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Tall girls!
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06-02-2011 12:51am#1
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I've been 5'10" since I was 14, and yes, buying clothes can be a difficult business. Its not quite so bad now since sweater sleeves tend to be longer but trousers are difficult - I buy jeans and winter trousers in Birmingham when I go over, most shops consider 31" leg in trousers to be tall. I need 34" and the longest you can get is 36" so anyone who is seriously tall must have real problems. Dresses and jackets tend to be short in the waist and in the sleeve.
Maybe its a convention of fashion models
are they all elegant and good looking, or just tall? 0 -
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I'm an average height at about 5'6 ish give or take, my boyfriend is about the same height as me. When I do go out and wear heels he doesn't care that I'm taller than him only if I tower over him and pretend to scold him, or if his friends call him a short arse from standing beside tall me!
One of my friends is super tall, but she works in a clothes shop and buys from the "tall" section. She sometimes finds it frustrating to shop but sometimes she will buy dresses and wear then with jeans as a top.0 -
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I'm stayin in a hotel for the weekend and i dont know if there is a conference on or what but every girl/lady is very tall. I'm talkin 6ft plus. As you can guess i'm not!
Do you girls find life a little more awkward? Would you date a man smaller then you? Are skirts and dress's harder to get? Are fella's intimidated by your height?
And why in the name of god do ye were heels that make ya even taller?
Life awkward? Only when I'm out with my smaller friends. I tend to have to stoop to listen to them! :pac: I never have problems at concerts.
Being with a guy smaller than me is a little odd. I've tried it and for whatever reason it's weird to me. Its hard to explain.
Buying clothes is much better now than a few years ago. It was so hard to get clothes, trousers especially it fit. I definitely think girls in general are getting taller. I've gone back to college and there is way more tall girls in my class now than when I first went to college. There is about 9 of us out of 45 who are 5'10 or over. I used to be the only tall girl in the class.
I don't know if fellas are intimidated. I do get a few fellas come up to me and point out the obvious "Jeez, you're tall!".
I wear heels coz it makes my legs even longer! 0 -
I found this funnyRebeccaChick wrote: »Never a night where I don't get a drunk guy come up to me and say "Do you know your really tall"?!? Note: these guys are ALWAYS short! Mainly cos @ 6 foot 6, pretty much every lady is smaller than me. Have met one or two tall ladies, but they're the exception.
Tall girls rule :cool:
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Yeah, until maybe 10 years ago, getting clothes was a b|tch. Seemed to be if you were my height at the time, you had to have a waist line 4 times mine at the time.0 -
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I'm a size 8. I remember, years ago,I really wanted a pair of those Addias super-stars with the pink stripe. Went into Scuh, ya know girls on left, guys on right. Went looking for these trainers. Only up to a size 7.
The sales assistant then points out some other addidas trainers, in a size 8 on the guys section. I say to her "They're guys shoes." "No they're not". "It's the guys section". I walked out then. :mad:
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for shoes, I think it's best to find out which brands go up to size 9.
I've got pairs of Iron Fist shoes and Dr. Martens in 9. also, debenhams do a lot in size 9 too, got two pairs from them
so do New Look, but I've not bought anything there.
I know Irregular Choice have some shoes in size 9 too, and you can get a lot in Hush Puppies.0 -
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I'd love to be tall for a day. It seems so elegant and with most of the tall girls I know, it's like clothes hang better on them or something, maybe as it has higher to fall! There's a reason why fashion models are generally 5'10+.
I'd love the perspective of looking down on people, or at least being at eye level as opposed to craning my neck like I'm everyone's kid sister! Plus it would be handy for gigs and stuff. 0 -
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Jayzus, threads on the topic of tall girls always seem to pop up!
I'm tallish. Just over 5'9" the last time I checked. Not that tall, but a lot taller than most Irish girls anyway!
Never made life more awkward.
I find it grand to get pants to fit my legs. Mots places do different leg sizes now. HOWEVER the arms are what bugs me! I have fairly long arms and can never get coats/jackets to fit them. Very annoying. No problem with shoes as I'm only a size 5...very small for my height I guess!
