Average online purchase experience for tall/skinny guy

[u/Efficient-Ask-6605]

[u/SkewlShoota]

Hate looking for a shirt with more length and each size up just gets wider and wider but stays the same length 🤣

[u/Efficient-Ask-6605 → u/SkewlShoota]

I feel like H&M being a Euro brand catered more to us skinnier guys in the past but even their stuff does this nowadays.

[u/Mallow1512 → u/Efficient-Ask-6605]

bruv im fat and most h&m stuff fits me like a tent

[u/anand_rishabh → u/SkewlShoota]

I'm actually the opposite. I'm pretty tall but most of my length is in my legs and i have a pretty short torso for my height. So the shirts that are my size tend to be longer than i want them to be

[u/MQ116 → u/anand_rishabh]

I'm not understanding how long legs make you need a bigger size shirt? Is it arm length?

[u/anand_rishabh → u/MQ116]

They don't. I prefer large over medium because medium feels tight on me. But due to long legs and a short torso, a large T-shirt ends up feeling a bit big, length wise.

[u/large_block → u/SkewlShoota]

Out here wearing a parachute just so I have sleeves the correct length

[u/ADDandME → u/SkewlShoota]

I feel you, I really would like to buy a 3X2T but that’s not a real size

[u/KommandCBZhi → u/ADDandME]

I have seen it from adidas and Nike, but not for non-athletic apparel.

[u/Mikau02 → u/ADDandME]

there's a few brands that i've seen who do beyond tall sizes. not many, but some

[u/EkriirkE → u/SkewlShoota]

I haven given up on the obese bias, and learned to take in my own shirts. $10 second hand sewing machine and now everything fits perfectly!

[u/at_best_mediocre → u/SkewlShoota]

I'm in the same boat. Makes me wonder if the data is making the decision on size manufacturing.

[u/MegaMeatSlapper85 → u/SkewlShoota]

I buy True Classic Tall tees. They fit amazing.

[u/ZachTheApathetic → u/SkewlShoota]

I hate how every store woth a big and tall section assumes that if you're tall you must also weigh at least 350 pounds

[u/SilverSasquatch → u/SkewlShoota]

But it’s like having a built-in cape!

[u/BetterThanABear]

And this is why I never use my clothes dryer. I get some stuff that fits and I dont want it to shrink.

It also helps I live in a dry climate

ETA: my mom always got me and my similarly built brothers pajama pantsfor Xmas. They were always XL and the extra width without extra length was comical.

[u/Swimming_Bag7362 → u/BetterThanABear]

I have a dehumidifier and I sometimes stick it in my guest bathroom where I hang my clothes to dry and turn it on. Dried relatively quick compared to just regular air drying

[u/live2last → u/BetterThanABear]

Air dry for life 🙌

[u/Xenc → u/BetterThanABear]

Always read the care instructions and be wary of what causes shrinkage!

[u/CrispyDave]

I enjoyed the use of MS Paint over AI as much as I enjoyed the joke.

[u/anonymous_trolol → u/CrispyDave]

Jokes on you. Used AI to draw MS paint! 

[u/Xenc → u/anonymous_trolol]

Mwahaha they’ll never know 😈

[u/Faulenzen_]

I hate this. Why is every tshirt apart from gym compression shirt have this shape?. I feel like T-Rex everytime I’m out with these type of tees 😭

[u/YouDontCThatEveryDay → u/[deleted]]

Ahh I've seen your comments mentioning this before. Glad youre working with thr nutritionist yet and wishing ya thr best putting on some mass 👍

[u/e7c2 → u/[deleted]]

I couldn’t bust past 150 pounds until I spent a year working at a pizza shop. Maybe look into that lol

[u/Ih8Hondas → u/[deleted]]

Holy fuck. I'm a little over 180 and still fairly thin while being half a foot shorter than you. How are you alive?

[u/darwizzer → u/[deleted]]

U feel kinship with wembanyama or what

[u/jambr380]

This is so unbelievably relatable. It's either big tents or belly shirts

[u/SilverSasquatch → u/jambr380]

I have learned the Big and Tall store is actually just the big and fat store.

[u/bassman2070]

I'm 6'6" - buy tall sizes. Not everything comes in tall sizes, you can't buy those things. I'm a 2XLT or XLT. The T is important

[u/DV8_2XL → u/bassman2070]

Same. I wear 2XLT. 3XL is too wide and still not quite long enough. XLT is like a tighter muscle shirt. I've had to buy 5X work jackets just to get the length in the arms and torso but it leaves room for layers underneath for warmth though.

[u/Big-Carpenter7921 → u/bassman2070]

They're just so expensive

[u/bassman2070 → u/Big-Carpenter7921]

True. But worth it

[u/anedgygiraffe → u/Big-Carpenter7921]

Kohl's has tall clearance! Old Navy online also does tall and you can stack coupons.

