You can change the style of your hair, the whiteness of your teeth, even the color of your eyes. But your height? Well, you're stuck with that.

Or are you?

There are plenty of ways to create the illusion of longer legs that can boost your perceived height. Here's how:

Sally McGraw is the Minneapolis-based author of Already Pretty (www.alreadypretty.com), a daily blog about the intersection of style and body image.