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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      20 days ago

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

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        19 days ago

        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