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Calling All Tall Women: Here's the Most Flattering Dress Silhouette for You

By A Mystery Man Writer

Picking a killer outfit for a cocktail party or formal dinner can be anxiety-inducing for anyone, but tall women face their own set of fashion problems. What silhouettes are flattering and show off an elegant stature? How do you find pieces without awkwardly short sleeves or hemlines? Today, thankfully there are some fashion brands work at creating pieces specifically for the 5'9"-and-over set, but there's one dress silhouette that flatters more than anything: Card-carrying tall girl Karlie Kloss in an elegant white Comme Moi dress The ultimate shape is the sleek and simple column gown. "It delicately shows off the curvature of a woman's body and accents height in an incredibly sophisticated manner," Kaersten Cooper, the designer of Marge, a label made for taller women, noted, explaining that for the vertically blessed, the game plan should always be to show off extra inches, not hide them. The column dress is one that requires either buying from a special brand or hunting to locate one that's got more length at the wrist and ankle. Along with Marge (which has this stunner in its holiday collection), there are plenty of options out there. Long Tall Sally centers only on the tall women,
Picking a killer outfit for a cocktail party or formal dinner can be anxiety-inducing for anyone, but tall women face their own set of fashion problems. What silhouettes are flattering and show off an elegant stature? How do you find pieces without awkwardly short sleeves or hemlines? Today, thankfully there are some fashion brands work at creating pieces specifically for the 5'9-and-over set, but there's one dress silhouette that flatters more than anything: Card-carrying tall girl Karlie Kloss in an elegant white Comme Moi dress The ultimate shape is the sleek and simple column gown. It delicately shows off the curvature of a woman's body and accents height in an incredibly sophisticated manner, Kaersten Cooper, the designer of Marge, a label made for taller women, noted, explaining that for the vertically blessed, the game plan should always be to show off extra inches, not hide them. The column dress is one that requires either buying from a special brand or hunting to locate one that's got more length at the wrist and ankle. Along with Marge (which has this stunner in its holiday collection), there are plenty of options out there. Long Tall Sally centers only on the tall women