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hi guys today I want to talk about how
to look taller and slimmer through three
different outfits that I think are
really appropriate for spring and
summertime a lot of different types of
clothing that I wear like dresses and
fabrics like silk that I love to wear
this time of year and also I wanted to
do these outfits particularly in mind of
what I would wear to feel at my very
best for me I think that I struggle
personally being 5 foot 1 to have
clothes that if I buy them online or in
the store it doesn't matter
they always arrive at my door a little
bit too long for me I'm 5 foot 1 and so
I'm always having something at least a
couple inches so today I want to kind of
build out these outfits to look taller
and slimmer something that can be
especially challenging as a petite
person and so I like to use these
optical illusions and kind of techniques
to build out outfits that really work
for my own body style so let's get
started right out of the box this outfit
doesn't look like much it's just a tee
like a v-neck and then some trousers
that look to be kind of frumpy and too
long on me so I want to tweak this to
really make it work I chose a v-neck
because a v-neck is going to show a
little bit more skin here anytime you
can work with an inverted triangle it's
going to emphasize that I've got more of
a longer torso here I naturally have a
longer torso and shorter legs but I'm
going to be emphasizing a little bit of
my torso too just to kind of balance out
all the work that I'm doing on my bottom
half right away I'm going to tuck in my
top and you can see that these pants are
high-waisted I think they're around like
a 13 or 14 inch rise which is sky-high
if you feel like you personally have
longer legs and a shorter torso you can
still kind of look taller with a
high-rise pant but I would suggest going
with a mid rise and that'll do something
really similar and benefit you in a
similar way but for me a high-rise pant
really works and what's great about this
too is that it's striped is a vertical
stripe and that has been one of the
oldest tested ways to look taller so not
only do these pants have a vertical
stripe but they're also cinch
right at the waist so that's gonna be a
really big win for me because that's my
natural slimmest point and then also I
want to add some heels to this outfit
that are going to do a few things here
so one it's the same color tone as the
pants and that's going to add this
beautiful long line but the height of
the heel
obviously height of heel like heels are
going to heighten me anyways but also
the fact that they are the exact height
that I need for these trousers is really
important I got these trousers hemmed so
be just the length that I need them to
be anytime that you can go to the tailor
and get clothes to fit you just right is
a win in my book so what I want to do
with the height of these pants what I
want to aim for is hem them to the point
where they're not dragging the ground
but what I really don't want to happen
is if they were to buckle at all
we don't before I even put the heels on
you can kind of see those pants buckle
at the bottom and that's not what I want
I want them to be this solid line I
don't want them to look like
bell-bottoms from scooby-doo like I want
them to look long and lean as if I were
wearing stilts underneath and you didn't
know that's what I'm going for
next I'm adding my gold jewelry it just
adds so much class and elegance to any
outfit it's going to make any outfit
look like you spent more money on it and
also there's another trick there it's
using that inverted triangle to lengthen
my torso here so that's intentional and
wearing more longer necklaces will do
that as well for my purse I'm using
something very small and in the same
color range with the rest of my outfit
so it's nothing that is taking over or
emphasizing too much of the purse
because if I do that then it could make
myself look much smaller than I
naturally am and I'll go into that a
little bit later for this outfit I
decided to pull my hair back I think
that it's fine to just have your hair
out in front like I have it right now
especially because I've got shorter hair
right now and that works already to kind
of lengthen your body if you're looking
for a haircut that makes you look taller
then having shorter hair works in that
regard but pulling my hair back is going
to expose more of my neck
it's going to expose more skin which
always helps and then it's going to keep
that one line of color kind of
continuing up so that that color range
works with my skin tone and I want to
use that to my advantage so altogether
this outfit is doing a lot of different
things right so I've got the inverted
triangle up top on my torso with my
necklaces and with the v-neck and even
with the bra underneath a little bit
kind of elevates that that line that I
want to create I'm showing more skin
because it's a tee I'm accentuating my
slimmest point which is right here at my
waist I'm cinching it I've got vertical
stripes I've got pants that go almost to
the ground of the shoes and the purse
don't compete with that long line and
I've got my hair pulled back so all of
those things kind of work together in
this outfit and I want to go ahead and
move on to the next one so right away
when you see this next outfit there's a
lot going for it
so it's monochrome that's a given and
then also it's showing skin because I've
got a tank on its gonna show my arms the
pants are cropped up a little bit so
that's going to expose more skin there
that's another great length to for pants
if you're not going to have them go all
the way to the ground or almost to the
ground then it's really good to crop
them up and show more leg more ankle and
that will accentuate more of the skin
it'll make you look like oh my pants are
just you know too short for these long
legs that I have and to make up for how
that long black line of this monochrome
outfit is kind of broken up by having
cropped pants I'm gonna wear a
turtleneck with it so that turtleneck it
extends that long black line and since
body suits this is a bodysuit by the way
are naturally tucked in then I can just
keep moving and go straight into adding
my jewelry and the jewelry with this
outfit I have to say oh my gosh it's
it's the first thing that you notice
about the outfit is the jewelry it's so
bright against the black color of the
whole outfit and it just does amazing
things for creating that long line and I
really like the look of that so with
this outfit again I just want to pull my
