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So, what styles make you look tall and thin?

"Head-to-toe in one color creates a long, thin line,” Chavez says. “You can even wear all white or all tan. And you’ll always look taller wearing a heel or a wedge rather than flats. Even a kitten heel will make you look taller.” Bloch suggests choosing shoes in a color close to your skin tone, to lengthen the legs: “No ankle straps, which will cut you off. And those shoe boots are terrible—not with skirts, please. They cut off the leg.”

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