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hi guys today I want to do another
installment of my how to look taller and
slimmer series everybody loves these
videos and so I just want to keep
delivering with some new outfit ideas
where I'm taking these principles and
putting them into practice so these are
awesome outfits I love them so much
everything is linked down in the
description where you can find them as
well as some cheaper options as well but
I do want to say that these are
principles so you can look at your
closet get ready for the day and maybe
just think about these things while
you're getting ready so this first
outfit is already taking a few boxes
that really helps it's monochrome so
that's one shade from top to bottom
there's nothing visually separating this
long line from my shoulders down to the
ground I also just love that this top is
a v-neck and so that's going to kind of
lengthen and show more skin especially
if you have a shorter torso that you
want to lengthen I also love that these
pants have little pleats on them and
what that's going to do visually is add
some vertical stripes I've used vertical
striped pants in the past and I love
that tip and this is just a very subtle
way to do that but as you can tell the
pants are way too long on me and so I
actually want to throw on my boots these
boots actually match the same tone as
the pants so again it's just creating
that long vertical line and then of
course it's giving me visual height
because these boots have quite a few
inches on them I just bought these like
last fall and I just really enjoyed the
way that I could wear them with anything
and Here I am I found a way to wear them
in summertime to what these boots are
doing is creating a stilts effect is
what I want to call it if you think of
when you went to maybe a circus or a
theater and there's someone on stage who
has just really long legs he's supposed
to look like a giant then you have
stilts that are covered up by pants that
is how they're making that look that way
and so that's kind of what I'm doing
here I've got my heels on which is
giving me that stilts height but then
I'm kind of covering them up quite a bit
and then that just makes the line of my
pants look my
much longer my jewelry choices with this
outfit is necklaces I love to wear in
layer lots of necklaces that kind of
draw your eye downward and what that's
doing is lengthening my torso even more
I just love to wear jewelry in general
and so I just feel like it elevates a
very like standard black outfit here and
it's going to make it look more
expensive too the next tip I want to do
is throw my hair up one thing that I
want to talk about with that is that
it's gonna show more skin and show
lengthening on my neck another great
thing that that's going to do is not
show your own proportions compared to
your hair so hair is really a tricky
thing right when I have really long hair
then it made me look a lot shorter I
also love that when I cut my hair it did
make me look taller but I think it also
did show because I have thick hair that
the proportions of that weren't exactly
as even as I like them to be so I love
to wear my hair down and weigh my hair
down today but by putting my hair up I
can really tell a difference vertically
how it's changing the way that I look so
just talking visual weight my hair is
kind of weighing me down when I have it
down and then if I pull it back then
it's just not a distraction the really
cool thing about this outfit is it's
actually not a jumpsuit it's two pieces
so the top and in the bottom kind of
come together very closely so you could
overlap them if you want to but if you
want to show a little bit of skin here
then you definitely can absolutely
wonderful for summertime or you know if
you're just out having a great night
then you could definitely wear something
like this I think it's so cool that you
can do the jumpsuit monochrome look to
just create a very long visual line but
there's another way to do that by
showing the slimmest point on myself
which is right around my ribcage then
it's gonna have this slimming effect
right there another really cool thing is
that even though I'm breaking up that
vertical line I am going to make this
long line where I feel the shortest on
my legs and so my legs are much longer
at this point than my torso I feel like
I have a bit of a longer torso finally
my bag choice for this outfit is
something that's a shoulder bag
something that doesn't have too long of
a strap and then all
so this is about as large of a bag that
I would personally carry if I carry a
larger bag than it's just going to make
me look a lot smaller this happens all
the time whenever I pick up my cat I
have a very big cat and people just
think that he is absolutely massive when
I hold him and that I'm just completely
small and tiny and so by comparison
that's what bags do as well it just
makes you look a lot smaller than you
actually are if you carry a bigger bag
this bag is color-coordinated with the
rest of the outfit it's a completely
black outfit and that just kind of
prevents some distractions from
