Ladies, do you wish you had a smaller waist? If so, this fashion blog is for you. It's meant to provide styling tips on how to optically trim the waist, especially for those of us with a short torso and long legs.
A case in point: there is nearly no gap between my ribs and hip bones. Normally, there should be at least an inch or two, and three or more inches in some cases, between the ribs and hip bones.
Were I vertically proportionate, I should be about two inches taller than I am. Were I vertically proportionate, I would be able to achieve a curved waistline through working out. In reality, however, the bottom of the rib cage is my waist, and I cannot trim my rib bones, so I've never had a 24-inch waist like many other relatively slim Asian girls. My waist measurement is 25 inches when I'm skinny, and it can easily exceed 26 inches when I gain a little weight. A 26-inch waist would still look pretty slim on a long torso, but unfortunately not on my short torso, especially because my bust is naturally around 36 inches without padding.
Given a short torso plus big boobs, it's hard for me to look very skinny. While I wear size 4 and sometimes even size 2 pants, I need size 6 or 8 tops, and others usually guess I'm size 6 by just looking at my torso. So, if I can manage to optically trim my short waist, those of you longer waisted will have an even better waistline by following my tips.
It's too late to regret my puberty weight gain and heavy school backpack, both of which negatively affected the vertical development of my spine. All I can try to accomplish in this regard is to create the illusion of a nipped-in waist, and hope to do the same for you!