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.