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Why do celebrity actresses and models do that pose where they angle their leg diagonally/45°? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca

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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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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 5 months ago

I mean not exactly like that but I find it comfortable to put the weight on one leg when stopped remporarily like for a light and let one leg not be weight bearing and rest for a bit.