Tall People

[neonplanet40]

6ft 6 here and i agree with the jeans crisis. I was liking jack jones for a long time but their prices are just out of hand now. Trying to pretend they are diesel with inferior quality. IMO not on their nelly!!

So not sure where to get my jeans now without paying about £90

[DeludedGuy]

6ft 6 here and i agree with the jeans crisis. I was liking jack jones for a long time but their prices are just out of hand now. Trying to pretend they are diesel with inferior quality. IMO not on their nelly!!

So not sure where to get my jeans now without paying about £90

think about how much more denim they have to use to cover your sky scrapers.

[watercooled]

That's not fair though is it really? Why should taller people have to pay more?

[emzallan]

Hmm... you should start a facbook group like these ladies did...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009...-bras-facebook

It does seem a bit unfair to have to pay more for being tall!

[watercooled]

Yeah I heard about that - it is unfair paying more for clothes if you're bigger.

[DevAnubis]

The current student union president at Sheffield university ran on the slogan "Tall Paul" and it appears to be the sole reason he got the position...

Student politics is not what it used to be.

[tiggerai]

I'm 5ft 7 and get called tall! whereas I don't think I am that tall ( unless I wear my big boots then i'm over 6ft tall lol )

I'm the smallest in my house. My Boys are both taller than me! Mike is 15 and 6ft3 Luke is 14 and 5ft9

That is tall for a woman though - average is 5'3" (although you do get those really tiny women too...) (I'm 5'7" too I'm just about short enough so that my man doesn't feel inadequate not much in it though.... I don't wear heels a lot which is a good thing hehe

[MaddAussie]

I was 5' 5" inches until I was 34 when a very nice surgeon sorted my FUBAR'ed hip and now i'm about 5'7" although I was and still am the talest member of my family! Yay go me

[malfunction]

I don't wear heels a lot which is a good thing

At the risk of sounding like a pervert / swiss toni that's not a good thing in terms of aesthetics at least, obviously heels are bad for posture and all that but speaking as someone whose wife wears a dowdy uniform every day for work it's always nice to see a girl dressed up and making an effort

[tiggerai]

At the risk of sounding like a pervert / swiss toni that's not a good thing in terms of aesthetics at least, obviously heels are bad for posture and all that but speaking as someone whose wife wears a dowdy uniform every day for work it's always nice to see a girl dressed up and making an effort

It actually depends on who you are... I don't wear heels a lot as I have I quote "completely flat feet" (not just fallen arches...) - so a lot of the time I have to wear shoes that can accommodate my orthotics. Heels are actually quite good for me as they strengthen some of the muscles that don't otherwise get used and put my foot into a position that takes the strain off my poor back.

I do wear heels to make an effort if we are going out, and it's appreciated I just make sure I stand on the bottom step

[malfunction]

It actually depends on who you are... I don't wear heels a lot as I have I quote "completely flat feet" (not just fallen arches...) - so a lot of the time I have to wear shoes that can accommodate my orthotics. Heels are actually quite good for me as they strengthen some of the muscles that don't otherwise get used and put my foot into a position that takes the strain off my poor back.

I do wear heels to make an effort if we are going out, and it's appreciated I just make sure I stand on the bottom step

My wife also has flat feet and will shortly be pointed at this thread with me saying "See - you should wear heels all the time - they're good for you!"

[KIAEddZ]

That is tall for a woman though - average is 5'3"

Uk Average heights

Men 177.2 cm (5' 9.7")
Women 163.4 cm (5' 4.4")

[TooNice]

That's not fair though is it really? Why should taller people have to pay more?

More materials used, less mass production facilities (more expensive to manufacture). Allegedly, tall people earn more anyway. It may not be fair in the sense that you don't get to choose your height, but it's no more unfair than short people who may need a ladder to reach places where a taller person don't.

[Funkstar]

Yeah I heard about that - it is unfair paying more for clothes if you're bigger.

Or is it unfair that smaller people are subsidising the additional cost of larger people?

[Forsak3n]

6ft 6 here and i agree with the jeans crisis. I was liking jack jones for a long time but their prices are just out of hand now. Trying to pretend they are diesel with inferior quality. IMO not on their nelly!!

So not sure where to get my jeans now without paying about £90

You should try topman, they jeans on sale, 34 xl is basicaly 34 by 36 and they are around 20 pounds discounted from 40-50.
I`m around the same height and i got a few pairs from them, also levis sales jeans 36 long for around 60

[BobF64]

Yeah I heard about that - it is unfair paying more for clothes if you're bigger.

Why is it unfair? Its simple economics - supply and demand.

What IS unfair is how much extra often gets charged over other sizes.

More materials used, less mass production facilities (more expensive to manufacture). Allegedly, tall people earn more anyway. It may not be fair in the sense that you don't get to choose your height, but it's no more unfair than short people who may need a ladder to reach places where a taller person don't.

Indeed.

Perhaps the answer, with regards to trousers, is to make them ALL long and force short people to pay to have them shortened