Tall Ladies: What to Avoid

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If you're a tall lady then you're a lucky lady.
After all, super models are tall and lean and a tall frame means you have lovely long, elegant limbs.
Even though being tall means most clothes will hang elegantly and beautifully on you, there are still some pitfalls to avoid.
To help you make the most of your Amazonian frame here is a guide to the fashion items to avoid.
6 inch heels Of course the tall lady should wear high heels, but super high heels are ill advised.
If you're already hitting the 6ft mark, super high heels will take you more towards the 7ft mark and then you'll tower above everyone else and most likely start to feel self-conscious.
Don't panic, this doesn't condemn you to a life time in flats, just a life without skyscraper heels.
Because heels lengthen the legs it's a good idea to go for some more modest heels as these will keep your pins looking gorgeous but won't add much to your height.
Kitten heels are perfect as their low, ladylike and bang on trend.
Lots of frills The thing to remember when dressing a tall frame is that because of your height there will be a lot of material in your outfit.
Most of the time this doesn't mater; however, when there are lots of frills in the outfit you can be in danger of looking like a kitsch toilet roll cover.
A subtle amount of frills will work well, such as frills on the edge of some puffed sleeve, or around the hem of a skirt, but anything more and it will be frill over kill.
Low chunky heels, like on vintage 1920s style heels, are also ideal.
No shape Sadly, because of your tall frame, if you wear a shapeless item it will hang off you like a large sack.
If you're tall and super skinny you may just be able to carry off this look, but otherwise an item with no tailoring or belting will look long and lifeless.
A typical example would be something like a t-shirt dress which is just an extra long t-shirt with no defined shape.
To avoid the sack look always wear a belt with this kind of look, or go for a more tailored item.
You can layer a long shapeless item with other clothing, as long as the clothing you're wearing on top has some defined shape.
Very short skirts Thanks to your fabulously long legs, ladies with a tall frame can make short skirts look even shorter.
If the skirt is just above the knee this doesn't matter; however, if the skirt is any shorter than this your long legs can make the skirt look indecently short.
As a long legged lovey myself I was once called to the head mistress accused of having a skirt shorter than the school rules allowed.
When she measured it the skirt was spot on the allowed length, but my long pins had just made it look shorter.
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