http://grassrose.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] grassrose.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] rolanni 2008-08-16 01:46 pm (UTC)

As a woman of height myself...

I've had similar issues. I have a 34-35" inseam (I'm 6' 1", too). Unlike you, I'm also very heavy.

Overweight or not, I loathe shopping for clothes. It's just depressing to realize that most stores consider you a fringe customer, and have no interest in stocking for you.

Fortunately, America is getting taller, and although I'm not seeing many women as tall as us, I am seeing more unhemmed pants that have enough length to work with, and more jeans (depending on the style) that are long enough.

Shirts are still a problem - a guy's "medium" shirt fits me perfectly across the shoulders. The torso length is right, and the arm length is perfect. Find that length in a woman's shirt is very difficult. I've gotten to be an expert at wading through racks of male shirts, looking for something of ambiguous gender :-D

We shall draw a merciful curtain over the time I drifted into the 5-7-9 store without realizing where I was.

I've hooked a friend of mine on Liad - she's working her way through the main plot line, about to hit "I Dare", and simultaneously reading Crystal Soldier. She went camping this weekend with the first six chapbooks tucked snugly away, courtesy of moi :o)

I was going to loan her all of them, but realized I hadn't re-read them in quite a while, and accidentally opened one.

She plans to buy the entire collection, so y'all haven't lost from the deal :o)

May both of you feel better, soon.

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