Tall women, listen up!
to conceal how short they were, lest one’s exposed ankles succumb to frostbite—or worse, ridicule!
At 5 feet 11, I’ve always towered over my friends, and by my mid-20s, I’d accepted my destiny as someone whose jeans would always be just a tiny bit too short. Tailoring each and every pair of pants I purchased felt time-consuming and financially irresponsible. Instead I had resigned myself to a life of pulling awkwardly at my clothes, convincing myself I could pass off full-length trousers as cropped and forgoing heels in an effort to keep my hems as close to the ground as possible.
But even as I made peace with what I considered a cruel twist of genetic fate, I wondered why women’s sizing is much less straightforward than men’s. Their process just seems so simple: waist, inseam, voilà! A perfect fit. After years of watching the men in my life purchasewithout even bothering to try them on, I figured it couldn’t hurt to start approaching women’s pants the way men approached theirs: by shopping—and searching—strictly by inseam.
It may not seem all that revolutionary, but by moving my denim search entirely online and paying closer attention to inseams before ordering, I was able to find denim that actually. I quickly learned which inseams would work for me, where they would hit, and that pants from retailers that don’t specify an inseam will almost always be too short.
I’ve ever worn without feeling completely self-conscious, which, as many women can attest, is a feat unto itself. Here’s hoping Everlane introduces tall sizing for all of its pants and not just a select few pairs.
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