happening as well so top to bottom with
this outfit I've got my hair pulled back
I've got elongated necklaces and a
neckline I'm showing the slimmest part
of me which is right at my waist and
then also I am going to lengthen my legs
by a stilts effect by having high boots
and then making my pants reach almost to
the ground and then for my bag I've got
something understated and that's more of
a shoulder strap without something too
long next I want to talk about dresses
this dress has a lot of absolutely
excellent qualities about it that I want
to talk about today first of all it's a
midi-length dress I would say that
whenever I'm picking out something for a
skirt or a dress I'm going MIDI or mini
length
I'm not hitting my knee I'm not hitting
the thickest part of my calf I want
something that is a little bit longer on
me and so midi-length dresses are
something that not everybody feels is
the most lengthening look for petits but
I personally do love it and this dress
not only has a beautiful like right
where the hem is which I did get
tailored to be exactly where I wanted it
to be but it also has this beautiful
slit that goes right around where a mini
length dress would be that's going to
show my leg and have much more
lengthening properties to this it's not
going to visually cut me off anywhere
and I just love the flow of this it's
very feminine and just beautiful I feel
sexy when I wear it the slit isn't too
high where I would feel kind of nervous
in public and then I also just love that
it's going to highlight the best or
slimmest parts of my leg right away some
other things about this
that you'll notice is that it has puffed
sleeves and I'll touch on puff sleeves a
little bit in a second but in brief I
just love how its balancing out my
proportions a lot here being that I'm
pear-shaped I want to do more balancing
out on the top and so that's what this
is doing in a really feminine and
beautiful way the neckline here is more
plunging but it's just again kind of
square open and that's going to just any
time that I feel kind of overwhelmed by
fabric you want to show more skin to
kind of combat that of course this dress
can't do so much without a good pair of
heels so I'm actually wearing my heels I
wear all the time they are my by far
mules I just love them so much I wear
them with everything if it's a skin tone
shoe I would say definitely anytime that
you can find something skin toned it's
going to lengthen your legs it's going
to make your leg look like it's from
wherever you're showing your leg all the
way down to your toe and there's nothing
separating there at all so that is a
beautiful tip it does not have any ankle
straps which is another bonus here it
just altogether makes that line with
this dress from right where that slit
starts all the way down to my toe looks
super long of course I'm gonna add my
same jewelry again but one more thing
about this dress is that it has a small
pattern and that's one thing I try to do
as a petite is to wear a smaller pattern
if I'm going to wear a pattern at all if
I was wearing something very largely
floral or big polka dots then that would
be something that makes the outfit stand
out more than me
and my figure in other words a large
pattern can overwhelm a petite frame
again I'm just gonna pull my hair back
and with this outfit I feel like it just
pulls the whole outfit together makes it
look more sophisticated maybe a bit more
tidy my purse choice with this outfit is
something small and understated again
and you guys know I love my pull on bag
it's small and I just love that it's
kind of a flirty summer bag something I
can just wear on my wrist and just fit a
few things that I really need inside it
so when talking about how to look taller
and slimmer in summertime this is an
absolute perfect bag to find so
overall from top to bottom again I'm
putting my hair back I've got elongated
necklaces that really highlights that
neckline that's showing more skin
I have puff sleeves to kind of balance
out my own proportions and then I have a
dress that is hitting me at a midi
length with a slit that's going up to
where it's showing more leg at a length
that I feel is appropriate and then I've
got my heels in my purse being both more
skin toned and understated and just very
lengthening not overwhelming the pattern
on the dress again is not overwhelming
either for the final outfit this is
something much more casual and fun but
still kind of floral and feminine to
wear a lot of the same components that
were in that dress are repeated here so
I've got my puff sleeve top something
with more of a floral pattern and I've
got my high-waisted jeans that's
something I always wear I never wear
mid-rise I never wear low-rise just
because of my proportions and I feel
like it's a very flattering look for my
body style so if you find that you have
shorter legs and a longer torso then
high-waisted pants really work for you
but if you have maybe longer legs and a
shorter torso then you can do a mid-rise
Jean and you can style that exactly the
same as I'm styling high-rise jeans my
shoe choice with this is fitting for the
