Where To Buy Clothes (Especially Pants!) When You’re Tall
And you can always try my trick for making “borderline” pants work: If pants are almost long enough, but not quite, have the hems taken down. This can often get you at least a ½ inch of extra length. You can do the same thing with some jacket sleeves. And a good seamstress (ask your local drycleaner) can even add more fabric to make inseams and some jacket sleeves longer. Note: This will not work if the clothes you’re trying on look like they belong to Steve Urkel!
I hope these sites, brands, and stores work for you. Happy shopping.
Do you ever struggle with buying pants or tops? And, by the way, if you know a tall girl who’s feeling frustrated, please let her know about these options. She may thank you for it!
*Here’s a tip for petite readers (hello, all!): If you’re having trouble, check out the petite collections on these Gap sites and at New York & Company and VictoriasSecret.com. Same cute styles, just different proportions for you.
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Ameena:
May 13th, 2011 at 4:43 pm
I totally agree with you on BCBG…I am tall, nearly 5’8″ and used to have the worst time finding pants that fit but I can never go wrong at BCBG! Also, I have good luck with Paige Jeans fitting me perfectly, with no alterations needed. Funny enough, GAP pants do not fit me well at all!
Great site Leslie. You are gorgeous by the way!
Leslie Quander Wooldridge:
May 14th, 2011 at 1:24 am
Ameena, you’re SO kind to say that and to drop by–thank you!
BCBG is just amazing, and I’m glad you mentioned Paige denim. Fit can be tricky even when pants are long enough, but knowing what works really helps!
Natalia Sylvester:
May 17th, 2011 at 2:32 pm
I have the opposite problem–all the pants I buy are too long, and it gets annoying to have to hem them after a while (not to mention, finding the perfect length that works with heels and flats). I like Banana Republic because not only do they have short and tall legs covered
Leslie Quander Wooldridge:
May 18th, 2011 at 10:07 pm
So many frustrations when pants shopping, if you’re on the tall side or the petite side. Fun, huh?
But it’s great that stores like Banana “get it”–glad you chimed in.
Christina:
May 28th, 2011 at 4:46 pm
Hi! May I join your “club”; I am also a tall woman who find it hard finding long enough clothes (and also large size shoes..) I think the offers of spezial sizes in the physical shops is quite poor. This makes the shopping very time-consuming! Actually, I got a bit frustrated by this fact, and decided to start a website with recommendations of online shops selling clothes to tall , short and plus sized people and shoes in large, small and wide sizes, i.e. a site for all of us who are not shaped in a “standard size”. I hope the site can be of help. Please feel welcome to http://www.sizes4you.com.