Unlike light coloured clothes, when you wear dark clothes, the light reflects on them and makes your face look thinner.
この場合、次のような言い方ができますよ。
ーUnlike light coloured clothes, when you wear dark clothes, the light reflects on them and makes your face look thinner.
「明るい色の服と違い、暗い色の服を着ると、光の加減で顔が細く見える」
to make one's face look thinner で「顔が細く見える」と言えます。
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