I don't think fellas are ever intimidated by my height...as I'm not *that* tall.
I would/have gone out with fellas shorter than me.
Rarely wear heels because I can't be arsed. Not much of a heel person.0 -
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I'm a size 8. I remember, years ago,I really wanted a pair of those Addias super-stars with the pink stripe. Went into Scuh, ya know girls on left, guys on right. Went looking for these trainers. Only up to a size 7. The sales assistant then points out some other addidas trainers, in a size 8 on the guys section. I say to her "They're guys shoes." "No they're not". "It's the guys section". I walked out then. :mad:
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I bought runners from the mens section before, but only because I DIDNT want any pink or glitter on mine :pac: comfiest pair I ever bought, actually
As for the rest of the questions, I'm average height :cool:0 -
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I was having a conversation about women's height in work on Friday. I'm 5'5 and the woman I was talking to is about 5'10, but several of the other girls who work with us are only about 5' to 5'2. One of them said that she's noticed that Cork girls tend to be shorter than girls from other counties - when she's in college in Limerick, she's surrounded by tall girls, but her friends in Cork tend to be short. Has anyone noticed that?
That's 'cos you're all further south where the gravity is stronger...
*me grins, ducks (not very far mind*) and runs...
*5' 7" or so...0 -
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Do you girls find life a little more awkward?
Im 6'1. I wouldn't say it has made my life more awkward but I guess it has shaped my life in some small way. I generally find I am taken a lot more seriously and get more respect in the workplace than my shorter colleagues. I guess being tall brings with it a certain commanding presence. However, I do think it has made me a bit more socially awkward then I would have been If I was normal height. When you grow up all gangly and lanky it makes you a bit shy as you alway stick out.
Yep,no problem with it. Though I find most smaller men I've dated feel a bit insecure about me being taller than them.Would you date a man smaller then you?
Well most dresses I would wear as tops. I love wearing skirts and often look like I am showing way more leg than I am,just because my legs are very long!It used to be only Topshop Tall that I could buy clothes in but thanks to the influx of European shops, its now much easier to get cheap clothes for tall women. Bershka and Stradvarius are both excellent for doing long sleeve lenghts. Though I did spend most of the 90's and early noughties in jacked up jeans cos I couldn't get any to fitAre skirts and dress's harder to get?
Yes. On an average night out my friends would get chatted up a lot more than me. Not all, but a good few men, really couldn't handle a women being taller than them, as they relish the manly protector role too much.Are fella's intimidated by your height?
Well sometimes you want to wear a really gorgeous dress or outfit, and it just looks dowdy and stupid with flats.And why in the name of god do ye were heels that make ya even taller?
+1. I moved down to Cork In September and feel like a complete freak everytime I go outside the door! I tower over everyone, both guys and gals. I'm originally from Limerick, and I've noticed that people tend to be very short on the whole in Munster.I was having a conversation about women's height in work on Friday. I'm 5'5 and the woman I was talking to is about 5'10, but several of the other girls who work with us are only about 5' to 5'2. One of them said that she's noticed that Cork girls tend to be shorter than girls from other counties - when she's in college in Limerick, she's surrounded by tall girls, but her friends in Cork tend to be short. Has anyone noticed that?
I feel a lot more normal sized when Im up in Dublin.0 -
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On a happier note, it's much easier to get shoes now though than it was 10 years ago. And we have our own shoe shop in Dublin now especially for girls with special feet. .
Hi - I actually have the opposite problem, having very small feet! Usually size 3 or 3 and a half, but sometimes I've tried on size threes and still found them too big. So, I'm wondering about this shoe shop for girls with "special feet". Does it cater for small feet, as well as big ones?
If so, which shop? 0 -
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Hi - I actually have the opposite problem, having very small feet! Usually size 3 or 3 and a half, but sometimes I've tried on size threes and still found them too big. So, I'm wondering about this shoe shop for girls with "special feet". Does it cater for small feet, as well as big ones? If so, which shop?
