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.  

Look ‘euro chic’ in this smart tailored suit. Black short sleeve jacket - Tall Range - Next - £55. Also matching black cropped trousers £32.  Skirt (pictured above is not part of the tall range) regular 26″ long - (27″ is a good length for long legs - so not a mini-skirt) Next  -£30. Black round sunglasses - £12.50.  Black cork patent sandals - sizes  8 (42), 9 (43) £25.

Top left - pacific blue cotton/viscose blue suit jacket - Long Tall Sally - £89.00
Top right - black leather patent court shoes - sizes 8,9,10,11, 12 Cinderella Shoes - £124.80
Middle left -  Black patent croc bag - Wallis - £35
Middle right - pacific blue cotton/viscose pencil skirt - Long Tall Sally - £49

Left - black linen waistcoat -£18 and black linen trousers extra long (35″) - £25 - Next

Right - Linen jacket - £18 and linen trousers - (35″ inside leg)  £25 - Tall range - Next

Check out their Tall range for women over 5′10″ Next - Tall