks are endless and we are being kind with ourselves by using what we have and know, to our advantage 🥰🤗 Thank you so much gorgeous!
Thank you Erin, my interest piqued at “petite” being only 5ft & a pear shape, so not so easy to look elegant. Have already incorporated high rise trousers & jeans, cropped jackets, have always liked the monochromatic look, as being vertically challenged I’ve never felt I can cope with to many colours, my limit is 3 at most & all tonal. Will now be working on the foot wear I’ve got neutral shades, but will be adding more pointed toes with skin tone shades. I’ve actually brought my self lovely a white dress last year but to afraid to wear it, so scared I’d drop something down it or get it dirty somehow, but might be brave enough to wear it this year 🙂 Thank you again Erin for all the great tips. X
I’m 5’7 and have a tough time with jumpsuits and many pants, my torso is long. Most high rise hit below my belly button or more like a mid rise. I want to wear a peplum top, cant find a good fit there either. And i struggle to tuck bc i am a rectangle shape with a bit of a wider saddlebag when my weight is up. My bust is small so it isnt a good look, on me, imo. No belly here. I would love for you to feature some other body types. I saw this in your older content, but not recently. article is great Erin, and you are beautiful and brilliant as always, i enjoy the content. And i am going to try the monochromatic look.
Thank you Erin for this article. I wanted to take this time to say I appreciate you and all that you do on your website. You make me smile and feel good when I watch you. I’ve learned so much how to dress my 5 foot frame while going through “the change of life”. I feel more confident and special thanks to you!!!! ❤🧡💛💜🤍💖
Great tips! and they make sense. Thank you for addressing petite issues (and shorter leg). I can still apply these tips even though I decided going forward I’m going to be wearing heels no more than 2-ish inches. I don’t buy anything taller than that anymore (except for platofrm heels that equaled a 1.5 – 2 inch difference front to back). Just too old to suffer that much for fashion, lol.
I love your articles also Erin ❤ I’m 5’1 and short waisted, so for length, I do not wear high-rise pants/jeans, but mid-rise and I usually match my belt to my top, so it’s looks as though I have a torso 😊 I’m more of a sporty girl ❤ I am able to incorporate much of your advice ❤ You have a lovely soul ❤❤❤
Just a comment about highrise pants: for some of us petites the problem is not always the lenght of our legs but rather the «shortness»of our torsos. On me highrise pants both looks ridiculous and feels extremely uncomfortable. I find lowrise and midrise much more flattering, and they also feels supercomfortable. Although these highrise days they are almost impossible to find😢
I just started following you but all the first articles that came up were from 2-3 years ago. i watched a bunch of those and then I watch these new ones and you don’t look like the same person. This is such a strange thing about YouTube. Great content, time has gone by. You have had some work done or your look is just so different. It is jarring. Still love your content, just making an observation.
So glad I have come across your wonderful articles! I think most women would love to wear high heels more often but they are just so uncomfortable. I, for example, need to walk from my house to the subway for about 5 min and by the time I am there all my hopes for high heels (not very high…) are gone. My feet hurt terribly and the next day I am in my sneakers again. Can you give some recommendations for shoe companies that sell soft, comfortable high heels? You mentioned wedges, yes they are great, but often the seams rub against my skin or the sole is hard and stiff. Even high end brands don’t seem to be much better when it comes to chic, wearable shoes for women that give us that look you are talking about and that I would love to have. Thanks and you look fabulous!
Hi beautiful Erin.. First I have to tell you that dress is absolutely gorgeous, and your hair and make up are so beautiful. The dress looks Big skipped place Scroll down. Sorry amazing on you. I tell you all the time I have learned soooo much from you. I have watched you so long, but every article I learn something new. Who knew that a smaller purse would make a difference…it did. I love your new jeans ..so cool. I think I told you I finally found a pair of comfortable neutral heels ( not real high…I have a torn disc and two bulging discs so have stability issues right now ) but they are from Dream Pairs. They are probably not the highest quality, but to be able to wear heels again Is huge for me. Erin, I have a cropped jumpsuit ( it’s actually cropped on me even at 5’2″) and for some reason I have not worked up the courage to wear it…I am going to this summer with my new heels..jumpsuit is kind of taupe. Thanks for showing us some pictures of what you wore to Africa. As always Erin, I am so thankful for you…after all we have to get dressed every day ..might as well do it the best we can..loved that . I think Travis wanted go be in the article today..he was trying to tell you . Haveca great rest of the week.♡♡♡♡♡♡
I like a sling back shoes I love those be can’t get them now. Where are the slingback shoes they should bring them back not these chunky fat heels. High rounded toes pointed toes are not good for your feet bring back slingbacks. They are about elegant to work better when you’re small. Are used to abstinent Adam for years, but I took them out I wish and it done bring back slingback shoes, slim back shoes you know what she was I made. Thank you
Hey Erin, thank u so much for the tips, yes I am 5 ft 3, n short torso, great legs but thicker in stomache, hips butt n inner thighs not shaped the greatest so I have flaws n I am not huge but yes I need trickery with my clothes haha so I look nice, not a tucker because boobs then belly button that short like one hand width uhg the struggle is real girl, but I don’t look horrible n I am completely huge either around 144 pounds! Thanks again, I appreciate all u do for us as we r wanting to looks nice too in our 50’s! 😊❤️🎁💕⭐️
There is a lot wrong with the before. I wish to see your amazing closet and pair some great combos, some of the pieces will have to be given to the tall sister-in-law and some will inspire to go shopping for those very few essentials. I am 5’3″ and I agree with you that clothes can make me feel so much more powerful. I would say that the whole look masters, from the hair to the toenails..