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My prevailing theory is it creates a hypotenuse that makes their hypotenuse-leg look longer and your brain generalizes tgat impression/illusion to the other obliquely (and therefore: skinny-er)?

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[โ€“] Klox@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because one of their legs is longer.

[โ€“] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

They all do it tho basicaly? I feel like its a physical convention of being photographed as a woman like in Hollywood

[โ€“] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Same reason if you photograph a bunch of weight lifters they are going to pose to hilight a thinner waist and bulky arm/chest or god leg development.

Its a single snapshot that can capture your best or worst look.

Women posing are going to accentuate a leg or heel, rather than standing straight on with two boring front views of identical feet. Trends happen too, remember the bent over butt out pose that was super popular in the early 2000s

[โ€“] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do you agree with my hypotenuse/leg-lemgth theory?

[โ€“] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What's the theory? Pointed toe makes leg look longer?

[โ€“] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The diagonal leg makes a hypotenuse which makes it seem longer and skinnier

[โ€“] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well as a mathy guy, only with a pointed toe, otherwise the hypotenuse would make their foot be short from the floor LOL

[โ€“] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Its not about the distance to the floor so much as...something i cant quite put my finger on