It is very difficult for tall girls to arrange their wardrobe so as not to look bulky or cheap. And it is so important to emphasize the merits and hide the flaws! Girls, all top models are much taller than average. No one argues that tall people have their own problems - mostly clothes are sewn to medium height, and tall girls cannot choose the length of trousers, dresses and sleeves ... At the same time, long-legged beauties are often embarrassed by their height and do not see obvious advantages. Here are 9 rules to help you find the perfect tall wardrobe. Thanks to them, you will forget about the problems!
Rule One
Even if your height is more than 180 cm, you should not completely abandon shoes with heels. Of course, tall girls look great in flat shoes, but you should not forget about the heel completely. Firstly, doctors do not recommend a flat sole, however, as well as a very high heel - both lead to flat feet, which leads to problems with the spine, and for tall people this is already weakness. For daily use, it is best to choose a heel from 3 to 5 cm of a fairly stable shape. Secondly, a slight rise in the heel will make the foot look smaller. Thirdly, a woman must always remain a woman: many dresses and skirts, and especially evening dresses, imply high heels. Ballet shoes will be bad manners in such a situation, even if the heels make you a little taller than your companion. At the expense of shoes, with or without heels, everyone can choose on their own, what is more to their liking. The only thing you need to pay attention to is that the pointed toe of the shoe will visually increase its size.
Choose rounded noses, sharp noses will add a few cm.
The division method is also applicable here, shoes with an abundance of horizontal straps, dividing the leg into sectors, will make it smaller and more elegant.
Wedges make the leg visually much smaller. The higher the wedge, the smaller the leg looks.
Shoes in the tone of trousers, shoes of the color of tights or flesh, dressed on a bare foot, visually lengthen the legs, becoming their continuation. When we want to visually reduce the length of the legs, we wear contrasting shoes.
Shoes with horizontal inserts, the invention of Coco Chanel, make the foot smaller and sleeker. Now such shoes are at the peak of popularity.
Rule Two
In order for a figure with high growth to look proportional and beautiful, it is necessary to visually “separate” it. For these purposes, a large pattern, a wide strip and a cage are ideal. With such prints, the figure looks more compact. The same effect is obtained as a result of a combination of contrasting things, fashionable layering looks especially good in this case. But it is better to refuse one-color ensembles, on the contrary, they visually increase growth even more. If the figure is proportional, then the waistline should be emphasized with a wide belt. If the legs are shorter than the torso, then the best solution would be skirts and dresses with a high waist. But if a girl, on the contrary, has too long legs, then you can’t wear such things, but you need to opt for trousers, skirts, shorts with a fit below the waist and middle length blouses. An image broken down by color must be assembled from contrasting things. They can be bright and contrasting. If you want a more relaxed look, wear one bright piece and choose neutrals for the rest.
If you want to wear plain clothes, then you need to choose models with a pronounced waistline. It can be distinguished by a cut of a thing or a belt.
Skirts with a high waist line visually lengthen the figure.
Rule Three
Usually tall girls have long legs. But it will be a mistake to try to emphasize this even more with a super miniskirt. We are not saying that mini skirts are contraindicated for tall girls, not at all! But the length of the shortest skirt should be correct. The individual length of the mini-dress is calculated as follows: stand straight, stretch your arms at the seams, spread your palm, the minimum length of the dress is at the level of the point where the fingers end. This is your mini length (beach dresses may be shorter). We choose short casual dresses with a semi-fitted cut, which will accentuate beautiful long legs without making the image vulgar. Believe me, merit beautiful figure will not hide the skirt to the knees or a little higher. This length is more versatile in application, elegant, it will make a tall figure more proportional.
Rule Four
It is better to lower the waist line on trousers, jeans or shorts to the hips - this will balance the silhouette. But there is one more small nuance: in this case, when buying T-shirts, shirts, sweaters and other things, you should be attentive to their length so that they are not too short.
Rule Five
Cropped trousers, like long boots, are just made for tall girls! Both are visually separated by long legs, hiding growth. If you decide to wear a narrow model of trousers, then choose the length of the legs no more than to the bone. It can be shorter, longer - in no case.
Short ladies cannot afford this, as they will look even lower, but girls from 170 and above can easily flaunt in super trendy high boots and cropped trousers.
Rule six
Pay attention to large accessories. They look great with high growth, balancing the dimensions of the figure.
Rule Seven
Calf-length trousers, capri trousers, culottes are a real find for us: comfortable, practical, fashionable and disguises growth. Cropped trousers hide growth, the main thing is that they are shortened, not short. We don’t listen to sellers who convince us that “the length of 8/9, 13/14, 25/26 is very fashionable now, it should be so”, we are not sure - refuse such a purchase. The correct length is above the ankle.
