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Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 4:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Karuuna, you've got more height in your legs. At least I only need 34" - 35" inseam.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 5:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Max, I'm only 5'3" tall, but I wore a size 9 in 5th grade. I had to wear heels to my cousin's wedding, because those were the only dress shoes available in my size. I went through elementary and junior high school in penny loafers.

I wear a size 11 now, but I wear sneakers most of the time. Penny loafers are my dress up shoes. :-) And I can't stand heels any more.

Vee
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02-23-2004

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 5:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
So why can't we get the industry to sell us pants the way that men's pants are sold...waist and inseam length? That would begin to make a difference...maybe.

Tuzza
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08-19-2005

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 5:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tuzza a private message Print Post    
I have always argued that point as well Vee. I certainly would love it

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 5:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
i wear either a 33" or 34" inseam depending upon who makes the jeans/pants. very frustrating. i can get a good fit around the middle and stride if i just buy 'regular' length based on my size but they are too short. if i buy based on my height the pants/jeans are too long and the stride is either too short giving me camel toes or so long the waistband comes up over my boobies.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 5:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
hey, i have an idea, but i'm not business savvy. let's get together and open a clothing store that fits all of us. i even have a name for it - Above Average.

what do you think?

i'll keep the books since i am an accountant by trade. but, i know nothing about fashion or running a store.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 6:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    


Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 6:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Prisoner, you know the trick of buying men's sneakers, right? I only wear a women's 10, but for some reason, women's athletic shoes run small, and a 10 doesn't even come close to fitting, which forces me into an 11, which are hard to find, so I tried on men's shoes. Voila! I can wear a man's 9-ish or 10 just fine.

I have only worn a 10 shoe in later years. I have very high arches, and they are settling with time. I started out with 9's most of my life, like from 14 on. I was in 9 and a halfs for a while, and that was a royal pain. I am very happy to now be wearing 10's in regular women's shoes.

Okay, I am posting this all backwards. I am six feet tall as well and am older than most of you. I have been almost six feet tall for over forty years.

At one time, I was 5'10" and 100 pounds. That was a fun stage. In the 50's and 60's, there were NO clothes for a person my size, except men's jeans, size 36 inseam. I had to make all my own clothes starting at about age 14. Then there were Lane Bryant Talls, which were almost long enough, but they were cheaply made, but again, that was ALL there was, or make your own.

Now that I am older, I finally managed to get my weight above 130 pounds, so being larger in combination with being tall is easier than tall and skinny. I think what Whoami says is true. Some bozo assumes the larger sizes are taller, which as far as I can tell is only true for me, but I am not complaining. I still can't buy regular pants, but as girls are getting taller, I am finding it easier and easier to find pants in true talls.

Cute story. I used to travel a lot in my job, and I could be in any town at any time. I was in Atlanta for something one time or other staying in a nice hotel. I got on the elevator with a bunch of men, and suddenly something was very wrong that I could not at first place. It just felt very, very weird. I finally realized I had got on the elevator with a men's basketball team, and they were all at least 6'4" and above. So that was what it feels like to be short. Very bizarre for someone who can almost always see over everybody else's head.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 6:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Tall girls have the same clothing problem as short girls! I'll be. I never knew that. BTW did you know that some of the clothing manufacturers have done away with petite sizes now?

At 5' 2-1/2"( I acquired that extra 1/2 inch at an older age somehow), I've always climbed or asked for help. My dh wouldn't allow me to own or have a step stool when we first got married - said I might fall. Harumph Guess he forgot I had been taking care of myself for years before he came along.

A friend of mine asked me to dinner one evening and we were laughed at as we walked through the foyer. He was 6 foot 7! LOL

Vee you might be on to something there. Maybe we should start an email campaign.

Max
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08-12-2000

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 9:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
At least when you're short, you can buy things and have them altered to fit. If you're tall and need a 34" inseam, or more, and all you can find is 29", there aren't a lot of options. :-)

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, August 21, 2006 - 12:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
I'm tall from side to side.

I was five foot two and three-quarter inches in high school, but lost at least the thre-quarters and probably more due to age, weight, and a degenerating disc in my back.

I am used to asking for help with high shelves in grocery stores... but dh who is about my height, scurries up the shelves like a little monkey. heh.

I am really bummed that its getting harder to find petites. Although I take exception to the name Petites. There ain't much petite about me anymore. I keep watching out for 'heifer' sizes, but I guess they haven't been invented yet. (Isn't a heifer a baby cow? That would be about my size.)

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Monday, August 21, 2006 - 6:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I got on the elevator with a bunch of men, and suddenly something was very wrong that I could not at first place. It just felt very, very weird. I finally realized I had got on the elevator with a men's basketball team, and they were all at least 6'4" and above. So that was what it feels like to be short. Very bizarre for someone who can almost always see over everybody else's head.

Juju, I would not like that either. Exactly -- very bizarre for us tall gals to be the short one in the crowd. "Get me outa here!"