hair back that's gonna expose more of
what this shirt is really doing it's a
turtleneck and I
show that off so works really well for
trying to expand that long line of color
for shoes I want to try a few different
things and just show you guys the
difference the number one thing that I
would reach into my closet for for shoes
with an all-black outfit is like Oh
naturally I'll just wear black heels
with it and I like the look of that it's
a good look and for some types of events
it might really work but I want to kind
of explain why I wouldn't do that and
then show some other options for one
thing it's going to break up that
beautiful line of color so now I've got
that beautiful line but then it stops
goes straight to my skin tone and then
back to the black and it's just kind of
not working to kind of jump around in
that way it's not continuing the line at
all instead I want to switch to a nude
shoe and if you followed along with this
channel for a long you'll see in these
shoes before I wear them with almost
everything but I like the look of having
something that matches my skin tone and
in this case to their strappy they're
showing a lot of my foot which just
continues ever since my pants stopped
you can see how it continues with my leg
and my foot and the whole thing just
flows and so that shoe is really
accentuating that and I think it's a
beautiful look and then finally for my
purse choice I'm going with something
that matches the outfit effortlessly
it's a black person then it's got the
gold elements that I'm wearing with my
jewelry so that is really repeating all
those elements but then what you don't
see is that this strap is actually much
longer on me than it normally comes so
I've kind of knotted that inside the bag
and now it's adjusted to where it falls
on me like it would anyone else so
altogether when you compare the before
and after I'm happy with the way that
this outfit came together there's a lot
going on here with the repetition of the
purse and the outfit that the Alpha is
monochrome even though I've cropped up
that length it's continued with having
the turtleneck longer and then exposing
that turtleneck by pulling my hair back
those are all winds for trying to look
taller for this final outfit I wanted to
use elements that I love to wear this
time of year so I'm wearing all silk and
then also I'm wearing something that's
like a flowy slip dress this is
something
that is really fun to wear it's almost
dangerous on how short it is I wouldn't
go any shorter than this and as far as
skirt lengths are concerned I would
never as a petite wear anything that is
knee length so if you're gonna wear
something above the knee I would say
like mid thigh is a really good range
this slip dress actually comes with
adjustable straps so you can adjust it
to where it kind of works for you and
then with this outfit it's not
monochrome so I want to work with this a
little bit differently than I did in the
past so you probably know what the next
tip is gonna be I'm gonna add my jewelry
that is going to make this outfit in
particular looks much less childlike and
more grown-up and sophisticated I love
the look of jewelry with this outfit so
with an outfit like this I could totally
see myself wearing flats just because
it's a nice little summary outfit and I
might not be doing something that
requires dress shoes I might want to
wear something really laid-back like a
flat and that's totally fine so I'm
gonna start with some black flats so you
might notice that the colors are kind of
mingled here so it doesn't really do any
favors to my legs which by the way I did
tan for a full day before taping this
video and this is my tan but that's
alright the dress and the shoes are
really not making my legs look any more
tan than they are and then also it's
just not necessarily making my legs look
longer because it just the color stops
with my flat shoe here a Wayne about
these shoes is that they are a pointed
toe so I'm just gonna swap them out with
the same type of shoe that's in a
different color this is the skintone
color version of this and right now I
think they run a little bit darker than
when I first bought these a year ago so
because that dress is shorter now my
legs look a lot longer just by making
the shoes match my skin tone there's
nothing stopping it it's just gonna go
for miles and miles
next I'm going to choose a purse that's
really small and fun and flirty with
this outfit but first I want to show an
example of what it looks like to wear a
large purse so in this case there are
times when you need to bring a tote or a
computer bag or maybe a diaper bag or
whatever you got going on in your life
at the time
I mean that you're carrying more stuff
but if you can get by with carrying less
than definitely do it because especially
for summertime it just looks so good to
have a small bag and so that's what I'm
doing today I'm just got this little
very summery it's like a wristlet you
know it's something that goes well with
anything in this whole outfit together I
just love the idea of it being more
summery and beautiful and breezy casual
but I still want to do one more little
swap because this skirt is so much
shorter I want my my legs to look longer
so I will be using heels and I just
think that heels not only give you that
literal height but they're gonna
emphasize beautiful things about your
legs and that's what I'm really going
for with this outfit one thing you'll
notice is that I'm not pulling my hair
back I think it's totally fine to wear
your hair down sometimes and I like the
look of having for this outfit having my
hair down I think that that's fine
because I'm not doing the trick of
having monochrome you know with the
other outfits I would make my outfits
look sky high from top to bottom looking
monochrome and long and lean
but with this outfit it's more about
what I'm doing with legs and purses and
heels and the length of my skirt so all
of those things are impacting this I
think that the biggest impact is just
the size of the purse was so different
between having a large purse and having
a small purse and altogether I hope that
all three of these outfits kind of
worked for you and for summertime and
maybe they give you some outfit
inspiration if nothing else but I hope
they make you feel like you are at your
best with your outfits and that's the
goal with really all of my outfit style
content and I hope that you like this
video and subscribe and I will see you
guys next time bye
take my hand and I will lead the way
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