Dedicated to the tall and beautiful!
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So, the first "sore" place in tall girls is the sleeve. . The sleeve, no matter how long it is, you ALWAYS pull up ¾ or, in the case of a shirt, casually wrap it up.
Blazers, jumpers, sweaters, jackets - EVERYTHING is shifted up, exposing a thin wrist that can be emphasized with accessories (watches, bracelets). Take my word for it, it looks VERY stylish, trendy and modern. Therefore, no sleeve length “2 fingers below the bone” is required for me, and for you too, #to wear. Otherwise, it turns out - clean, even, smooth and neat :-) Do you want stylish negligence and chic?
Here the sleeve gives the opportunity to make this stroke. Now I hear already: "But what about the sleeve of the coat, is it cold ?!" I understand everything, at minus 20 it’s hard to argue with this, for such cases you need to look for a down jacket with a normal long sleeve. That's it, there is no other recipe. :-)
For other cases, the scheme is the same. Yes, I even roll up the sleeves of my coat. If it's still cool enough outside, long gloves come to my aid. Now you can find such cool copies in stores that they will just make your whole look! And I deliberately roll up the sleeve by ¾ to put on and show a beautiful long glove. The sleeve of a jumper or sweater under a coat can not be raised, it will be warmer under a glove.
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Now trousers. It is difficult to give any general recommendations here, but I will share exactly my findings. As for straight wide trousers: I have 5 pairs of them in my wardrobe and 4 of them are from ZARA. Straight wide ZARA models are sewn on high! And don't say you haven't seen them in the store. I tried to find a photo for you on the site, but, unfortunately, there was nothing left of the autumn-winter collection. But this brand always has models with a good fit and the right cut. Even wearing them under a 5 cm heel, they have the correct length to the floor. Petite girls in such trousers will have to cut off half of the leg in case of fitting. I found another straight trousers made of fine wool at Massimo Dutti.
Skinny trousers. By all the rules, the ideal length of 7/8-length skinny trousers is underwired. Here I completely agree with you, in our size with you to meet such people is incredible luck! These are quite rare specimens, but there are some, you just need to look and luck will overtake you for sure :-) The last correct "pipes" were bought by me in the Pepen brand store.
By the way - just made for tall girls!
Yes, I immediately want to write about the “perfect fit”. You know, talking a lot with girls, I realized one thing - the concept of “perfect fit” is different for everyone. I'll write about my ideal fit. When I choose pants for myself, I always pay attention to how they look in the hips and groin area. They should NOT hug your hips like leggings or skinny jeans. It's pants! And in the "unsteady" area, the trousers should have a power reserve. They should fit loosely around your hips and not create any horizontal creases in the groin area. You can safely put your hands in your pockets without having to draw in your stomach #exhalebober. No need to make leggings out of trousers! This is a completely different story.
Again, back to skinny cropped trousers that can be worn so well with any footwear: stilettos, boots, loafers, sneakers, etc. Personally, it does not upset me at all if the length of such trousers does not end at the bone, but higher. What I'm doing: I'm just visually extending the leg with a color vertical. Those. if I have dark cropped trousers, then I put on a dark sock and dark boots, visually "erasing" the light strip of the leg. In this case, if you do not look closely, no one will ever say that your trousers end much higher than the bone. Or for images with such trousers, I have ankle boots with an elongated shaft.
And in summer, such a problem is not at all, because cropped trousers are LONG in trend and an open graceful ankle in the warm season always looks easy, dynamic, stylish and fresh. I have 3 pairs of these trousers from Massimo Dutti, 1 pair from Uterqüe, 2 pairs of trousers from REISS, 2 pairs from COLLETTO BIANCO, 2 pairs from ZARA (they are the shortest of all the cropped ones).
And, girls, I can't help but ask: do you want to know the whole truth? :-) There are no miracles in the world, and in the search for perfectly fitting trousers, miracles are rare. Most often, I am faced with the following problem: if I buy a size of trousers that fits perfectly on my hips, then I usually don’t have enough length, but if I take the same one size larger, the length becomes in place, but it’s a little big for me in the hips . So if I try on pants and see that the length and fit of the pants are perfect, but they are a little big in my hips and waist, I buy these pants and take them to the tailor for a perfect fit. Then you get almost 100% result. Perfectly fitting trousers are worth it :-) The price of the issue is around 1000 rubles (depending on the atelier and the complexity of the fit, I usually get around 500-700 rubles).
