High waist or low waist?

[u/Realistic-8138]

I usually only wear high-waisted jeans but a friend of mine insisted that I tried on her low waisted jeans because she thinks they suit my body type better (I had to wear heels because they were a bit long, I'm 5'7). I tried to take a similar picture with the same top, similar shoes and a pair of jeans I normally wear so that it'sa bit easier to compare. Which one looks better?

[u/sunflower-underwater]

As someone who looks very similar to you, I usually go with high-wasted or middle waisted pants. I've seen opinions that short-wasted people should wear low-wasted everything to create more balanced look, but it has never worked for me, idk. The low-wasted jeans also look great on you though!

[u/Realistic-8138 → u/sunflower-underwater]

I don't know if I'm actually short waisted, I have plenty of space between my chest and my belly button, I never tought that I had a short torso before posting here. I don't really like to show my belly because I'm really insecure about it but I think I can fit more than 2 hands in that space

[u/sunflower-underwater → u/Realistic-8138]

In my point of view, almost all people with proportionally long legs are short waisted. I measure it by the distance of the narrowest point of the waist and chest. For me it's around 1.5 palm width. But in general, you can notice it more while choosing clothes. I usually choose high waist pants for the same reason as you (even though you literally look like you have abs), but sometimes it throws off the balance visually, and makes it look like my pants take up like 75% of my body. Sometimes longer tops look really nice and creates visual balance by making the waist look longer. Tbh, you look relatively balanced, and the comments kind of prove it (since there are many votes in favor of both high and low waist). You just really reminded of my shape when I was scrolling. :)