Shoes can make or break the proportions of an outfit – and your figure.

The enduringly fashionable high-heel slingback, available in flattering beiges and browns this fall, is incredibly graceful and leg-lengthening.

If your gams happen to be on the slightly less coltish side, try a chunky or sculpted heel for balance – and to avoid the corndogs-on-sticks look you might get with stilettos.

Then there is the classic mid-heel D’Orsay-style pump – possibly the most universally flattering shoe ever designed – worn on the runway by nearly every model in the ’80s and ’90s.

Here are my picks for the most skinnifying shoes this season – pick up a pair in nude or fall’s trendy gold to enhance the mile-long-leg effect.