https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:04:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/4#post-1366529 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 21:30:13 +0000 shemarie 1366529@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great question.&nbsp; What an interesting read! 5'10" with long, knobby&nbsp;legs, high/not-defined waist, long neck, broad shoulders, very&nbsp;long arms.&nbsp; Reading that list, it's no wonder I have a hard time finding anything that fits off the rack?! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/4#post-1366381 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:27:05 +0000 viva 1366381@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>One of the most fascinating threads ever.<br /> 5'5" (.5" more on a good day), short waist, long legs, long monkey arms. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/4#post-1366363 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:07:28 +0000 Anonymous 1366363@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm just shy of 5' 6", with average waist length and leg length. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/4#post-1366282 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 16:35:18 +0000 citygirldc 1366282@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm 5'1" with slight pair tendencies. Inseam is 27". I prefer wearing petites in everything. Ann Taylor, Loft, BR petites, and Nordstrom are my best friends in terms of shopping. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/4#post-1365912 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 02:35:23 +0000 deb 1365912@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am 5' 6" now and just measured at the docs office a few weeks ago. I used to be 5' 7" but osteoporosis got little bits of me. It is funny to be measured again on a regular basis like I was a kid. Does anyone else feel strange about it?&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/4#post-1365909 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 02:32:31 +0000 Jaime 1365909@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I thought I had responded, but I don't see it. Anyway, I am&nbsp;5'3". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/4#post-1365873 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 01:39:46 +0000 Anonymous 1365873@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>At 58 I am still 5' 7.5" tall. Slender arms and toned legs, hourglass figure. Could stand to lose the 10 lbs I gained last year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/4#post-1365844 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 01:18:58 +0000 Style Fan 1365844@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>5' 7.5".&nbsp; I grew&nbsp; 1/2 inch since I was last measured 3 years ago.&nbsp; I saw the doctor today.&nbsp; Actually I think it depends on the time of day and who does the measuring.&nbsp; I also have scoliosis.&nbsp; </p> <p>I like my height.&nbsp; I have 2 sisters who are much shorter.&nbsp; One is 5' 2" and the other is 5' 5".&nbsp; My mother was 5' 2".&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/4#post-1365781 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:24:30 +0000 Kristin L 1365781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm 5'6" with a short waist. I've got a pretty good amount of leg and have finally learned that it's easier to order longs and hem them to PPL than to buy regulars and hope for the best. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/4#post-1365747 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:00:13 +0000 Jjsloane 1365747@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>5'8" here. I cannot handle 4 inch heels so not making 6' ever. I've enjoyed this height although my inseam was an issue until recently when things got taller for me. I used to be a T or Long but now I'm R unless I get a cropped L and then it's regular length.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/4#post-1365691 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 22:58:18 +0000 mirrorlight 1365691@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I'm technically 5' 1.5"... I used to go with 5' 1" but lately I've been rounding up, hah! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/4#post-1365688 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 22:52:38 +0000 Kari 1365688@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>5'5" if you measure first thing in the morning, standing perfectly straight. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/4#post-1365677 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 22:44:02 +0000 K. Period. 1365677@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nearly 5'5" for me. &nbsp;Long legs, short torso. &nbsp;I wear regular sizes most times, but sometimes petite tops and dresses work better for me because the waist placement is better--as long as the sleeves aren't too short. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/4#post-1365656 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 22:20:43 +0000 rabbit 1365656@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm 5'6" &nbsp;I think in bare feet, even sneakers add about an inch to that. &nbsp; It was wonderful to see so many YLF's in person. &nbsp;They all look even more lovely than their photos in RL, and it's great to hear people's voices, accents,&nbsp;and ways of speaking as well (another thing lost in written text). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/4#post-1365619 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:30:19 +0000 Janet 1365619@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Revisiting this thread, and it's amazing how so many of the forum members are shorter than I thought! Aubergine, Susie, TraceyLiz…and I thought Dianthus and Neel were the same height as me! Too funny.&nbsp;</p> <p>Echo, to answer your question from way back on the first page, my scoliosis definitely affects the fit of garments! I often can have something that's a little too big through the body&nbsp;altered by only taking in the&nbsp;left side -- my tailor was skeptical when I suggested it the first time, but she pinned it, and sure enough, that was all it needed. There are times when structured jackets with very little give simply look all wrong across my back -- they fit one side and make a weird wrinkle across to the other side.&nbsp;</p> <p>I realized one day that when I take my WIW pics, if I hold my phone with the opposite hand and try to pose differently, my body looks totally different. It's really weird. I photograph well from a very small number of&nbsp;angles but truly terribly from most others. Even my smile is crooked! If I try to smile without showing teeth, I look like I'm smirking. Ha!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/4#post-1365610 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:19:04 +0000 Anonymous 1365610@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Drive thru atms, that is. Ha. And&nbsp;I have no shoulders either. Very narrow. Especially per my hips. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/3#post-1365604 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:12:09 +0000 smiles33 1365604@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find it fascinating how some women near my height have so much longer legs! &nbsp;I'm 5'7" and have a 30" inseam--I am really ALL torso (plus a long neck). &nbsp;When seated, I probably look like I'm 5'10" or taller as I know I am 1/2 head taller than my husband (who is 5'9" but he is all legs and has no torso). &nbsp;We can't sit for any our family portraits because I tower over him (unless I slouch &nbsp;as much as possible, which then looks terrible).