Not to cut your body in half is the most important criteria is to learn How to Create the Illusion of a Taller Silhouette. You need to create a sleeker, single-body look and this means shopping smarter. The golden rule is less width and more height!
One trick that can add the illusion of a few extra inches is by going for a single-color on both your top and bottom half. Monochromes are your best friend when it comes to elongating your figure as dark colors serve to give you a sleeker look. Avoid mixing colors and prints if you don’t want to cut your silhouette in two.
Be Careful with Belts
If you wear it around your waistline this simply cuts your body in two. Belts are a real danger area for short women. This season’s style is to wear it just under the bust-line (empire-line), or wear it lower down on your hips. The size of the buckle, width of the belt will also play an important part in creating an overall effect.

Wearing Stripes and Patterns
Look for dresses with vertical lines rather than horizontal ones, you’ll be surprised what a different it makes to your height. Shorter, style-savvy women have learnt to avoid horizontal stripes. Vertical stripes serve to make your silhouette look longer, even a single vertical line works like a charm. Diagonal stripes can have a similar effect. The same applies to patterns and prints. Avoid wide patterns, small prints and big florals. Go for vertical-style prints such as a long paisley swirls or flowers with stalks, accending down the garment.

Footwear is Key
A high-heel shoes elongate the legs and give the impression of thinner ankles, providing you don’t wear ankle straps (which tend to thicken the leg). A higher heel makes you feel taller, boosts your confidence and improves your posture. Not only does this give the illusion of height, but improves your posture, throwing you body slightly forward when you walk. It is impossible to waddle like a duck in 5 inch heels, whilst many flats or trainers. Footwear is critical when you are petite. A sweeping generalization would be, for the most part, to go for the highest heel you can bear, whilst still feeling comfortable.
Skirts and Dresses
If you have good legs, then work this season’s mini dresses. Phillip Lim’s 3.1 collection has a great slim-cut, body-elongating Beaded Paisley Dress, as worn by top 10 American Idol contestant, Carly Smithson. Lim’s monochrome Bi-color crepe maxi dress would also work wonders for creaing a taller silouette, with it’s flattering bodice and slimming skirt. Remember that by combining a great dress with the perfect footwear, you can add inches to your height.Contrary to what you may believe, longer length skirts will not give the illusion of the extra height you crave. A skirt which sits just above the knee is the most flattering. Alternatively wearing a sleek-cut maxi dress (not a maxi-skirt with volume) with a pair of high-heels, will have an elongating effect, providing the dress is of a slimming color or print.  Via

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