What if I tell you that you can look taller by tomorrow, can you believe it? You have every reason to, because simply by applying certain tricks, you can look taller almost instantly. This article is written especially to teach you all about how to look taller.
So, I bet you already heard of such thing as optical illusion, and we are going to teach you fashion that makes you look taller, the idea is by using illusion to trick the mind of others into thinking you actually look taller than previously. Exercises and diets that we recommend in other articles will help you really grow taller in long term, but until then, apply these optical illusions to boost your confident if you need.
Let’s start with the basics. First get your posture right, you need to learn how to stand straight up, pull back your shoulder a bit and get your chin up. The purpose of this maneuver is to make your curved spine straight, adding up to two inches to your height. You need a flat normal mirror for this, and don’t be surprise of how much taller it makes you look. Not only this is a way to make you look taller, but you will look great and improve your overall posture as well.
If you are not used to standing up straight, keeping this posture for a long time can be tiring. It is healthy though as we have discussed in the article about sleep, and it should be your permanent habit. Yoga and Pilates are among the suitable exercise for this aim. In articles to ahead, we will tell you ways to do exercises to maintain a good posture, so read more about it in the exercises section. Look taller and more confident!
Next we move on to fashion, forgive us as we physicians may not be as savvy when it comes to fashion, nevertheless we want to give you a tip or two about ways you can dress up to look taller. Firstly, whatever clothes you decide to put on yourself, we want you to be confident on how you look, so you need to choose a set of clothing that you can feel good with. So be confident, keep your head up and look taller. Secondly, when you choose your clothing, pay your attention to elements such as colors, proportion, texture and lines, because those are the elements that give “you got taller” optical illusion to those that look at you.
Colors, let’s do what chameleons do, that is using colors for camouflage. Try putting on clothes with darker colors that are natural, take for example brown. Light absorbent nature of darker natural colors makes a person look thinner, hence give an impression than a person somewhat look taller. The effect is even greater if the whole attire that a person wears is single colored. The good thing about darker colors is, you can easily find one to fit an occasion, so we suppose there should be no problem trying out our recommendation.
As far as the other details of clothing are concerned, to look taller, choose vertical strips over horizontal ones, less dense patterns compare to denser ones, and choose something that is not oversized and in accordance to your body shape. If you choose to wear pants, then wear long pants, the slimmer it is the better, and if you are in the habit of wearing belts along with pants, then don’t choose gigantic ones for elephants, choose something smaller and slicker, better still keep it hidden from view. If you are curious why we recommend you to hide your belt, it is because belt divides your body into 2 halves and makes you look shorter.
Shirts, if you choose T-shirts, then pick those with V-necks, they will definitely make you look taller, and if there is a need to put a jacket over, don’t wear an oversized one, preferably those that drop only till the level no lower than your buttocks, plus don’t pick those with too many pockets. If you happen to wear a longer shirt, tuck it into your pants.
Lastly, which shoes can make you look taller? Well of course shoes that have insoles, insoles can add up to two inches of your height.
Women have an advantage when it comes to shoes, high heels will always do the trick of making a person look taller. Both men and women recommended to wear pointed shape shoes instead of round ones to look taller.
Of course, fashions and temporary maneuver that are mentioned in this article won’t do the trick for long, you need to grow taller instead of just look taller, so we recommend you to check out articles about Exercises that make you grow taller, or you can check out the books we recommend you, Grow Taller 4 idiots and height challenged.
