proportions
Hello hello, back here again after 6-7 months. Took a lot of the advice I got last time, but I’m still learning. Everything was good until I started using my back camera to check how outfits look (since mirrors reverse the image) and I realize that proportionally, everything’s still off. I’ll post some examples below.
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Front cam
Back cam
I mean I get some of this is just the way things are but I’m sure there’s some way to dress that would minimize the severity of whatever’s going on
but what is yer goal for style in terms of proportions tho
lemme send some pics of the styles I go for
Turtlenecks, sweaters, button downs (short or long), etc
idk the proper name but basically autumn core
Yeah essentially
wait so whats unsatisfactory of this in terms of proportions ?
I’ve just got no clue because from what I’ve seen in bedroom/bathroom mirrors everything looked fine
But then I flip camera and it just looks disproportional
Idk I just feel like the arms drag too low below the waist when I look at it from back camera
For example this just looks off
try a picture standing like front facing w the body bc all we see from these are proportions for the vertical but not accounting for the horizontal
so far all the advice i can come up is taller shoes and lowering the waist of the pants
it ll give height and balance the arms
I’m also definitely hitting the gym this summer and I think(?) putting muscle onto the arms (I’m 16 and they’re thin as fuck) would help balance some stuff out
And I’m sure itd help with posture too
Yeah but the shirt isn’t tucked so idk if lowering the waist of the pants would do much
owh yer 16 you just mightve not grown into yer limbs yet
my arm span was also longer than my height for a bit growing up
Nah doctors said I’m like basically done growing
And my arm span is shorter than my height it’s just that my torso is hella small
bc family height? or actual bone test thing where they look at it w an xray or something
The latter
and family height too
this looks good
Both parents were 5’5 so I was NOT blessed with bei chi t
Height*
yea it aint that bad at all
I feel like it looks better with front camera for whatever reason
That and mirror
so i still stand w the wear shoes w more of heel
I always look in the bathroom mirror before class and it always looks perfect
But then I pulled out the back camera and it was entirely different
Height doesn’t matter if proportionately the clothes fit
the best way to evaluate is a combination of the mirror and shooting the outfit head on like you just did
arm length is the big issue
Which is a more accurate indicator of how the outfits actually look
also from someone skinny(still skinny bth) do shoulders for width bc people think i m a lot more fit than i am bc of my shoulder bones(thank you mom)
back camera or bathroom mirror
camera imo
but if you don't want to take a picture of the outfit everyday then the mirror is perfectly fine too
agreed bc mirrors were looking from are at our eyeline of height so its semi distorted unless the mirrors at an angle.
so pics w the camera lower is best to see the proportion
Camera lower as in how low
Ahhh
I was doing closer to head
yeah like that bascially around yer thigh to waist
further down will make you look longer and taller
How does lighting play into this
while up wil make you look stumpier and shorter
Bulb died yesterday so the lighting has not been ideal
yeah overhead lighting is never great hahaha
im not the person for that, for pics i prioritise face, no unattractive shadows and i m good
ideally you'd have a light source coming from in front of you
The lighting be towards you and not from the back or overhead
if you've got a window you can stand in front of that works
If you have it lit from the back, you can’t see any details. If you are lit from overhead, you’re going to cast shadows and lose details again
How’s a setup like this
Haven’t taken a picture here but would this be any good
on that note i bought a big foldable reflector incase of backlight to take pics of friends or have em take pics of me
to be specific its double sided, one sides plain white and the other is like aluminium foil reflective
Charlie Caulfield
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white gives a nice smoother glow
So lower is more accurate in general?