I’ll write right away for those who like flared trousers. Here they should be long and there are no left-right indents! In the next spring-summer season, they will remain in trend, so I immediately hand over passwords for cool flared jeans: these are denim overalls at ZARA and flared jeans from the premium collection at MANGO. They are ideal in length for tall girls and have the correct flare from the hip, and not from the knee, when the leg is X-shaped.
By the way, I almost never wear straight jeans, mostly boyfriend jeans in my wardrobe. I bought a very cool boyfriend model last year again at ZARA. I took 3 pieces at once and I really regret not 5 :-) I bought excellent long jeans at Podium Market from Noisy May and bought lightweight 7/8 cropped jeans from Maison Scotch there. Models on high growth you can look at LEVI "S, there is plenty to choose from. Long models are often in TOPSHOP in the Tall department (most often I buy skinny there). I also have long models from Elisabetta Franchi and straight models from Armani and Wrangler.
Well, actually, and all the secrets. Yes, finding the right fit is hard work! But this work is still pleasant, you see. ;-)
Be the most beautiful and irresistible!
Many girls consider tall to be their disadvantage, because with him it is not so easy to choose good clothes for themselves that will truly fit perfectly. However, it is worth considering that absolutely all famous supermodels are over 175 cm tall and are very proud of it. In addition, you can always visually adjust your height and all other features with the help of well-chosen clothes.
The advantage of being tall is that all the girls who have it can afford to wear a lot of things that are contraindicated for petite ladies, for example, any things with horizontal stripes, massive jewelry, etc. Therefore, you should not complex about the features of your figure.
Clothes for tall girls: dresses and skirts
As for the length of the dress or skirts, it is advisable to choose models with a knee length or slightly above it, however, of course, if the figure allows, you can sometimes dress up in mini skirts. But they will look best with high shoes, this will balance the figure and make it not so long.
Dresses on the floor will also look very advantageous, they emphasize the length of the legs and the slenderness of the figure.
Clothes for tall girls: pants
Most often, girls suffer when choosing trousers or jeans. In stores, most models are designed for medium height, respectively, for tall girls, these will be slightly short. It is quite possible to take a closer look at trousers with lapels, if desired, it will be possible to dissolve the lapels and the trousers will fit perfectly in length. Also, in almost every city there are special shops for tall people. And if this is not the case, then you can just go to the men's department, because almost all models are now uni-sex. Jeans can also be found in this section.
Pants can be chosen in absolutely any style, since everything will look more than perfect on long legs.
Clothes for tall girls or how to become petite
If you still can’t love yourself the way you are and dream of growing at least a couple of centimeters less, this can be done with the right clothes.
Pay attention to sets in which the top and bottom will be of different colors, this technique breaks the figure into two parts and thereby makes it shorter. The separation line should be chosen based on the features of your figure. For example, if it is proportional, then the junction of flowers can be at the waistline, but if the legs are shorter than the rest of the upper body, then skirts and trousers with a high waist should be preferred, respectively, if the legs are longer - with a low one.
Also, cropped jeans can make a girl visually lower.
A lot also depends on colors, for example, you should know that dark colors significantly stretch the figure and add growth, so if you want to hide your peculiarity, it is advisable to refuse such colors and choose clothes in pastel or vice versa bright colors.
Many girls are embarrassed to wear big stature heels, believing that it looks very unattractive and stupid, but in fact it is absolutely not so. When a tall, slender girl puts on high-heeled shoes, she becomes even more sexy and attracts all the eyes of others.
But you don't have to wear high heels if you don't like them or feel uncomfortable. Now there is a huge amount of choice and there are many beautiful flat shoes. For example, sandals, slip-ons, ballet flats, converse, etc. Everyone will be able to choose the pair in which she will definitely be comfortable.
Petite girls are great (no offense to tall ones). Remember the magnificent Kylie Minogue (155 cm), Salma Hayek (157 cm), Shakira (150 cm), the Olsen sisters (155 cm), Madonna (158 cm) and many other star babies.
However, from time to time, all short girls want to be a little taller, at least visually. What clothes should I choose to add a couple of centimeters to my height (heels do not count)?
1. Fitted clothes - yes. Baggy clothes - no
The short girl's style is slim elegance, so oversized clothes are best left hanging in the store. Bulky clothes make your silhouette heavier and further reduce your height.
2. Dark colors - yes. Black color - no
4. High waist - yes. Low waist - no
A high waistline elongates the legs and elongates the silhouette. Therefore, we say “yes” to a high waist and “no” to a low one, since the latter, on the contrary, makes the legs shorter.
5. Sheath dress - yes. Hoodie dress - no
For little girls, a sheath dress is perfect. It sits perfectly on slim figure(of course) and visually increases growth. Did you see a beautiful hoodie dress? We pass by.
