Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Look Taller With Your Wardrobe

By Ellen Roberts

You can make yourself look taller by wearing height-increasing footwear or apparatuses such as lifts, thicker insoles, elevator shoes, and shoes with thicker soles. There are so many specially designed shoes on the market that can give you a height advancement of two inches, while still being completely discreet. You want them high enough so it actually makes a difference, but you don't want to give off the wrong image or be completely ineffective for everyday activities (like walking). This is where taste comes into play - you have to make the call. You probably don't want to opt for heels higher than three-and-a-half or four inches.

You can also use your clothes to make you look taller. Vertical stripe clothes and wearing dark color pants and skirts to help you to look taller. The darker the color of the bottoms the longer your legs will look. This will also have a slimming effect as well and will help you to look like you lost about five pounds.

For casual occasions, wearing a nice, dark wash, boot-cut jean with a good heel really elongates the leg and definitely makes you look taller than you are. Apart from the heel, the long, slightly flared pant leg stretches your legs and makes you look taller. Pick bottoms that either stop above the knee or are full length to your ankles to help you to look taller as you go through your day.

Another effect that can make you look taller is to wear clothes that are more fitting to your body style as opposed to skin tight jeans. Wearing clothes that fit you better will help make your body look thinner and longer.

Long dress pants for a more professional setting with a slight boot-cut over nice dress shoes succeed in giving you height. Straight, wide-leg pant with perhaps a pinstripe to really accentuate the length of the leg is another way to go with the business-wear.

With simple solutions between short and tall the possibilities are virtually limitless to different styles, outfits, and looks.

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Excellent Mother's Jewelry Gifts For Summer

By Jill McMaster

When you are looking for summer jewelry gifts, you have quite a selection from which to choose. You can choose from precious gems and gold jewelry, to more functional types of jewelry such as watches for a mom in your life. You should take a look a summer jewelry selections that are available when you are choosing a gift for your mom or wife and choose something that she will like. A good way to tell her taste is to take a look at her current jewelry collection.

Whether you are choosing necklaces, bracelets or rings for mom, you want to be sure that you are selecting good quality jewelry that will also have symbolic meaning for any woman. Most women like to have jewelry that reminds them of their children. You can choose from many different types of jewelry to find a gift that she will love.

Gold jewelry should be preferred over other types of jewelry because it will not tarnish and is of strong quality to hold precious or semi-precious stones. You should try to get the highest quality gold when you are looking for jewelry gifts.

Other summer jewelry gifts include bracelets as they get more wear in the summer months when short sleeves are worn. Take a look at the different bracelets that are made with moms in mind to make your choice.

Rings are always a huge hits with moms everywhere. One idea that you may want to consider when you are looking for jewelry gift ideas is a birthstone ring that has the birthstones of all of her children.

Bracelets are perfect gift selections for summer weather as they tend to get shown off more with short sleeves. You can choose from a wide selection of bracelets that are made especially with moms in mind.

Earrings are another way to show a mom that you are thinking of her and that you care. Before choosing earrings for any woman, be sure to note whether or not she has pierced ears.

Make sure that the jewelry that you select is of good quality and in an attractive design that you think she will like. Whenever you are looking for gifts for any moms on your list, you cannot go wrong with jewelry that reminds her of her children.

When you are looking for jewelry gift ideas for any mom in your life, look for fashion, style and sentimental value. Summery jewelry is something that most women will cherish and not only wear just in the summer, but year round. Make a selection that she is likely to love for the rest of her life.

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