# Question for very tall men

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-very-tall-men/549523>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 7, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-very-tall-men/549523 "2010-08-07T16:13:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-very-tall-men/549523/82 "2014-07-29T16:54:08Z")

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Yep, Big and Tall stores are NOT Big and/or Tall stores.

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**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-very-tall-men/549523/83 "2014-07-29T17:08:32Z")

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> [@Baron\_Skinley\_Von\_Clipper](#):
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> My experience tells me that finding clothes for average sized men is quite difficult, I’m 5’10", it seems everyone else is too and they go shopping before me.

Heh. I’m 5’11" and I have this same problem. I’ll find a shirt I love at Kohls or Target or somewhere, and I’ll find dozens of Small & Medium shirts, a few XL shirts, and the occasional XXL, but not a single Large, because apparently every other Large-wearing man in southeast Michigan went shopping earlier that day. Their entire remaining stock of Large shirts will be some ugly thing I wouldn’t be caught dead in (and apparently nobody else would either). Or I’ll find a pair of shoes that look good, only to find that, sorry, but they’re sold out of size 11. :mad:

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**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-very-tall-men/549523/84 "2014-07-29T18:19:37Z")

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> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#):
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> Just to throw women into the mix — I am tall for a woman and have purchased a lot of tall stuff from Eddie Bauer too. This is particularly helpful if your arms are longer than a woman who is 5-2; which, since I’m 5-9, my arms are. It seriously annoys me that it is so difficult to find tall blouses for women. I quit buying them years ago, actually because of this problem.
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> No, I don’t go around topless. 😃

::waves to my tall brothers and sisters with my gangly chimp arms::

I’m a woman who’s ‘only’ 5’10", but my arms and legs are ridiculously long. I have a 36" inseam, so my mind is boggling at the thought of you guys who are 6’5" and over with a 34" inseam. I agree with Ellen, tops are by far the hardest thing to find. Designers have finally realized there’s a need for tall pants for women (though seeing tall defined as 32" makes me crazy) but as far as they’re concerned, we all have normal torsos. Most of my sweatshirts and fleeces are from the men’s department, just so I have a shot at having my wrists and waist covered.

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