In the designer clothing boutique you will find many models of dresses.
6. Skirts above the knee - yes. Midi skirts - no
The best option for women of short stature is skirts and dresses just above the knee. Midi skirts, on the other hand, should be treated with caution: wear them only with high heels. Otherwise, there is a risk of becoming like a gnome princess.
7. Classic straight trousers - yes. Cropped trousers - no
The same can be said about jeans. Choose simple, slightly narrowed down models. Boyfriend jeans and any other baggy jeans will not work for you.
Check out the designer clothing boutique.
8. Short tops - yes. Tunics - no
Tunics do not suit girls of small stature. It is better to wear a short blouse or a lovely crop top.
9. Short jackets or vests - yes. Long jackets or vests - no
Petite ladies are advised to choose the same miniature jackets: they should not end below the waist. At the same time, little girls should not wear fashionable long vests - they will drag you down.
10. Coat to the knee - yes. Long coats - no
In late autumn and early spring, little girls should opt for elegant knee-length coats and avoid long models. By the way, .
11. Thin strap - yes. Wide belt - no
On the one hand, stylists advise petite girls to emphasize the waist with a thin belt: this technique visually increases growth. On the other hand, it is not advisable to wear wide belts, as they have the opposite effect.
12. Vertical stripes - yes. Horizontal stripes - no
Your choice is a variety of prints with vertical stripes in any width and color. Such clothes not only lengthen the figure, but also slim. On the contrary, it is better to forget about horizontal prints. They reduce height and visually expand the figure.
13. Graceful boats - yes. Ankle strap shoes - no
The most suitable shoes for you are neat skin-colored pumps. These shoes not only lengthen the legs, but also fit any outfit. It is better not to wear massive shoes with huge heels: they look pretty ridiculous on little girls. In addition, you should not buy: they "cut" the leg and make it shorter.
14. Ankle boots - yes. Knee high boots - no
Ankle boots suit little girls much more than high boots (we don't mean over the knee boots, but boots that reach the knee).
15. Small bags - yes. Massive bags - no
Maybe you are already used to huge bags in which you can put a million unnecessary things. However, petite girls are advised to wear the same miniature bags, otherwise it will seem that you yourself can climb into your bag.
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Comments: 27
Alexandra
I agree only with cropped trousers and hoodies, everyone else does not. Or it is necessary to take into account the type of figure. a petite thin woman in a heavy maxi skirt, a voluminous sweater will look even more elegant, and a petite puff will really be a gnome.
10.03.2016 / 12:14
Gumbold
So you say that petite girls are beautiful, and then brand them as gnome princesses? As if being short is bad, and all your recommendations are just to look taller. It's somehow not very good. Yes, and the recommendations are questionable, especially about the length of the midi, cropped trousers, culottes, long coats, horizontal stripes. All this can and should be worn, it just also needs to be done correctly. And yes, such an approach in style is possible / impossible, this is generally the edge. Dictatorship of fashion
11.09.2017 / 12:11
Inessa
Have mercy, ladies! All advice here or anywhere is not dogma, it is only the opinion of others. You can find out the weaknesses yourself. The first thing to do is take a picture of your bow, and in different variations. You will see for yourself what does not look. I came to many points from the article myself and I agree unambiguously, but knee-length boots are just right for me (only not as extended in the photo, but just on the leg), there are absolutely no boots up to the middle of the calf. Apply the Principle: Observe, Compare, Reflect
14.10.2017 / 13:10
Olesya
Knee-high boots, in the style of riding boots, especially with a wide and straight shaft, increase height and make a person much slimmer. Of course, if worn as in the photo, with unfortunate shorts, a jumper and bare legs, then the height will seem smaller.
01.11.2017 / 15:29
Yuryevna
I would like to add why girls can and should wear these disgusting tops? For example, I prefer normal sweaters and T-shirts that completely cover the stomach.
25.11.2018 / 11:53
Valentine
Thank you, thank you! But I'd rather walk in the city or on vacation with a beautiful horizontal shopper bag than with a bunch of ugly plastic bags. I have worn and will continue to wear cropped denim skinnies and breeches, the main thing is that I always look stylish in them, so my husband says!
03.01.2019 / 09:40
Alexandra
Ksenia Belousova, I am small, 157 cm. Knee-length boots suit me very well, but ankle boots absolutely do not. Go coats below the knee. And midi pencil skirts.
09.01.2019 / 16:14
Alexandra
I forgot to add that boyfriend jeans are very suitable, but narrow ones, on the contrary, are not very good. A lot depends not on height, but on the type of figure.
