A high waistband makes a persuasive liar. Its seam sits near the torso's narrow point while a cropped jacket halts above it, and the eye receives a revised leg-to-torso ratio even though the body beneath has not shifted a millimeter. Nothing actually grows. The effect is perceptual, not anatomical.The cropped hem does the heavier lifting. By exposing the high waistband rather than covering it, the...More