Hug the closest tall woman you see next! ..or, Affirmations of a tall woman!

[vanna]

6'3" here. Just like you, I get comments about my height all the time. Today the girl who waxed my brows told me, "It must be wonderful to be so tall." She stood about 5'1". We commiserated about the inconveniences of tallness/shortness. I complained about everything being built for shorter people, and she complained about everything being built for taller people. In the end we agreed 5'8" or 5'9" would be best because then you get to wear all the best clothes, and fit easily into cars, while still being tall enough to reach high-ish shelves.

On the plus side, I have super long legs and I knife through crowds with ease.

I have never really heard negative comments about my height, but people bring it up more often than the weather as a conversation starter with me, so it does get a little tiresome.

Lol

Ive had many of those conversations, your tall I'm not, you can reach things i cant ect ect

I think tall transitioners are generally overworried of their size, the city i work in i see women of every height imaginable so...

Just use what you have i say..some like tall some small who really care eventually, they can all look devastating

[mmelny]

Lol

Ive had many of those conversations, your tall I'm not, you can reach things i cant ect ect

Haha.. that reminds me of...  I was at the grocery store the weekend before last walking through the aisles, and there was this short woman (i'm guessing 5') standing there, staring hopelessly at the top shelf, I swooped in and easily grabbed the box of whatever it was she was looking at and I handed it too her, like superwoman saving someone that was falling, bringing them softly to the ground.. .my stawart good deed for that day lol...  she just smiled and scuttled off, like short people do *giggles*...

*huggs*,
Melan

[vanna]

Lol

Ive had many of those conversations, your tall I'm not, you can reach things i cant ect ect

Haha.. that reminds me of...  I was at the grocery store the weekend before last walking through the aisles, and there was this short woman (i'm guessing 5') standing there, staring hopelessly at the top shelf, I swooped in and easily grabbed the box of whatever it was she was looking at and I handed it too her, like superwoman saving someone that was falling, bringing them softly to the ground.. .my stawart good deed for that day lol...  she just smiled and scuttled off, like short people do *giggles*...

*huggs*,
Melan

Lol, Yes Melan
i think your find that girl was me..and thank you for that

[mmelny]

Well, the point is I dont shop online and my shoes size its 10 (I still wonder if its a "normal" size for my height or im just having huge feet) And here in my city its kinda rare that stores carry up to that number. Mostly up to 9 which its annoying. And the few 10 that arrives are hunt like crazy since there are a lot of tall women here.

That's a funny observation that I've seen too.  Like to find a size 10/11 in most stores is impossible, then when I goto payless which has up to size 12 in women's, sometimes it's hard to squeeze in between all the women with my same size shoe.   It's odd too because they aren't really that tall, they just have big feet.  More stores need to carry the larger sizes.   Would be nice if to get a list of stores that carry sizes larger then 9.  The mall is the worst, a study in disappointment, going to the department and boutique stores, almost always only go up to 9, sigh.

*huggs*,
Melan

[Alyssa M.]

Frederick's? Really?

I don't think this is what most women are looking for most of the time:



Heels are one thing. Five-inch stiletto cfm shoes are quite another.

[Alyssa M.]

I have no problem with Zappos -- just Frederick's. Well, not really a problem, just slight shock that you suggested them.

But okay, since you asked, here's my advice:

If you want to get shoe's from a lingerie retailer, I'd go for Victoria's Secret -- I've have a pair of ballet flats I bought online from them that I lke a lot. They sell shoes in their house brand up to 11, though unfortunately it's a lousy brand. But at least they have some shoes that you can actually wear outside, and they occasionally carry shoes from other makers in 11 (generally just up to 10). Overall, you might as well buy from Target.

I don't really like Zappos, actually -- they tend to have lots and lots of of shoes that I don't want to buy. If I find a shoe online, it's usually by searching through a bunch of different stores -- Macy's, Ann Taylor, Steve Madden, etc. They usually have completely haphazard size selections -- but they also usually have search functions which allow you to pick a size. I've seen sizes up to 12 where I really didn't expect it.

But of course, it's always best to buy in person. Uncomfortable feet are unpleasant. I got a pair of cute, quite comfortable shoes from Ross a size down from what I usually wear (10 instead of 11). If I'd gotten them online, I would have gone for size 11, and they would have been too big. I have another pair of shoes from the same maker that also fit well. So in general, I'd recommend against buying shoes online.

Then again, I just bought a pair of ski boots online -- from Sierra Trading Post, in case you're wondering. -- which everyone says is a really dumb thing to do. Luckily they fit well, size 27.5. My feet are pleased.

[Sephirah]

I think the only way I'll get shoes big enough for my feet is to trade houses with the old woman who lived in one. Lord knows where I'll find the other one.

[mmelny]

*giggles*, probably not the first thread posted about affirmation of one's self and place within this world, that ends up talking about shopping   

Oh well, fun chats. 

*huggs*,
Melan

[Chaunte]

I guess that at 5' 10", I'm the shortest woman here!  When I wear my heels, I come in at a solid 6' 1".  Does that count? 

I find that I tend to sit when talking, that allows me to be on eye-level with the other women around.  It also gives the men the opportunity to look downwards in my direction (as opposed to looking down at me).

I usually shop at either payless.com or avenue.com for shoes.  (13W)  The sizes at Avenue.com tend to be very consistant.  I first discovered their cloudwalker shoes via ebay.  I also think that their shoes are the most comfortable I have ever worn - this includes 3" heels.  As a high school teacher, I am on my feet a LOT, so comfort is important.

Chaunte

[Zelane]

I guess that at 5' 10", I'm the shortest woman here!

