17 June 2012
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  Striped garments in both horizontal and vertical - and plain black - were designed and made for the tests
  
	
                      A study to investigate the effects of wearing horizontal vs vertical stripes has won the BBC's Amateur Scientist of the Year award. 
        The research by 53-year-old Val Watham shows that vertical stripes do indeed make people appear taller
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