What would be like
The perfect height for peak accuracy? The thigh region?
for me specifically i do around waist like camera at the belly button level
well more or less
I’m 5 5 so I aim at like knee lmao
Alright yeah I’m seeing some differences for sure
Minor but definitely better
This is a little above the belly button
This is closer to the knee/thigh
Very minor but I can see it a bit
I think your tshirt is also a size too small
Yeah these are just pjs so I don’t care all too much right now
thats a different conundrum
shirt sizes
Oh I know
I just wear what I can’t wear outside to bed
Hence why half my pjs are shirts I wore when I was younger
do we go by shoulders or do we go by fit like absolutely confuses me to this day
owh everyone does that
Yeah I just cba to change into an outfit at 3am
shirt be lost of all of its cotton and all its left is a sheer polyester shirt lol
Real
Regarding sleeves though how long should sleeves ideally be in order to not accentuate the arm length
As you can see they come down to around mid thigh
I mean in this instance the main issue is that the shirt is also too short at the waist
I like mine landing mid bicep though
Yeah that’s typically what I aim for with short sleeves
what about long sleeves
im a 3/4 to 90% of the upper arm kind of person
bc yk wide shoulders but skinny skinny arms
I have this one suit jacket but it looks hella off because the sleeves are a bit too short
ooowh long sleeves
i like it to be on longer size
the rule is
if i raise my arm forwards
it should only be slight shorter from my wrist or still cover my wrists optimally
If the sleeves consistently fall below my wrist when I’m taking a photo would you say they’re too short
I doubt it’s a skinny issue since other shirts I have don’t do it and they’re lighter
but this is also a vibe tho
I think there are aspects that you might be overthinking
Oh for sure
it gives opportunity to accessorise w a bracelet
yeah I always wear a watch on my left
noice
Plus
I’m 90% sure that if I put muscle on it’d help balance everything out a lot
Don’t know for sure if it would help but it’s worth a try
owh problem tho w working out
in my workout era i went from a L to an XL in shirt size
and i didnt really own alot stuff outside my size
The thing is if I get any shirts that are medium they’d run way too low
hemming baby whether it be hemming it properly or just cropping it by just raw cutting the shirt shorter
My mom does a fuck ton of sewing machine work, do you think we could do any of it at home or would we for sure need to hit the tailor?
owh totally, except if its like a suit coat blazer thing
you can hem so much stuff
even like hoodies w a whole thick stretchy edge thing
apparently you can just sew it back own lol
So the thing is my arms are longer so sometimes I have to order a size up
But then that ends up baggy and king
Long*
Can they tighten the fit and cut the waist
Waist I’m sure they can but can they tighten it
what kind of shirts are we talking about
I’ve had a few issues with button down dress shirts in the past
A few of my turtlenecks too
sweaters are not worth having altered
Why not?
anything knit is just super difficult (expensive)
Fair
yea totally i got a pink polyster blazer thing from shein for the barbie movie, it wasnt giving from how the waist was like not well fitted, guy at a store took off 5 inches from for just 5 bucks
yea only if you have a really good tailor you can trust
Are sleeve extensions a thing or not? Doubt it since they’d have to match the materials and colors and all but I’m not sure
not really
Yeah I assumed so
I’ll definitely look into tailoring
i saw a thing on tiktok the other day its possible apparently
ok
ik its straight up black magic
lots of things are possible
fewer things are worthwhile
howd they make something longer or wider from the same fabric like htf
fashion wizardry
I have a button down exactly like this and it looks so good but then it ends at like my lower thigh
How would like the endings/areas they shorten be after tailoring
Would it look normal
proportionally yea if it usually ends at yer lower thigh
No like
It’s REALLY low
it can be hemmed
Probably lower than thigh I didn’t really look but it was lowwwww
pretty easily
Alright I’ll look into that
There’s a few good places nearby so that shouldn’t be a problem
but if it's that long the chances are that it was meant to be worn tucked in
That’s a whole other can of worms
I honestly don’t think you need to go crazy tailoring stuff, I suspect that mostly what you’re worried about is in your own head rather than stuff that’s actually wrong about the fit, or can be solved in other ways besides spending a bunch of money altering clothes you probably won’t wear in a year
Here’s my more expansive but single page fit pic guide as the in between the sticker and Charlie’s blogpost
I’ll try that out and see how it all looks
Definitely noticed a difference due to angles and lighting