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  • antabaka
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2013
    • 118

    Being short and pulling off clothes for tall people

    i know there are probably some stylezeitgeist guys out there that are below 6 feet tall

    how do you guys cope with and pull off wearing clothes for tall people?
    for example, i own a single button viridi anne blazer in size 46
    it fits fine in the shoulders, but i'm obviously 4 inches too short for it
    i just wear it long but occasionally it's obvious and just makes me look shorter
  • DamageX
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2008
    • 495

    #2
    Tailor it, modifying a piece to fit your body will make a world of difference.

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    • antabaka
      Senior Member
      • Mar 2013
      • 118

      #3
      how do i find good tailors?
      i'm always afraid they'll ruin the brilliant sewing jobs

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      • Mung_city
        Member
        • Jul 2012
        • 36

        #4
        how tall are you?

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        • antabaka
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2013
          • 118

          #5
          5 foot 7 :|

          some shit fits me perfectly though
          but i mean some japanese designers design their smalls for white people taller than 5 foot 7 what the shit

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          • old
            Senior Member
            • Jul 2009
            • 132

            #6
            Alteration in this case is probably not a good idea...since the position of the pockets are fixed, the whole balance will definitely look off. Wear more Yohji perhaps? lol
            Tradition ist Bewahrung des Feuers und nicht Anbetung der Asche.

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            • Shifts
              Senior Member
              • Jul 2013
              • 325

              #7
              I don't – as simple as that.

              Hated being short (5'8") when I was younger, mostly because I could never find clothes that suited me. Then after many many years, I realised I was just buying the wrong clothes.

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              • delicious_not
                Senior Member
                • Dec 2012
                • 244

                #8
                i actually love how some of the clothes look longer on me than they should. the real problem is that very often i need to do something about sleeves on the jackets... and i need to make almost every pants shorter.

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                • AKA*NYC
                  Senior Member
                  • Nov 2007
                  • 3007

                  #9
                  Originally posted by antabaka View Post
                  5 foot 7 :|

                  some shit fits me perfectly though
                  but i mean some japanese designers design their smalls for white people taller than 5 foot 7 what the shit
                  i have three suggestions for you: thom browne, saint laurent paris, label under construction ;)
                  LOVE THE SHIRST... HOW much?

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                  • Kitesen
                    Junior Member
                    • Apr 2013
                    • 7

                    #10
                    Second that Thom Browne suggestion. But also take a look at the type of garment itself. For example take bomber jackets because of their shorter boxy shape it should fit you better than long coats. Amazingly enough some rick stuff fits me fine off the rack (memphis jeans) and im about 5'7 too.

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                    • antabaka
                      Senior Member
                      • Mar 2013
                      • 118

                      #11
                      yeah true

                      some designers are inconsistent as hell with their sizing though
                      i have a pair of julius cargos from insanity industrial inc in size 2 and they're huge on me, but i've tried fw13 cargos in size 2 that are perfect on me

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                      • springsummer1993
                        Member
                        • Aug 2012
                        • 55

                        #12
                        i'm 5'6 and how i tackle this problem is by looking at the women's side of things.
                        live for conflict / die for heaven

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                        • Pumpfish
                          Senior Member
                          • Sep 2010
                          • 513

                          #13
                          Errr...


                          Shouldn't this be in the Small Questions Thread....


                          Ba...dum....
                          spinning glue back into horses. . .

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                          • MikeN
                            Senior Member
                            • Nov 2007
                            • 2205

                            #14
                            Wear ma+ aviators exclusively.

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                            • Faust
                              kitsch killer
                              • Sep 2006
                              • 37852

                              #15
                              Originally posted by MikeN View Post
                              Wear ma+ aviators exclusively.
                              You need to be an ape to wear that. Torso for 5'5", arms for 6'0".
                              Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                              StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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