If you are below average height, you may sometimes feel discouraged about it. In today’s world, everything that is not within the imposed canons of beauty is considered negative; and even if you try to go against it, sometimes it comes down on you.
Perhaps you have also tried to lose weight, to appear more stylized. If you’re a woman, you may try to get around your height complex by wearing high heels. However, those ideas are not very healthy for your health.
If you want to look your best without overexerting yourself, feeling uncomfortable, or hurting your health, maybe you just need to know what to wear. Sometimes making small wardrobe changes can make a giant change in the way we look.
1. Don’t wear too long pants
It’s a fact: unless you have the “perfect” body, clothing stores never have the size that feels right for you. If you are short, this may mean that pants that fit well at the waist are too long.
But pants that are long on you reinforce your short stature. Wearing them as they are will only remind others that you are short.
Therefore, try to make the hem of the pants reach comfortably to the upper edge of the sole of your shoe when you are standing, never to the ground.
2. Choose high-waisted garments
Wearing high-waisted pants or skirts will make your legs look longer. This will project an impression of greater height, and will also stylize your figure in general.
So, when choosing pants or skirts, you should opt for those that button or zip at the waist.
Conversely, pants or skirts that sit low at the hips will have the opposite effect.
3. Use vertical stripes
Horizontal stripes widen and shorten the figure. On the contrary, vertical stripes give the idea of lengthening the body.
Therefore, wearing clothes with vertical stripes will make you look much more stylish.
4. Wear V neckline
For any shirt or blouse that you are going to buy, try to choose V-necks. They are great for adding height and stretching the complexion, making you look taller.
If you’re wearing a shirt, you can leave the top few buttons unbuttoned and turn up the corners. This way you will achieve the same effect.
5. Wear the shirt inside the pants
When possible, and especially if you have the high-waisted pants we mentioned earlier, you can tuck your shirt or blouse into your pants.
The key to looking taller is for your legs to feel longer than your torso.
Therefore, if you wear high pants and the shirt inside, you will give the feeling of having a small torso and long legs, stylizing your figure.
6. Choose short jackets or cardigans
The perfect length for jackets, cardigans and the like is above the butt.
Wearing these short garments helps to “shrink” the torso, and the legs look longer. So now you know, when it comes to a coat, take care that it does not exceed the height of the hip.
7. Accessorize on top
Wearing accessories that draw attention to your upper body will help you look taller. In winter it can be a scarf, or it can be pendant-type accessories.
You can also choose hats, which will make you gain a few centimeters
On the other hand, avoid wide belts, which divide the body in two and give the appearance of short stature.
8. Improve posture
Although this has more to do with a habit than a change of look, standing up straight will help you look taller.
Avoid walking hunched over and always lift your head forward. Think that when you are in a bad posture, you lose many centimeters.
In addition to making you look taller, you will also look much more confident in yourself.