Is your height stopping you from confidently expressing your fabulous feminine self to the world? Well, it shouldn’t!
Sure, many crossdressers and transgender women tend to be taller than what’s considered “average” for females. But honestly, who cares?
Tall women are absolutely stunning!
However, if your aim is to play down your height a bit, there are some simple techniques that can help you achieve just that.
In this blog post for tall crossdressers and trans women, I share 4 easy ways to appear shorter.
1. Don’t Slouch
While you might be tempted to downplay your height by slouching, this is the first thing you’ll want to avoid.
Slouching isn’t attractive and it just makes it obvious that you’re not comfortable with your height.
So, resist the urge to slouch. Instead, stand tall! You’ll come across as confident and self-assured.
2. Wear the Right Shoes
If you want to appear shorter, it’s clear that you should avoid high heels. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean you’re limited to flats!
Consider opting for shoes with a stylish kitten heel. A small heel adds elegance to your look without a significant height boost.
Additionally, these shoe styles can make your legs and feet appear shorter and smaller:
- Consider wearing shoes with straps over the instep or around the ankle. This helps break up the long line of your legs.
- Opt for shoes with rounded toes instead of pointy ones. This visually reduces the length of your feet.
3. Dress to Downplay Your Height
The clothes you wear have a huge impact on your overall appearance. Here are 5 dos and don’ts for downplaying your height:
- DO choose full skirts and dresses to draw the eye horizontally instead of vertically. (More width = less height.)
- DON’T wear super tight clothes. (Less width = more height.)
- DO wear a different color top and bottom to visually break up your figure.
- DON’T wear monochromatic outfits; this makes you look even taller.
- DO wear a contrasting belt to interrupt the eye from going straight up and down a long torso.
4. Choose the Right Hairstyle
DON’T: Volume at the crown
DO: Volume at the sides
DO: Shoulder length hair
The last thing to consider is your hair. The wrong hairstyle can make you look even taller, so here are 3 suggestions for avoiding unnecessary height:
- Avoid hairstyles with a lot of volume at the crown as this literally adds inches to your stature.
- Try a layered or wavy hairstyle that adds some volume around the sides of your face.
- Avoid wearing your hair too long since this tends to make you look even taller. Generally speaking, shoulder length hair is most flattering.
In conclusion
Don’t forget that tall women exude elegance, grace, and beauty! But if you’re still interested in downplaying your height, now you’ve got 4 simple tactics to try out.
As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this topic. If you’re a tall crossdresser or transgender woman, how do you personally embrace your height?
Please share in the comments below!
Love,
Lucille
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Like True Beauty, True Femininity Comes Only From Within
As gently as possible (but biting my lip very hard and with boiling blood and shaking hands), I must take emphatic and immediate exception to Ms Lucille Sorella’s statement that, “SIZE has a lot to do with femininity”. Perhaps I am wrong, but it is my understanding and belief that femininity… that is to say true femininity… comes from within a person’s character and has more to do with a compassionate, empathetic, and nurturing soul rather than anything to do with any characteristics of physical “SIZE”.
I would hate to be the one to tell all the girls and women who are over 5’9″ or over 150 pounds that they are any less feminine than those of more meager proportions. Young girls have been filled with such ideas since the early Twentieth Century and the rates of teen suicide, anorexia nervosa, other eating disorders, and self-deprecating behavior stemming from issues of low self-esteem have risen both proportionally and quite tragically.
There are many many tall, large, big-boned, and powerful women in this world who are infinitely more feminine… and feminine in every sense of the word… than some petite snip of a barbie doll whose supposed “femininity” comes from their miniscule stature or from their cruel bullying of more robust classmates in school or after school on the Internet.
I am not the world’s leading expert on either femininity or psychology by any means; but I am willing to bet that if we were to run this one by Oprah, Ellen, Dr. Phil, psychologists, and TG and GG women everywhere, there would be an overwhelming consensus that true femininity has nothing to do with size or weight or musculature or any superficial physical characteristics at all. (And yes I am an NFL-sized girl!) But, my thoroughly subjective hypothesis is that we would nearly all agree that femininity comes from the hearts and the souls and the minds of women and not from any department store, dress store, drugstore, cosmetic counter, or surgeons knife.
