Women’s Figure Flattery Guide: Long Waisted
Visually raise your waistline and create the illusion of longer legs.
Look for…
- Anything that visually raises your waistline.
- Short tops over long bottoms.
- Jackets & Coats
- High-belted styles.
- Empire-waisted styles.
- Cropped styles.
- Medium length semi-fitted styles.
- Styles that taper above your natural waistline.
- Cropped jean jackets.
- Cropped biker jackets.
- Snug-fitting bomber jackets.
- Tops
- High-waisted styles.
- Empire-waist styles.
- Off-the-shoulder styles.
- Tucked-in styles with a raised waistline.
- Horizontal detailing: yokes, wide collars, square necklines.
- Pants & Jeans
- High-waisted bottoms.
- Slim legged pants.
- Pants without cuffs.
- Straight-leg jeans that hit near your natural waist.
- Skirts & Dresses
- Empire-waist styles.
- Straight styles.
- Off-center slits make legs look longer.
- Vertical detailing.
- Single pleats in soft, fluid fabrics.
- Empire waist styles.
- Coat dresses.
- Semifitted sheath dresses.
- A-line dresses.
- Fitted styles that nip in above your natural waistline.
- Detailing above the waist.
- Horizontals on the torso.
- Suits
- Pick skirts over pants, as they help obscure the exact point where your torso ends and legs begin.
- Narrow bottoms.
- Cropped jackets.
- Swimsuits
- Two-piece suits or one-piece suits made for long torsos.
- Tankinis.
- Horizontal detailing on the torso.
- Higher leg cuts.
- Accessories
- Belts placed above waist level.
- Belts that match your bottoms.
- Slim, elevating shoes that match bottoms.
- Pantyhose that matches shoes and bottoms.
Run from…
- Anything that visually shortens your legs.
- Bottoms with loud patterns.
- Jackets & Coats
- Long jackets and coats.
- Coats that belt at your natural waist.
- Tops
- Long shirts.
- Excessively fitted styles.
- Long, narrow lapels.
- Princess seams.
- Vertical detailing.
- Pants & Jeans
- Cropped pants.
- Cuffed pants.
- Low-waisted bottoms.
- Tight pants.
- Flared jeans.
- Wide-legged styles.
- Baggy styles.
- Skirts & Dresses
- Anything that calls attention to your natural waistline.
- Horizontal patterns.
- Hem detailing.
- Belted styles.
- Stiff fabrics.
- Suits
- Long jackets.
- Bottoms with hem detailing.
- Swimsuits
- One piece suits that are too short in the torso.
- Boy-cut shorts.
- Accessories
- Belts placed below waist level.
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