Clothes For Tall Women

Sometimes an extra inch makes all the difference to your trouser or skirt length and how you feel in them.  For instance if you try on an ‘extra long’ pair of trousers but they come up an inch (3 cm) short - check to see if there is a generous hem.  Tailored clothes tend to have a decent hem of a couple of inches (6cm).  If there is extra fabric to play with then the next step is buy some 1-2 inch wide ribbon in the same colour as the trousers, a metre will suffice unless you happen to go in for bell bottom flares.  When cutting the correct length for the circumference, don’t forget to add on a couple of inches for overlap on each leg.  Give your trousers a really small turn up, then attach the ribbon with a hemming stitch. 

Alternatively if you don’t do sewing, then take them to your local dry cleaners - if they offer an alterations service or dressmakers.  Please note, this won’t work on jeans because they only have a small, heavily stitched hem.