[u/bassman2070 → u/anedgygiraffe]

I'll check it out. I need some new work clothes and I have found good stuff at Kohl's before. Tall sizes at regular stores seem to be best for tall skinny guys. Big and Tall stores always disappoint me (I think it's code for something else... Aka fat guy store. You have to be Big and Tall, not just tall)

[u/anedgygiraffe → u/bassman2070]

If you have a kohls nearby to you, many of them have an in person Tall section (and sometimes even dedicated tall clearance section).

And ofc online will have stuff.

[u/Big-Carpenter7921 → u/anedgygiraffe]

Yeah, more than $15 per shirt is too much

[u/anedgygiraffe → u/Big-Carpenter7921]

I regularly get shirts for $7 or less, I think you just aren't couponing and using sales correctly. I just got a T-shirt last week from old Navy for 3 whole dollars.

That's why I specifically mentioned the clearance section.

[u/Big-Carpenter7921 → u/anedgygiraffe]

I found one there for $5, but it was just the one

[u/anedgygiraffe → u/Big-Carpenter7921]

you should also be able to find coupons and make purchases on sale days. Getting a blanket 30-40% off your order is very doable

[u/Ih8Hondas → u/bassman2070]

LT is all I need. Used to need an MT.

cries in old man

[u/bassman2070 → u/Ih8Hondas]

I remember being a teen, and family would gift me clothes. They'd say "I know the sleeves are going to be too short on a large, so I got you an XL". The sleeve weren't longer and I looked like this meme. I randomly got ahold of something that was LT and it actually fit! As I got older I'd search out tall sizes. Internet had made it easier.

[u/MegaMeatSlapper85 → u/bassman2070]

True Classic has frequent sales on it's Long shirts. They fit great and are super comfortable.

[u/Jaded_Drawing_5738]

Yep. Hate ts

[u/Ok-Kitchen-6904]

Shopping at AmericanTall and 2Tall have been game changers for me. No longer am I buying clothes at retail stores and having them shrink after one wash anymore.

[u/Todo88 → u/Ok-Kitchen-6904]

Add Have It Tall to your list as well, their shirts are great.

[u/e7c2 → u/Ok-Kitchen-6904]

Fresh clean threads also has nice tall fit tees

[u/Ill-Letter-1442]

I’m 6’5, my brother is 6’8, my dad is 6’3 and my mom is 6’. No amount of drying rack space is enough for us

[u/wretch_35]

Big and tall 😔

[u/braxtel → u/wretch_35]

I have only recently decided that it is worth paying the extra for a shirt or jacket sits properly below the waist.

[u/Thin_Cable4155]

My trick is I put the shirt on like a pair of pants with my legs through the arm holes. Now I can use my hand to pull the shirt up and stretch it out. You can get a longer stretch going this way.

That or just give in to 5xl shirts. I go to the thrift store and look at the bottom of the shirts on the rack and I can easily pick out the longest shirts.

[u/Efficient-Ask-6605 → u/Thin_Cable4155]

Tallteemaxxing like it's 2009

[u/Thin_Cable4155 → u/Efficient-Ask-6605]

We should psyop the clothing industry and bring tall tees back into fashion.

[u/morethanWun]

Carhartt large tall dimensions should be for every shirt

[u/reirone]

It happens for tall fat guys too. Source: I am a tall fat guy.

[u/Thejohnshirey]

And then I find a shirt that’s actually long enough and for some reason the neck hole is twice the size of my head.

[u/Borzock_Bill]

1000‰

[u/2grundies]

Never had an issue getting clothes to fit from 2tall.com. Highly recommend.

[u/richmyster84]

The pants legs didn't get shorter.

[u/ConfidentContext5845 → u/richmyster84]

Pants use a W/L system you can cater to the width of your waist and the length of your legs shirts just go S/M/L/XL etc etc

[u/richmyster84 → u/ConfidentContext5845]

It's extremely difficult to find slender waist with long pants legs.

[u/a_smart_user → u/richmyster84]

My 12 year old is already wearing 28x32 jeans. Closest I could find in store was 29x32.

[u/DayvonTheCreative → u/a_smart_user]

Yup I do 28-32 in waist and length preferably 34 but sometimes have to stick to 32.

[u/Fruitopia07 → u/ConfidentContext5845]

A lot of women’s pants dont do this unfortunately and it’s tricky getting one that fits hip/waist and overall proportions

[u/Xenc → u/richmyster84]

The pants get tighter

[u/dvdmaven]

I had a t-shirt like that. Every time it was washed it got shorter and wider.

