The answer: Yes.
I went “closet shopping” with my 5’1” client who for the most part had all the right clothes in her closet but felt they made her look frumpy. She began trying on the jackets and they looked as if they were all the wrong size. She stood in front of the mirror while I rolled up the sleeves and pulled in the sleeves and waist. She was amazed how much taller and thinner she appeared. Later she put on a dress with vertical stripes and the hem had a 4” wide horizontal pattern. The dress was too long so it needed hemming, however, I folded the 4” wide pattern under, and she could see how it had shortened her.
Before you put anything to the back of the closet try taking it in or hemming it.
Creating length is more than just wearing vertical stripes -it’s altering.