outfit because my top has this little
bow in the front and I'm repeating that
with my shoes here so I just I'm having
fun here I'm breaking some of my own
rules I am wearing something with an
ankle strap and I really just love these
espadrilles because with these heels I'm
adding literal height these ones are the
tallest shoes I've ever had like they
make me feel sky-high I'm taking the hit
on the ankle strap by also showing some
skin on the top of my foot and so if you
just kind of don't necessarily look at
the shoe but maybe in your peripheral
vision look at the outfit it is showing
that my foot is much lower than the
ankle strap and thereby showing a little
bit more of a longer leg it's kind of a
weird visual trick here but I am really
happy that it's working this way the
jeans also are a little
more of a straight-leg fit so that it's
showing a little bit more of the
slamming effect around my ankle here
again I'm adding my lengthening jewelry
but I do want to also mention the
pattern here is a little bit bigger than
I normally would like I loved the small
floral pattern on the dress before but
the shirt here has a larger floral it is
more toned down though it's not
something that has a lot of contrast so
if you just really do like a larger
floral pattern or just a larger pattern
in general but maybe tone down that
contrast just a bit like I have here
that this ivory tone is almost a
watercolor into and they get blue and
then pop quiz on what the next step is I
am going to pull my hair back you guys
know all the reasons why this is working
by now but I just really works for this
top especially which shows a lot more
skin not only in the front but in the
back and all together it's just going to
work really well and lengthen and show
more skin and finally with this outfit
I'm going to be adding a clutch I want
to talk about this for a little bit
because I recently watched Natalie
Portman's masterclass and it was
excellent it informed a lot about
character like how outfits can inform
the character and I feel like that's so
true when you put on an outfit it makes
you feel so differently you carry
yourself in a different way when I was
wearing the dress in the last outfit I
was carrying myself in a little bit of a
different way than when I wore jeans and
when you're carrying a small clutch I
just feel like it makes me personally
walk with more poise I feel like I'm not
like carrying something too cumbersome
and if you think of the people who carry
clutches you'll typically see that on
the red carpet events or maybe Royals
carry clutches a lot as well and so
that's just a way to not carry too much
with you if you want to just kind of
look light and breezy so from top to
bottom with this outfit I've got my hair
kind of pulled back I've got my along
gating necklaces I'm showing a really
beautiful neckline on the front and also
in the back and the puff sleeves here I
have been wearing puff sleeves all
summer long
anytime I go to find another shirt to
wear I want it to have puff sleeves so
bad this is doing amazing things and
making more making my body style more of
an hourglass versus a pear shape and so
that's just balancing out my own
proportions take this into account with
ever whichever proportions that you have
as well this top is more of a floral
pattern but even though it has a bigger
pattern it is subtle so if you would do
want to have a bigger pattern then you
can definitely go more subtle on the
color scheme here the pants here are
high-waisted and of course that's going
to lengthen me quite a bit they are more
of a straight leg fit and that's going
to emphasize that my ankles here are
slimmer and then the shoes which really
emphasizes the ankle as well maybe those
ankle straps aren't the most heightening
but it is really cool that they are
showing my foot being much lower to the
ground and the rest of my leg here and
then my heels are adding a good inch on
top of having a heel these are so
sky-high and they make me feel so tall
and then I've just got my little clutch
and having something that is small kind
of understated skin tone are all really
excellent qualities but then I'm
carrying myself a little bit more
sophisticated with poise when I'm
carrying a small clutch and that just
really helps as well just how you carry
yourself and how the outfits that you
choose can inform how you carry yourself
and the character you feel like you are
portraying when you wear your everyday
outfits so everything that I listed
today is linked down below but honestly
these are just principles these are
things that you can carry into your own
life when you're looking at your own
closet and hopefully you feel so much
just more put-together and confident in
your everyday life and everything to do
with outfit has to do with colors and
reasons behind it and shapes and all of
these things can make you feel your very
best if done with intention and that's
really the goal of my whole channel is
things that are intentional I just hope
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time bye
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