Nope thats my title *HIIISSSSSSS* (until someone else claims it)

Err, sorry for turning this into a shopping thread. I dont shop online for two main reasons.

• I like to try on things, no point buying something that might look nice but might be awful too
• I dont have much money XD

[Laura Eva B]

I guess that at 5' 10", I'm the shortest woman here!  When I wear my heels, I come in at a solid 6' 1".  Does that count? 

Chaunte

Well I'm 5' 7" and still feel that I'm taller than most women in the UK (bring in the young Scandinavian women who now have an average height of over 5' 8" !) !!!

Do like my height though.

UK shoe size 6 - 7, US 8, so no issues in normal shoe shops ...

Laura x

[mmelny]

Well I'm 5' 7" and still feel that I'm taller than most women in the UK (bring in the young Scandinavian women who now have an average height of over 5' 8" !) !!!

Do like my height though.

UK shoe size 6 - 7, US 8, so no issues in normal shoe shops ...

Laura x

Lucky you Laura, to be "normal"!   Thanks for stopping by!

<=== goes shopping for a chain saw, that's one way to get short in a hurry! 

*huggs*,
Melan

[Zelane]

I find this useful to check the shoe sizes.

http://www.i18nguy.com/l10n/shoes.html

[mmelny]

I find this useful to check the shoe sizes.

http://www.i18nguy.com/l10n/shoes.html

That is a great link.  The tall woman thread knows no boundaries, we have shoes and online shopping almost covered here!  *giggles*

Totally joking, the two issues are very akin.  Being taller, larger sized is directly related to finding clothes/shoes that fit our larger frames.

One thing that I've never understood about shoe sizing, is how I can be a 10.5 in men's shoes, but in women's, a size 10 or 11 depending on the shoe/boot type.. when all sizing charts (not just your link Zelane),  indicate I should be around a 12.  Oh well, I'll take it!   Makes life much easier that the two match

*huggs*,
Melan

[Eamber]

I guess I count for this, though the circumstances are kinda unusual. I'm about 5'10 and a half, but tallness seems to run in the female side of my family anyway, because two of my aunts are taller then me - at 5'11 and 6'1 respectively, with my grandma just a bit behind me at 5'9, and my cousin at 5'7-8 and only coming up on age 16. So I probably would have ended up this tall no matter what. Which is a good thing? I guess.

[mmelny]

I guess I count for this, though the circumstances are kinda unusual. I'm about 5'10 and a half, but tallness seems to run in the female side of my family anyway, because two of my aunts are taller then me - at 5'11 and 6'1 respectively, with my grandma just a bit behind me at 5'9, and my cousin at 5'7-8 and only coming up on age 16. So I probably would have ended up this tall no matter what. Which is a good thing? I guess.

You shorter girls are definitely not getting any sympathy from me *giggles*.  5'10" is a nice height, I have at least a forehead on you lol....  oh well, we draw the straws and we get what we get out of the genetic sludge of the human genome.   I'm by far the tallest person in my family *ever*, no one else has ever been this tall.. why me lol....  I blame it on growth hormones in ice cream.. I ate A LOT of ice cream growing up

*huggs*,
Melan

[Zelane]

You shorter girls are definitely not getting any sympathy from me *giggles*.

Shut up or ill bite your kness *nomnomnom* 

My growth stopped at age 16 at 5'9'' It was between funny and weird seeing a cousin catch up to me. In junior HS I was the 2nd tallest in the classroom being the 1st another girl.

[mmelny]

At work, there are only 3 other women on the mgmt team, and one of them is 5'10, but insists on wearing heels.. much to my delight

Eye to eye is so nice.  Once I'm full time, I need her to wear a REALLY tall heel to keep up with my 2-3" ones

Shut up or ill bite your kness *nomnomnom* 

Lol Zelane, *huggs*.   

Melan

[mmelny]

Just kinda posting on this thread keeping it alive for no real good reason

So it turned into a shopping thread for tall women.  On that subject, I finally meandered into a Tall Girl store (today).  The first rule of Tall Girl is, make sure there is a sale on.  Today there was a sale on!  The winter close out, get the stuff while it's hot, and still on sale.   The 2nd rule of Tall Girl, that even at 6'2", there is a good possibility, even in 3.5" heeled boots as I happened to be wearing, that there will be yet a taller person then yourself in the store.   There was!   I love tall women, I love women that are even taller then me even more! 

One of the clerks was tall, like 6'5", and I had to catch myself from saying, you are really tall girlfriend, like she hasn't heard that enough in her life, or me in mine lol.  NOW, I see why this happens lol.   The shoe's on the other foot.   I did not say it, thank goodness.

This is the first time I've put on pants, and they were TOO long lol.  What a wonderful thing.  Ok, I loved the pants, and was disappointed, but the feeling that the clothes were too long for my legs was too much of a rush to care about the improper sizing.   So, the clerk brings me a pair of Foxy stretch denim jeans.  Something I would have never picked up to buy on my own, but I take them into the fitting room anyway.   Squeezing size 8 jeans onto a frame that normally wears a 10/12 in pants, was a chore, but I fell in love with the stretch, and the styling, and now, I'm one of those people, that wear Foxy jeans, lol.

Oh well, *huggs*,
Melan

[Asriea]

I have been putting off going through my own transition because of my height...
I'm 6'3" and finding things to fit is rather hard, online shopping is my best route but then I don't know how things will fit.
I think that I have finally set a date that I want to start down the path to being me full time.
This is my first time posting here and I'm hoping that I can find a nice community that will be there if I need help.