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Monday, August 21, 2006 - 7:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
i was the short one at my wedding. i'm 5'9". my matron of honor is 6'. my dh is 6'5". his best man is 6'10". and the photographer is 6'5". oh, the preacher was only 5'4". LOL

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, August 21, 2006 - 7:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
I am 5'9, but it's all in my legs. I still have a long body, though. Shirts were always my problem. I am well endowed and shirts that are short to begin with, are even shorter on me because of my boobs. (Especially nursing) So I am absolutely loving the new styles of clothes that have really long shirts, they are just normal shirts on me.
Also, I have to wear 36" inseams. Now most jean and pants manufacturers makes things in long and short. This is why I love Old Navy, they have a 8 Long, and on my skinnier days, a 6 long. And, my sister who is 5'3 and it's all in her body length, can buy a short.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Monday, August 21, 2006 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Escapee, I haven't been in an Old Navy store for many years. Do they have longs in pants other than jeans?

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, August 21, 2006 - 1:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Yes, they do. You can buy jeans and slacks in Long lengths. I love old navy. Get online to Old Navy.Com and check out there new stuff. I like the fits they have. I can always find something that looks half way decent.

Beruthiel
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08-07-2000

Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 11:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beruthiel a private message Print Post    
Another tall woman here. I've been the same height since I was 12, and now I'm 61, all my life I've had to buy larger sizes and take them in, or let them down. Luckily my Mom sewed and I can too, so I wore a lot of home-made things. I've let down many a purchased pair of pants, dresses or skirts by hemming them with seam tape or binding tape so I could get the last quarter inch of fabric. And I need size eleven shoes and they aren't easy to find. I buy several pairs when I find them and wear them out, then use them for gardening as they get shabby.
Funny thing is, it's getting easier nowadays as manufacturers adapt to the general increase in average size of the population, so I have less trouble now that I don't much care what I wear as long as it's classic, neat, and comfortable.
Good place for large shoes is Aerosoles, and they have a website, and they also have very fashionable stuff, not just comfort wear. I got two pairs via their website last summer, replacing the same style which had lasted me for several summers.
Don't even ask about the short styles back in the days when I was young - everything was so short for me that if I wore them I'd have been arrested for indecent exposure if I bent over. I still have my sewing patterns from those days of making things to fit.

Bandit
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07-29-2001

Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bandit a private message Print Post    
Ooh, a thread for me!

5'11" here...and yes I'm probably closer to 6 feet, but I can never admit to it. I've always been pretty self-conscious about my height, but now it doesn't seem as uncommon as it once was for a woman to be closing in on 6 feet tall. The worst part has always been finding pants/jeans that are long enough. That's why I love capris more than life itself and I hope they never go out of style!

I've been lucky in the shoe department though...my feet are pretty small for being so tall. I wear 8 1/2 or a 9, so finding shoes is never a problem. DH asks me why I don't fall down all the time, since my feet are so small for my height...ha ha ha.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 12:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
tall gals, i have a question for you, too!
how can i get taller? LOL
i swear they say 5'3" and under is petite. i am 5'3"...so why do i still have to hem a minimum of two inches off every pair of pants i ever purchase in the petite length? imagine being 4'11" and having to take half a foot or so off the bottoms!
in high school i had to make my own bellbottoms by cutting the outside bottom leg seam and stitching in fabric. if i had just hemmed the new bellbottoms, the entire bell would be gone!
and, this is one of my biggest pet peeves: why do so many men's clothiers offer 'FREE' alterations?

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 3:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Hey Cnd, about this clothing store you want to start that caters to clothes to fit "all of us." Did you mean all of us as in you tall gals? Or are us shorties included in the "us" mix?...if the tall gals store is called "Above Average" then what are we.......Below Average?

I know, I know, us shorties are infiltrating your thread. Can't help it!

I envision a store like this.....the customer walks in and there's a nice wide empty aisle right down the middle to symbolize the "nothing" for the "average" person. Then a nice big section of tall gal sizes on one side of the store, and another big section of short gal sizes on the other side of the store. Then, when an average person comes into the store looking for something, we point them to the empty aisle and say, "there's your selection."

Not meant to offend anyone who is average. Just giving them a taste of what we have to put up with every time we shop!

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 3:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
whoami, i was only thinking about tall ladies since that is what the main theme of the thread is about. and, i would certainly NOT call a store for those shorter than i 'below average'! horrors! let me think on that one and get back to you.

how about 'Real Woman'?

Max
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08-12-2000

Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 3:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
I think Lane Bryant has the "Real Woman" moniker already. :-)

How about "The Long and the Short of It" -- sorta covers both bases. The range of sizing needs to go up to at least 24-26 on both sides of that aisle, though! :-)

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
If you stop off at 24 I'm gonna run a bulldozer through the racks! LOL. That seems to be all the bigger any store I go into thinks their customers should be.

I'd say at least through 28-30 thank you very much!

Oh....I just remembered another complaint I have about sizes......these manufacturers also seem to think if I'm as big around as I am, then my arms must go to my knees. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't wear a long sleeved shirt in my size, unless I don't mind having my entire hand disappear into the cuff.

I know, I know, you poor tall gals have exactly the reverse problem. You're always getting your wrists exposed to the elements. Right?

Cnd, I was just kidding around with ya of course! LOL. I knew you'd never consider us below average. I just got a chuckle out of it when I realized what the flip side of being a tall girl was if the tallies were called above average.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 4:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
if there is a woman of any size out there then by golly she should be able to shop in our store!

how about: All Woman?

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 4:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Well if we must include those "normal" people.....ok.