Ways to look taller
December 12th, 2009Today, we are going to study two areas which are the key to looking taller. These two elements are (1) Posture and (2) Fashion.
Posture
Stance is one of the most important elements when considering being taller. Straightening your body position will make you be perceived as more dominant in minutes. If you allocate some time in your day to work on the right parts of your body and boost others (i.e. this is actually what changing your posture is), this will make an incredible difference in not only how tall you appear but will make you look a great deal more self assured to people you interact with as well.
A small exercise which can be used to improve your posture is:
Have your back on a wall when you are standing up, and slowly slide down the wall until your legs are somewhat bent and your tailbone, upper back, and the back of your head is against the wall (click the link below to see a picture). Keep this pose, then stand up and move around. You should imagine a rope going up through your back and the top of your cranium, and connecting you to the ceiling.
Start getting used to undergoing self-checks throughout your day so you can become deliberately aware of the type of posture you’ve adopted. If you have unbalanced stance from overuse, such as working in an office, or a lack of sports practice, the increase in your energy levels will be huge once your posture improves.
All of us can recognize good posture when we see it, and are inspired by how free and strong it makes someone appear, so make it happen for yourself!
Fashion
Here are some fashion tips to help you use the right clothes to improve your stature:
- Wear an outfit which has only colour, or have colours that blend well with each other. As soon as a color break occurs, your body becomes visually divided, and this will accentuate your small stature.
- Match your pants’ colour to your shoe colour to make the legs look longer.
- Wear an outfit with vertical striping . Vertical lines make a person seem taller. It’s a visual trick that’s played on our minds constantly, and no one ever realises.
- Wear clothes with shoulder pads. Shoulder pads make your shoulders seem broader and your entire body slender.
- Wear shoes with thick soles to add the impression of height, such as Altitude Shoes.
- Finally wear a coat that is of the correct length. They should end where the buttocks meet the legs.
Hope this helps Taller fans!

