Long Legs - anyone else??
#12
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
Posts: 24,522
Have you considered making your own slacks?
If you have a pair that fits from the waist through the crotch, you could make a pattern off them (or get someone to do it) It might be worth the expense to have a tailor make a pair and get the pattern from him/her.
If you have a pair that fits from the waist through the crotch, you could make a pattern off them (or get someone to do it) It might be worth the expense to have a tailor make a pair and get the pattern from him/her.
#13
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Texas, USA
Posts: 5,896
I'm with you,. I am not tall but I have a short torso and my legs are really long. I also have thick thighs and a butt making it hard to find jeans with enough length that can fit me in the thigh/butt region without being too big for me waist . I cry everytime I go jeans shopping because they just don't make pants for my shape. Very frustrating!!!
#14
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: The middle of an IL cornfield
Posts: 7,014
JC Penney has become a real disappointment in the selection of talls for both men and women. Every time I have to buy anything for my daughter it's a chore.
Who would've thought I'd be so grateful to be an height semi dumpy woman?
Who would've thought I'd be so grateful to be an height semi dumpy woman?
#17
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,340
I'm afraid I don't have any pertinent information for you, but wanted to share my issues with finding pants for my 17-year-old son. 6'2" and 119#. He needs a 28 inch waist (which still sits on his hips) but something like a 35 length. Thank goodness we live in California, I told him that he could continue to wear shorts until November or so (even his shorts are too short!). I sent my husband to the computer to do research. He came back a couple of hours later and said he found a place where we could order pants...Zimbabwe! I just started laughing then realized he was serious! 45.00 for the pants and 45.00 for shipping...I don't think so! I told him we'll just go back to the 60's and I'll sew fabric to the bottom of his jeans!
#18
I agree with Gramajo.............I have the opposite problem with length, but the same with waist. I am very short legged, but Sag Harbor petites work well for me. Maybe they have the tall sizes you are looking for. Oh, my dress pants actually come to natural waist!
#20
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Hartford, Mo
Posts: 5,783
When I worked professionally, I went to Dillard's who had tall slacks that always looked great at work. I have long legs, five foot eight and half, slim until I started gaining weight carrying our three children...then almost doubled my weight. Every time I lost a bit of weight, my slacks would get longer on my legs!! They sell on line and have good sales. I usually bought when they were on sale.
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