CAN changing your shirt make your legs look longer?
According to a fashion expert, the easy change could be the fastest way to look taller and leaner.
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On Instagram, Katrina Bowman shares fashion and style tips with her 219k followers under the handle Trending With Trina.
In her latest clip, Bowman stood in front of the camera in a white shirt and jeans.
As she motioned to the bottom of her shirt, Bowman frowned and waved a finger to signal “no.”
“Instead of wearing tops with straight horizontal edges, choose curved edges,” Bowman wrote in the caption.
Then, in a flash of editing magic, Bowman removed the white shirt and it was promptly replaced by a black T-shirt.
It wasn’t just the color of the shirt that was different. Bowman traced the curved edge of the new upper skirt.
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“The shape draws the eye up and makes you look slimmer and your legs look longer,” she explained.
In the video’s caption, Bowman explained why the trick was so effective.
“Horizontal lines can make things look wider than they are,” Bowman explained.
Because the hem of your shirt usually falls at your hips or waist, a straight hem will make that area look wider.
“Using curved lines strategically can create length, especially in areas that naturally have more width like the hips,” she added.
In the comments section, viewers thanked Bowman for her advice and provided their own feedback.
“Curved lip love,” wrote one happy commenter. “So flattering!”
Another gently joked about the tip’s efficacy. “No skirt will fool anyone into thinking my legs are longer than they are!” the woman wrote.
