I'd go for a floor-length dress with a waistline (or a princess cut)
in anything but vertical stripes. And probably a rounded or squared-
off neckline rather than a V. Enjoy the elegance of the line but
don't draw arrows that say "WOW VERY TALL!" I think the old home-ec
advice about direction of stripes continues to be sensible.
My niece is tall and looks most graceful in long dresses. We do give
her a V neckline, though, because she has wide shoulders and an ample
bust and we want the attention on the cleavage and the slim waist
rather than on the shoulder line and the width of the bust.
Well, that's our taste anyway. (I happen to think almost every woman
looks most graceful in long dresses!)
--Ruth Anne Baumgartner
scholar gypsy and amateur costumer
On Apr 2, 2007, at 6:32 PM, Susan Carroll-Clark wrote:
Greetings--
LuAnn Mason wrote:
c) My first thought is that an empire style with a looooong skirt
falling straight from the bustline might really tend to elongate
her body and make her look even taller than she is, so I would
tend to steer her toward something with a defined waist. With all
that long, lovely torso, though, and long legs, she should be able
to wear styles that other girls can only dream about because they
get too "busy" when compressed onto an average sized body.
I wouldn't assume that "long, lovely torso." Tall girls can have
their height in their legs, their bodies, or a combination of
both. I'm only on the edge of tall (5'9"), but it's all in my legs
(34" inseam).
Susan
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