# Tall sweatshirts that really are.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-sweatshirts-that-really-are/669400>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 22, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-sweatshirts-that-really-are/669400 "2013-09-22T00:18:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-sweatshirts-that-really-are/669400/1 "2013-09-22T00:18:11Z")

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Looking for brands of cotton crew neck sweatshirts that have plenty of length to them so I don’t wind up baring my entire stomach if I lift an arm or show plumbers crack if I bend over. I’ve never had the problem with T-shirts and I’m not unusually tall (I’m just short of 6’), but large sizes, that I wear for T-shirts are way too short with Hanes, Fruit of the Loom, and Champion, and even XLT are too short, or wind up that way after a couple of washes.

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**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-sweatshirts-that-really-are/669400/2 "2013-09-22T01:03:41Z")

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[Duluth Trading](http://www.duluthtrading.com/) is your answer. Specialists in all butt crack covering apparel.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-sweatshirts-that-really-are/669400/3 "2013-09-22T01:15:07Z")

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You want High & Mighty in their tall (XLT) fittings.

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**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-sweatshirts-that-really-are/669400/4 "2013-09-22T13:50:49Z")

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I should have specified I’m in the US, and coincidently a Duluth trading company opened up a couple of blocks from me, so I’ll have to check them out.

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**Author:** ![CLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@CLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CLee)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-sweatshirts-that-really-are/669400/5 "2013-09-22T14:37:16Z")

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Gap and Old Navy have tall sizes available online.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-sweatshirts-that-really-are/669400/6 "2013-09-22T14:51:10Z")

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Bonus question: anybody know of a brand that might fit my gorilla arms (I wear dress shirts with a 37-38" sleeve length)? I’ve never found a sweatshirt with sleeves that went all the way to my hands.