I like long sleeves, because they’re comforting.
It’s the same sort of idea as hiding under the blankets at night to protect yourself from monsters. It doesn’t actually do anything, but it’s still comforting. Same thing with the sleeves. I can’t crawl under a blanket if something bad happens or if I get scared during the day, but being completely covered by clothes gives me the same feeling of being protected.
Exactly. I’m about 5’10", and my winter coat sleeves hit just below the wrist because I had to buy a larger size than I would like to wear. It seems like most coats are designed to be worn over teeny little silk blouses, or something. It drives me nuts. Hello, designers! This is a WINTER coat! I will be wearing it in the WINTER! Which means it needs to fit over sweaters and sweatshirts, scarves and you know, LAYERS. Arrgh.
In my case, no mystery here, just an appalling lack of height & frame.
Shush you. Don’t give all our secrets away.
I’m 5’10" and nearly 300# and I still like to wear something oversized to feel bundled up and a little smaller than I really am. And it’s good to have extra room for layering. Plus my body doesn’t match my internal view of myself so I imagine there is a shred of cuteness there. :smack:
I’m only 5’0", and even with abnormally long arms for my frame, only my fingertips peek out of long sleeves. I know I’m a disgusting person, but I’ve learned to appreciate long sleeves in the winter. I use 'em to wipe my nose in the cold.
Am I the only one frightened at a technique that would lead to calluses?
Add me to the list of people who can’t seem to find clothes that fit. I am small and on the skinny side, but have wider shoulders and, err, relatively bigger boobs than most women my size. So everything that fits me around the shoulders and chest tends to be too long in the sleeves and torso. I’ve learned to live with it.
Not me. I’ve lost some weight so I’ve bought new clothes this fall, and I’m somewhat dismayed that even slacks size six are baggy in the legs. A. slacks oughtn’t be baggy. They’re not cargos or jeans, for God’s sake. B. shouldn’t someone a size six (or 8 given the lack of consistancy from manufacturer to manufacturer. That’s a whole 'nother rant) probably not have really fat legs? because someone with legs 2-3 inches wider around than me would and that’s what they seem to be aiming for…
And if we short women (I’m 5’3") buy petite-sized tops, there are two potential problems:
They don’t come in a large enough size to accommodate my rack. For some reason, a lot of manufacturers stop a size lower in petites (if regular sizes go up to 20, petites will go up to 18, for example).
They’re not long enough in the torso. Trust me, I am doing everyone a favor in trying to make sure that my stomach stays covered at all times. I really like tunics that go down over the hips, but those have been out of fashion for the last few years (they seem to be back now! yay! time to buy clothes! 
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I suppose I could get clothes altered, but that’s such a pain, and having slightly-too-long sleeves doesn’t really bother me enough to do that.
Sure, there in Manhattan. But here in California a lot of women have such extremities.
Come on out and see. I’ll buy you a egg cream.
Waidaminnit!
mangeorge
All these tall women! Woohoo! I’m 5’9", so my actual experience has been limited. Oh, well. That’s why we can dream, isn’t it. I do like being eyeball to eyeball and toe to toe. Especially when horizontal. :o
My ex-wife claimed to be 5’ even. She lied, she’s 4’11". But she was cute. 
Anyway, I once dated a seamstress. I mention that because she made a lot of casual clothes, especially for “hard-to-fit” women. Big or small. They’d bring her a catalog, and she’d make what they wanted to fit them. Knock-offs they’re called.
It wasn’t that expensive, but they often did have to wait a while. Coupla weeks, max.
Any of you ever buy custom casual clothing?
Bye all you yummies.
mangeorge