Just like your shirts, your pants must fit well in order to look taller. Above and beyond anything else that you will get out of the How to Look Taller section of the Grow Taller Blog, remember that one thing: your clothes must fit well.
Pants should be long and narrow (but not overly skinny) to give you a leaner, taller look. The waistband should rest at your hips, which will add the illusion of length. Never, ever wear your pants so that the waistband is too high. Conversely, you should avoid wearing extremely low-rise pants and jeans as well, in spite of what may be fashionable at the moment. These types of jeans can make your legs appear 2 inches shorter or even more.
Make sure that your pants don’t balloon out around your hips. This can happen from having pockets that are too full or having too much shirt tucked in (tailoring can almost always fix that problem). This look will give you the wider (side-to-side) look that you are avoiding like the plague.
Dress pants should break on your shoes just a hair more than that of average. This will ensure that your legs will look longer. Another consideration for dress pants is to avoid cuffs, which break up the form of your legs, making them appear shorter. If your pants must have cuffs, have them altered to be smaller – about 1 ¼ inch should be fine. Never, ever wear multiple-pleated pants and always opt for flat fronts – pleats are for school girl outfits and NOT men’s pants.
Back to jeans: bootcut jeans are favored at the moment and go a long way in accentuating a longer physique than many other jean styles so it’s a safe bet to stick with them. Baggy jeans will always make you appear shorter, disheveled, and downright classless. Just like your dress pants, jeans should have a break in them, though it should never be too pronounced. In the event that it is, have them tailored as well (yes, people do have their jeans tailored). Your jeans should break slightly, but make sure that they do, indeed, break. If not, your jeans could look too short for you when you walk or just stand. A break that is too low gives the appearance that your jeans are too large. Also, make sure that the break doesn’t cover your shoes too much, which can also look unsightly.
In addition to tailoring, pants can actually be custom-made as well. While this option is more expensive, you may actually find that having pants custom-made by a tailor can actually cost less than high-end pants that you may find in department stores. Your mileage with this may vary when you start getting into different materials and the time needed for the tailor to complete the job.
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