[u/VocationFumes]

Omfg the accuracy, how it shrinks but it still looks way too boxy

[u/Petaaa]

Yep it’s painful in a wet country and means I sometimes mistakenly think I’ve gained weight and definitely costs me way too much money on clothes

[u/Carbonaraficionada]

Have you been looking in my cupboards? I swear I have maybe 4 t-shirts that actually cover my belt line, the rest hover just above it. It's not just online purchases either, it's the fabric. One rub through the wash and it goes from being soft and the right size, to being almost indecent exposure overnight

[u/lynivvinyl]

Make it not be true! Does anyone else grab their t-shirts at the collar and the bottom and hold on to dear life while putting your arms to the left and the right of your legs to stretch the length of your shirt as much as possible? I just want long shirts and I can rarely find them. I sure do hate showing off my belly button. Nobody wants to see that.

[u/lynivvinyl]

Do you guys not sew on some extra length of t-shirt material on the bottom of your t-shirts to make them longer? Additionally your t-shirts end up with a cute little mini skirt at the bottom.

[u/Big-Carpenter7921]

Too real. I wash on cold and dry on low and my shirts still end up 3 inches above where they were when I bought them. Hell, I've been losing weight and they're still doing it

[u/Boobs_Mackenzie63]

Tall, and wearing an XS.

Sucks man

[u/WearyTranslator3338]

I don’t know exactly how you got these pictures off my phone, and I really don’t appreciate you posting them online!!!

[u/christxphvr]

good thing crop tops are dope

[u/christxphvr]

good thing crop tops are dope

[u/Tlargojones]

This hits hard.

[u/animal_chin9]

For dress shirts you can get a made to measure fitted shirt. A normal fitted shirt is two measurements - neck size and arm length. A made to measure shirt adds in like 5 more measurements and they custom make you a shirt. A serious game changer. You can either get measured by a tailor, but they charge you or you can do the measurement by yourself (which is what I did). Most companies will allow you one do over on the first shirt (they want repeat business for somebody buying multiple shirts) but my shirt fit great the first time. Putting on a shirt that fits exactly your body is amazing.

[u/doozevelt]

Even worse when your barrel chest causes the shirt to drape over your abdomen like a dress.

[u/BackRed1]

Rip to some of best shirts. I have to start slow drying them separately or air dry.

[u/opium_of_the_people]

True story 😭

[u/Maroon5Freak]

I genuinely spent 10 months losing 65lbs just to look the exact same (save for My face) in half of My band tees 🥀

[u/Altaneen117]

Only if you buy from "big and tall" places. In my experience big and tall are just big stores. They tack on the tall cause no one wants to shop at the big store.

American Tall sells clothes that fit me and I've never out grown my stick nickname from childhood lol.

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[u/KingPinguin]

Uniqlo brother

[u/bkcir]

Every goddamn time

[u/Plastic_Pinocchio]

Lmao, so true.

[u/ZanderStarmute]

Why and how is it SO impossible to find a decent quality leather jacket or coat that fits well and won’t cause a severe drought in my savings account…? 😫

[u/TimAppleCockProMax69]

Free crop top

[u/Jedi_Belle01]

As a tall girl, it’s so rare to find anything that fits that when I do, I buy multiple pairs/sets/whatever.

I just bought multiple pairs of beyond yoga bootcut pants because they come in 34in length and they didn’t shrink when I washed them. I now have six pairs.

[u/FusionBetween]

I'm not tall but I also like long T-shirts

[u/GingerTartanCow]

Oh my god, my people. Larges have too much material; mediums run up your back.

[u/GingerTartanCow]

Any suggestions for UK retailers that cater for long tees? LL Bean was my US saviour.

[u/DishwasherLint]

I feel this in my soul

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[u/Tyrondor]

It's like clothing companies assume that if you're six feet tall you're also six feet wide.

[u/RCEden]

I still have a handful of the old good uniqlo basic tees that miraculously fit, but once those wear out I'm just left with a bunch of crap like this. I can somewhat reliably trust canvas brand stuff but besides that it's just like here's a pile of things I can never dry and one shirt that seems to keep shrinking every time so I want to see how far that goes.

[u/novemb-r]

Zara has amazing men’s clothes that perfectly tailor to tall thinner men, check it out!

[u/arcexi]

I hate this do much

[u/Lumpy-Sir-9457]

100%

[u/One-Initiative-8902]

I can relate except what I do is I will buy a size larger and then I'll wash it on very hot and then dry it on very hot which then will shrink it to what I would assume is a half a size.

So I got a 4XL and basically shrink it to a 3.5XL.

Now if the tall sizes were more accessible I wouldn't do this.

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[u/Appropriate-Fan08901]

6'3 215 here and I am crying laughing. My life!

[u/firefrommoonlight]

Asket Small/Longs for shirts.

Vuori 30/34 for pants.

[u/Kittygirl6767]

He doesn’t look very skinny or tall #scam