https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finding-kids-tops-that-are-long-enough Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:49:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finding-kids-tops-that-are-long-enough#post-187345 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:00:40 +0000 Isabel 187345@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>WOW, we really are all the same in the end ! I have the EXACT same problem. And I am pretty strict ( my daughter is 7 ). I am strict because so many girls in her class where micro - shorts and skirts that I I don't want to make an exception. I tell her these are just our values, but other people have their own values - so that she doesn't judge.</p> <p>I also do the skirts with the tights and the top. The other think I do, because my mom sews, is I make tops into 3/4 length sleeves so that it looks purposeful or I just roll up the sleeve. Sometimes, my mom sews in a ruffle or "layer" at the bottom to make it longer.</p> <p>Good Luck </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finding-kids-tops-that-are-long-enough#post-187204 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:51:21 +0000 Theresa 187204@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep Anne another one with that problem here too!</p> <p>G is fine - she's got long arms, but otherwise clothes seem to fit her well (she's actually more round with shorter legs so length isn't an issue except for her arms).</p> <p>But, E, well she is not at all tall for her age, but she is very slim, so anything that fits around her is absolutely too short. </p> <p>I've gone the denim skirt over the top route for her purely because I haven't found anything that suitable either.</p> <p>Another downside to her size is that she is a bit too old for a lot of the clothes that do fit around her, so its hard to find things that aren't too babyish! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finding-kids-tops-that-are-long-enough#post-187185 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:00:41 +0000 anne 187185@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks ladies- some great tips here</p> <p>Dusty - yes she has some knit dresses and has been using them like this</p> <p>All those suggesting denim skirts - this is a great idea and makes me wonder where her denim skirt has gone - she used to have one, in fact she used to have several but I may have culled them. She has a red corduroy skirt she sometimes puts on when I insist on bottom coverage and I must remember it</p> <p>Julie - yes I am loving jeggings too and have bought her 2 pairs. I agree that with kids jeggings means they can wear normal length tops</p> <p>Inge - it isn't really hot, since it is winter here. but DD hates wearing any more layers than she has if she get hot from running around.<br /> I have been looking out for tunics and found little - I am sure there were more around last year. Part of the problem is that for her birthday she got 2 striped pairs of leggings so she'll need plain tops to wear them with (not say shirt tunics - but she doesn't like wovens much anyway)</p> <p>Megan - thanks for those shopping tips! Great to hear some someone who is petite like you. We don't have any of those shops in the town I live in but 50km away there is a Kmart and Supre is in the city where I may visit in the school holidays so they are definite options.</p> <p>Thanks again! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finding-kids-tops-that-are-long-enough#post-186940 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:19:05 +0000 Megan 186940@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anne, Jay Jays are now making XXS tops in long length....might they be an option?</p> <p>Otherwise, try Supre for their XXS sizes or Ice for their XS sizes. I know both of those stores are a bit teeny bopper for your 7 year old but they do regular tees and tops. </p> <p>I actually got a top that is long enough for me to wear with leggings in the kids section at Kmart the other day. It's red and grey stripes and really cute. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finding-kids-tops-that-are-long-enough#post-186817 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:00:59 +0000 Inge 186817@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I was also thinking tunics and dresses over the leggings instead of regular length tops? A denim skirt is always cute too, but perhaps it's too hot for that right now? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finding-kids-tops-that-are-long-enough#post-186692 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:47:42 +0000 Louise 186692@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see a lot of kids at work in leggings and a short top and my head is screaming "but they are leggings and need a skirt or dress over them!" so I think even kids should not wear leggings as pants x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finding-kids-tops-that-are-long-enough#post-186688 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:35:54 +0000 RoseandJoan 186688@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I here you Anne, my two year old is wearing age 5 clothes because of length issues, the UK is a cooler climate so I normally throw a denim skirt over the leggings. The girls both have jeggings and the extra coverage allows for shorter tops, could jeggings be an option? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finding-kids-tops-that-are-long-enough#post-186598 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:31:53 +0000 Dusty 186598@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm.... most of DD's long tops come from Gymboree, but you don't have that over there (although I think I've heard rumors that it's coming) and you are getting close to the upper end of that anyway. My kids both have long torsos and I often end up having to size up a little even if i just want a top to wear with jean. </p> <p>Hmm.....other ideas to wear with leggings - knit dresses (like Hanna Andersson) or just use a regular tee and slip a denim skirt on over the leggings.</p> <p>I let DD wear leggings as pants now, but she's two. Plus, she's still in diapers - I think she'll have to have her tushy covered if she's wearing leggings once she moves to undies. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finding-kids-tops-that-are-long-enough#post-186550 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:12:26 +0000 anne 186550@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>She has just turned seven. I buy at least an 8, sometimes a 10 for her (not that I buy much for her anyway, she mostly has handmedowns and gifts and wears uniform at school) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finding-kids-tops-that-are-long-enough#post-186506 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:35:57 +0000 chewyspaghetti 186506@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How old is she Anne? We sometimes have problems with shirt length. I've had to start buying my dd tops in the Jr. section for the length- but she's 11. For her- as long as the booty is covered I let her wear it with leggings. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finding-kids-tops-that-are-long-enough#post-186475 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:36:16 +0000 anne 186475@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All through my childhood I found tops were too short in the body and often too long in the arms, owing to my long torso.</p> <p>Now my daughter is having the same issue.</p> <p>I am pretty keen on her not wearing leggings as pants, but she has quite a few pairs now and it is getting harder and harder to keep her adequately covered because she is a tall girl (taking after DH, not me) and growing fast. A tunic top I got her last year now does not completely cover her bottom. I went to (Australian) Target and Best and Less looking for some long tops - just something like a long sleeved Tee - and found nothing. We did get her a banded cap sleeve Tee shirt but even that is not going to be adequate for very long.</p> <p>She does have a couple of sweaterdress which she wears with leggings and over a tee but sometimes she just wants one layer on top.</p> <p>How strict are you with kids and leggings coverage? And is anyone else facing this problem? </p>