70% of barratts heels (the barratts brand, not concession brands) start in a size 1 and 2 and got up to size 9 instore and can be ordered in size 10s online.0 -
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Uh-huh. When you start banging your head off low flying objects, such as lamps, door frames, the upstairs of a double decker bus, the friggin cars... you won't like it so much :P
Very true....I do get a few fellas come up to me and point out the obvious "Jeez, you're tall!".
I feel uneasy if anyone comes up to me at first time of meeting them and doesn't say that*...depending on my mood my reply will include an obvious feature of theirs..
*Well that or "you must play rugby".0 -
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Tall people rock! Boys and girls alike.
Just ask us shorties (5'3"). It's biology. You naturally want to mix your DNA with the healthiest-, strongest-, fittest- looking specimen of humanity possible, and good height is deffo among those desirable characteristics.
I like to think that if only I had had the height, I could have been a model, hahahaha. Talk about delusional - but a bit of daydreaming is good for you, so they say... 0 -
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I'm 5'2 and I can't get any trousers short enough, I have to take everything up unless I buy from the 'petite' ranges, which is a pain because I'm a size 12 with a big bum and petite ranges tend to assume you're delicate. *sigh*
I love being small, but if I was tall I'd love that too. Short is cute, tall is elegant. That said, as a small woman I find I get patronised a lot. I am 27 years old and calling me 'ickle' is just weird! So maybe being tall would be nice for that reason 0 -
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I'm 5'2 and I can't get any trousers short enough, I have to take everything up unless I buy from the 'petite' ranges, which is a pain because I'm a size 12 with a big bum and petite ranges tend to assume you're delicate. *sigh*
The petite ranges in shops tend to be good length wise, also M&S are good for short trousers. The bf's daughter is five feet tall and for jeans she likes New Look, Gap and a shop with frog in the title (helpful aren't I :rolleyes:)
I'm five eight, but have a 34 inside leg in flats, so in heels need min. 35 so I don't have ankle flapping trousers.
AWear are good for jeans, as are gap, and Levis (regularly do 36 length).
For trousers Next do XL that you have to order online, but can get delivered to a store, Benetton and Mango do very long trousers (I'd to get a pair of Mango ones taken up) as do Sisley. I'll get away in M&S long (33/34 ish) in flattish shoes if I let the hem down. Skirts I tend not to have a problem with as I tend not to wear short skirts. Up in the outlet centre in Banbridge, Armani and Louella do very long unhemmed trousers, and if you go at the right time, you can get great deals. Karen Millen also do long trousers and their skirts are a decent length. Most dresses from Thomas Pink and LK Bennett that I have for work are just above knee length for me, and for long Maxi dresses Awear can be good, though the fit is a bit hit and miss for me
I do have long arms and hate my cuffs ending up halfway to my elbows (bit of an exaggeration) Tend to get shirts from Next, Thomas Pink, and Mango, I do find tops a bit short as well.
As for heels, I just love them, in work and going out, I always tend to wear them, though I do have the odd pair of flats out of the sixty plus pairs I own
Never tried wearing dresses over jeans/trousers, I've always wondered how you don't end up with a massive line, is there a trick to this? Kinda like not having a massive VPL?0 -
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Really? I've more issues than readers digest back catalogueThe_Minister wrote: »It's not that exactly, at least not consciously.
It just feels a little weird.
In an indescribable way. but a woman being taller then me wouldnt be one of them. I don't think it would even register TBH. I could tell you the bust size and general shape of any of my previous girlfriends, but their height I would have little clue, beyond smaller, same, taller. Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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I've noticed a lot of tall girls recently could be due to many factors people from eastern Europe etc tend to be taller. I like being tall, have never had any problems and have always been grateful for my height. Height is one physical aspect you have no say in or way of changing so it's best to embrace it. 0
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In fairness they are good looking but body shape's differ hugely from tall and ganggley to tall and voluptous
I think a good deal of it is about proportion. Someone who's not-too skinny at average height might be far too thin if they were stretched upwards. Similarly someone who is considered to be small and fat might be quite slim if they're tall.
But ultimately it depends on how much the girl embraces it. I wouldn't like someone to be tall and try to 'shrink' themselves, to make themselves look smaller or to be embarrassed about their height. It goes for anyone, really, being comfortable with who you are is a very attractive quality. 0
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