Here’s the  skinny  on looking slim — horizontal stripes are in! Fashionistas of varying physiques have long been force-fed the belief that wearing horizontal stripes makes the body look short and fat.  Well, that’s a big fat lie, according to eye-widening new data, debunking the antiquated myth about lined patterns and width.  Horizontal pencil stripes offer the highest slimming effect on the female body, according to new research. WHstudio Leushin N – stock.adobe.com “The pencil stripe style, characterized by horizontal stripes, makes the figure appear slimmer,” authors of the April 2026 study revealed .  But, there is a thin line between the type of stripes that actually flatter the figure and the stripes that simply do not, warn the experts.…