Wearing a single color lengthens your silhouette by creating a stark vertical line from head to toe. Neutral colors within the same color spectrum have the same effect. Dark color schemes are more effective at creating the illusion of height than light or vibrant colors.  For example, wear a deep navy blazer over a dark blue button-down dress shirt with fitted navy trousers. Avoid wearing a top that is a drastically different color than your pants.The color contrast breaks up the vertical line and can highlight short builds. If you do decide to wear different colors, opt for tops that are lighter in color. Save the darker pieces for the bottom half of your body. Eyes will be drawn to the dark pants and then naturally travel upward to the lighter shade, creating the illusion of length.  For example, wear a charcoal gray top with a black skirt or black trousers. Avoid wearing pants that are lighter in color than your shirt. The contrast draws attention to your feet. Unbroken vertical stripes create height by drawing eyes up, creating a vertical body line. Go for thin stripes – you don’t want a lot of empty space in between them. However, they need to be thick enough to be visible at a glance. Stripes that are equal-width work well.  Try to keep your stripes fairly monochrome. For example, wear a black button-down dress shirt that has dark gray stripes. Avoid horizontal stripes. These draw eyes out to the sides of your body, which can highlight a short stature. When wearing a shirt and jacket of contrasting colors, keep the darker colors on the outer layer and wear lighter colored shirts underneath. This combination helps create a vertical body line that adds length to a frame. Avoid wearing dark colored shirts with light colored jackets, since this combination will have the opposite effect.
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One-sentence summary -- Wear monochromatic or low-contrast color schemes. Wear dark colors on the bottom half of your body. Aim for shirts or dresses with vertical stripes. Layer dark jackets over light colored shirts to create height.

Q: The triangle should be an isosceles triangle approximately 1 inch (2.5 cm) at the base and 2 inches (5 cm) from the center of the base to the apex.  Place the match and pin so that the pinpoint touches the match head no higher than the thickest part of the head. Wrap the foil as tightly around the match head as you can without disturbing the pin. When you’re finished, the wrapping should extend about 1/4 inch (6.25 mm) below the match head. This will push the wrapping closer to the match head and also better define the channel formed by the pin under the wrapping Be careful not to tear the foil when you do this. Bend the outer bend to a 60-degree angle. This will form the base of the launching pad. Bend the inner bend upward, then around to form an open-ended triangle. This is where you will rest the foil-wrapped match head. Again, an open, outdoor location is strongly recommended, as the matchstick rocket can travel a considerable distance. Avoid locations that are exceptionally dry, as the matchstick rocket could start a fire. Be sure the surrounding area is clear before launching the rocket. The rocket should rest at least at a 60-degree angle. If it rests any lower, you may have to bend the paper clip until it does. Light a match and put its flame directly under the wrapped match head. When the phosphorus in the wrapped match head ignites, the matchstick rocket should lift off.  Have a pail of water handy to dunk spent matchstick rockets in to ensure they are completely extinguished. If a matchstick rocket should land on you, stop moving, drop to the ground, and roll until any flames are extinguished.
A: Cut a small triangle of aluminum foil. Take a match from a book of matches. Line the match up against a straight pin. Wrap the foil triangle, apex first, around the match head. Crease the foil wrapping around the pin head with your thumbnails. Slide the pin carefully out from the wrapping. Bend a paper clip into a launching pad. Place your launching pad at the launch site. Place the matchstick rocket in the launching pad, tip up. Launch the rocket.

Article: If you want a know-it-all to listen to you, you must appeal to their sense of self-importance. Since they are not naturally good listeners, you will have to create some problem that you want their advice on. This gets their attention since you appealed to the value of their opinion.  Ask something like, “I have a problem waking up in the morning, what do you think is the best way to get started in the morning?” Prepare verified facts when entering into a conversation with a know-it-all will limit their negative impact and opportunities to interject.   If you are giving a presentation, hand out an agenda ahead of the meeting with a time limit for each phase of the talk. Add statistics and cited facts that are indisputable. Preparation is always the key. The more prepared you are to defend your perspective the better off you will be in dealing with a know-it-all. If you prefer to be a little more direct you can preempt statements with truisms that give little room for a know-it-all to get involved in the conversation. Since truisms are obviously true, know-it-alls can only offer moderate, less overbearing responses.   Before making a statement, say “If we are open to all possibilities, then we could look at it this way.” These types of truisms throw off know-it-alls because it is directed towards them making them have to rethink what they were going to say. Or, after a know-it-all provides their response, say, “I am shocked to hear this because I thought your perspective would be different.” This surprises them because you are questioning their response without being too confrontational. A know-it-all is often a contrarian – you say “day,” they say “night.” They just cannot help themselves. Being a contrarian compels them to say the opposite even if the truth is overlooked just to hear their own voice. Coerce the know-it-all to have to agree with your position by presenting the opposite perspective before making your statement: “I know you will disagree with this; indeed, you will certainly think this to be ridiculous, but…” Now the contrarian has no choice but to agree with you. Sometimes the only way you can get a know-it-all to accept your position is to repeat it over and over. You must be resilient and avoid getting caught up in their perspective. The strategy is to make them figure it out on their own through dogged repetition and to exhaust them to the point of surrender.   For example: “I understand how important it is to you, but I don’t want to do it…seriously, I don’t want to do it…Yes, of course I am very clear how important it is, but I don’t want to do it.” Or, “I think it is too expensive…Sure, it’s a good deal, but it’s too expensive…I understand there is financing available, but it’s too expensive.” Know-it-alls enjoy being contrarians and voicing their perspectives. If this becomes too annoying challenge their responses by asking detailed questions to break down their position. This forces the know-it-all to be better prepared before blurting out answers they cannot support with evidence.  Be respectful, but ask specific questions about their sources, facts, or experiences. Do not be afraid to confront a know-it-all about their expertise or authority.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Flatter their wide range of knowledge. Arm yourself with facts. Counter their know-it-all responses with truisms. Use reverse psychology. Become a broken record. Ask probing questions.