</p> <p>Funny story:&nbsp;when I did a bone density research study many years ago&nbsp;(they paid me $100!), the researchers told me that I had the longest torso measurement of any of their subjects! &nbsp;I thought it was hilarious since I'm only 5'7" standing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/3#post-1365594 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:03:43 +0000 Anonymous 1365594@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am 5'4". I normally take a regular or ankle length inseam. I have longish legs for my body but they are full, so they don't look as long as they are. My issue is my arms! I am like flipper when I go to ATMS and stuff, always struggling to reach and almost always finding jacket arm lengths a bit too long for me. Frustratingly, because I am often a 14 and usually the petite sizes stop at 12 or Large, so&nbsp;I get stuck with long sleeves that sometimes cannot be altered. No fair! Some of us are petite in length&nbsp;if not width! &nbsp;My torso is pretty short and pretty darn full of boobage! And I am realzing my profile pic looks like a head on shoulders. I do have a neck! Really, I do! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/3#post-1365585 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 20:52:47 +0000 Zibbets 1365585@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm 5 feet&nbsp;6.5 with a long torso, long arms, longish neck and&nbsp;average length legs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/3#post-1365546 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 19:53:25 +0000 Sara L. 1365546@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So interesting how many forum members are either taller or shorter than I envisioned.&nbsp; I'm 5'6" and have a long torso.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/3#post-1365471 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 18:05:55 +0000 Greyscale 1365471@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>5'4", long torso and neck, short legs.</p> <p>Wikipedia says that the average height of all women in the US (all races and ages over 20) is 5'4", by the way. I grew up thinking of myself as very short, but that was because I didn't grow til much later than my classmates. I was the smallest and youngest all along.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height#Average_height_around_the_world">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H....._the_world</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/3#post-1365470 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 18:04:42 +0000 qfbrenda 1365470@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>5'1" with a long torso, which can be hard to pull off. I have to work hard to keep my legs from looking really short... which they are. LOL I usually need petite sizes for tops and jackets because of my short arms.</p> <p>I wasn't able to get to this weekend's meet up in Seattle, but I've met one of Angie's clients at another of the meet ups. We noticed that while she's one inch taller than me, we have totally different proportions. She has a short torso and LONG limbs for her height. We compared arms and hers were 3-4 inches longer! So height only tells a small part of the story. At 5'1" I have to have petite jackets, while at 5'2" she couldn't wear petites or her sleeves would be too short.</p> <p>My three oldest boys are taller than me... 5'7", 5'8.5", and 5'2" respectively. I assure all my guys that they will all at least be taller than me. :)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/3#post-1365464 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:49:33 +0000 Hil 1365464@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>5"3 and short waisted here... I'd love another inch or two. I'm alway amazed by how many shorties like me there - I always expect people to tower above me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/3#post-1365457 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:35:13 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1365457@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>5'4" - longish legs, shortish torso and waist&nbsp;(scoliosis will do that to you) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/3#post-1365422 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:32:35 +0000 Alassë 1365422@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>5'4.5", so I&nbsp;buy regular trousers to&nbsp;hem and vary in&nbsp;petite/regular tops (if the retailer cuts generously in length &amp; width, I'm better off with petite). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/3#post-1365388 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:49:32 +0000 Anonymous 1365388@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have shrunk from 5'7 and three quarters&nbsp;to 5'7" (1.70m). :(<br />It was really neat to see everyone in real life at the meet-up. It wasn't just a height thing, either, but seeing people in 3D and the scale of their frames was so interesting. Add to that their voices and their gait and the real picture emerged. The first even I made it to was the breakfast on Saturday, and I was so awestruck just taking everything in. It was really mind-blowing to get to meet Angie, Inge and everyone IRL! </p> <p>ETA I take a regular inseam, but I have a super-long body so my legs are short in comparison. I just saw a picture of me from the back&nbsp;on Natalie(Goldenpig's) thread, and boy did it drive that point home! Sitting at a table next to others, I might appear much taller than I actually am (unless I'm slouching--oops!).&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/3#post-1365378 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:32:50 +0000 Karie 1365378@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm just a hair under 5'8" with long legs and a slightly short waist. I do best with a long length in pants, since I'm right at that in-between height where regular lengths are often too short and tall sizes are too big all over. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/3#post-1365376 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:30:57 +0000 froggiebecky 1365376@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm 5'3" (1.6 m), so on the 'tall side' of petite. That being said, I usually can't wear petite clothes. I'm short waisted, with a long rise, and proportionate legs (29/30" inseam). I end up taking regular trousers for the rise length, and look for short, but otherwise just hem them. </p> <p>I can sometimes wear petite tops--I've got short arms, so sleeves are always too long on me. But I've got sizeable upper arms, so petites can sometimes be a bit too narrow for me. </p> <p>In many ways, I feel like I've got the best of both worlds--if I find something that I like and isn't working for me in the dressing room, I can head to the petite department and see if they have something over there that suits better, so more options for me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/3#post-1365369 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:19:12 +0000 MsMary 1365369@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm 5'2".&nbsp; I have relatively longish legs for my height -- petite pants are often too short as I like to wear my pants long. But my arms are super short so often the sleeves on even petite shirts and jackets need to be shortened.&nbsp; (That's why I love bracelet-length sleeves!)&nbsp; And I am short-waisted so petite tops and dresses fit me better in the torso. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-tall-are-you/page/3#post-1365364 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:12:18 +0000 anne 1365364@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm 5"4 and have a long torso and short legs. </p>