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#1 2015-10-04 04:52:34
- Beestonplace
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Short chaps
...do need to take care to avoid the Castanza problem. On a short rump, there does not need to be much going on.
- No unusual shoes (= London tan, blue etc) or coloured socks (highlighting my short legs)
- No contrast collar and/or cuffs (making arms and neck even shorter)
- daring, I know: maybe even no pocket square (giving a remarkably low height reference point much lower than the short person's face)
- no slicked back hair (natural, slightly ruffled hair looks great and subtly adds some height)
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#2 2015-10-04 04:58:35
- formby1
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Re: Short chaps
You're heading for the monastery!!!
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#3 2015-10-04 05:05:57
- Beestonplace
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Re: Short chaps
Full disclosure: I am rather short than tall (1,75cm)
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#4 2015-10-04 05:09:58
- formby1
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Re: Short chaps
You're taller than Jimmy Cagney.
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#5 2015-10-04 08:37:56
- 4F Hepcat
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Re: Short chaps
Contrast collars and cuffs can be quite casual if worn without a tie and the colours of the body and arms are erring on the more bold side of the street. Of course in casual in a way that you're going to stand out as someone with some substance compared to the rest of the heavily logo'd rugby top wearing dad on the school run on a Friday.
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#6 2015-10-07 16:36:31
- chatsworth osborne jr.
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Re: Short chaps
I really don't think socks will break a visual like in a meaningful way unless the hem is short.
You may be onto something with the contrast cuffs, although they aren't that common anyway and wear a coat.
I've heard to do the little triangle point pocket square and avoid the horizontal line of a straight fold.
Adding that bit of lift at the front of one's hair is simple, and one need not resort to dishevelment.
I am of the opinion that both the dinky and the rotund are best to avoid large patterns and bright colors. The former ends up looking gift-wrapped, the latter like a beach ball.
#7 2015-10-07 21:22:01
- RobbieB
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Re: Short chaps
Winston Churchill used to wear a 'boiler suit' onesie overnight so that if woken in the early hours he could jump straight up and spring into action. As a short, rotund man it didn't do him any favours.
Michael Jackson used the Afro hairstyle to good effect, in his early days.
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#9 2015-10-08 02:25:24
- woofboxer
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Re: Short chaps
Higher waist trousers can make your legs look two inches longer. A shorter jacket (without going into bum freezer territory) adds the appearance of height while a longer one lengthens the body.
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