Just like true beauty… true femininity comes only from within.
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Hi Candace,
I’m sorry you found my statement offensive. That was certainly not my intent.
I agree 100% that femininity comes from within. But in terms of IMAGE, it’s a fact that most women are physically smaller than men and that people associate size with gender. This does not mean imply that large women are less feminine.
I think women should embrace who they are – tall, short, heavy or thin. That’s why I listed examples of tall women who are celebrated for their height. They don’t hide it, they flaunt it!
But if somebody wants to look shorter, there are also ways to downplay height. Hence, this article.
It’s a personal choice – and I applaud you for taking a stand for “big girls”! 😉
Hugs,
Lucille
Not all GG women have small hands and feet. One of my best friends is slightly shorter than me (she’s 5’8″), but her fingers are 1/2″ – 5/8″ longer than mine and somewhat wider than mine (this is her actual finger length, not just fingernails which she keeps short due to her job). Her feet are also larger than mine but then I am fortunate to be blessed with a very small bone structure.
Hi, this is my first post on this website although I have been coming here for quite some time now.
I came out to my friends and family just over 5 years ago now. I was very scared as to what would happen by coming out that I sat on the stairs shaking till my mum came up to me after reading my letter, she just held me and cried. Since then I have been through countless amounts of councilers but unfortunately due to some health problems I am unable to progress any further at this time. 🙁
The main reason for my post is that size is one of the things that always played in the back of my mind. Whenever I go out with my gg friends all but one of them are shorter than myself. I am 5’7, next time we go out I will keep in mind these tips that you have supplied regarding how to look shorter, and your tips regarding hand size.
Your tips have always been very useful Lucille.
Thankyou.
I where a size 12 eee mans size shoe where can I find high heals and boots for this size?
Hi Lucille and Everyone, what a Wonderful forum you have created! I am sure Jade will find many new,compassionate and like minded friends here or on facebook. Proper nutrition and exercise( not pumping iron or running marathons, I suggest walking,swimming,dancing,find something you enjoy) go a long way to improving the mind,body and spirit! Jade , I find it very easy to make friends by smiling and being willing to listen. Best Wishes and Sweet Kisses Honey
Hi Lucille–I have not purchased your program YET (and I have a very good personal reason for that). I hope to do so later on this year (have my fingers crossed). Anyways, I wanted to tell you, first, that I think you’ve done great for yourself, and with all respect due, you really do look beautiful. And second, I just wanted to share something that you may have felt at some point in your transition–I am a male-to-female transexual, I’m very scared, and I am hurting so much–it is almost unbearable. I live alone, and I feel ever so lonely… I have acquaintances and even family all that live within driving distance, but in the end, I am totally alone and I have nobody, no one. I feel like I’m in this trap that I cannot get off of– I desperately need a friend. Ok, it is not my wish to make anybody feel bad, so I’ll stop here.
Hi Jade, welcome and thank you for your comments. Although I am not a male to female transgender/transsexual woman, I do understand your pain. My goal is to offer my perspective and support as a genetic woman. It’s also to create a community where you can get support from others on the same journey. We have a growing community on Facebook where you can start to connect with others: http://www.facebook.com/feminizationsecrets Have you tried to join any TG forums or online support groups? Are there any support groups in your area? You can’t do this alone, so please continue to reach out.
Can any of you ladies chime in with other suggestions for Jade?
I am 6’2″. I can’t hide that and don’t intend to. My inseam is longer than my belt [OK only just]. I have always found the tall elegant look attractive, and as I develop my stile that is what I have in mind.
The problem I have is finding pants long enough. And oddly shoes narrow enough. Woman’s shoes are too wide for me. I where a ladies 12 narrow.
Making the best of what I have in TN
have to stop just doing what you said has my brest growing to fast my nipples have grown to larger than half inch or more hard to hide them now if i did your natural herbs i dont know what would happen now im a asize and like them thanks keep up the good work