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by Jerry Lerman



Which Is The Hotter And More Memorable Orientation?  Going With The Horizontal Or The Vertical?  Get Your Mind Out Of The Gutter
Do horizontal or vertical stripes make you look thinner?  You decide.  A Weird Extra report.


Author wonders if this shirt makes him look fat?
So, does this shirt make me look fat?

Who should you take fashion advice from?  The "beautiful people," i.e, the "fashion industry" or nerds like Psychologist, Dr. Peter Thompson  of York University?

If you've been going along with beauty and not with brains, then you've been believing the 150-year-old advice that vertical stripes (top to bottom) make you look thinner.  But the braniacs say this is wrong advice.  They claim  they have the proof that horizontal stripes (left to right) actually make you look thinner.  

But you decide.  Look at these pictures and then vote below.  Then you'll see if others agree with you.


Graphic showing same model, with different stripe orientations.
Which stripe orientation appears to show a thinner woman?
The horizontal stripes on the left?  Or the vertical stripes on the right?



Nicky Hilton in both stripe orientations
Nicky Hilton with vertical stripes on the left and horizontal stripes on the right.  In which picture does she look thinner?



Times (of London) reporter. Same dress but different stripe orientations
Times (of London) journalist Lucy Bannerman posing in the same dress except the left has horizontal stripes and the right has vertical stripes.  In which dress does she look thinner?




The Times (of London) 12-Sep-08
Click here for original story


OK.  It's your turn.  You can vote below and see if other people agree with you and you can also leave a comment below.






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