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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: Tunic Issues https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tunic-issues Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:53:02 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php marianne on "Tunic Issues" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tunic-issues#post-107521 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:19:36 +0000 marianne 107521@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Kristen, I think I am about the same height, and Angie had suggested before that I use actual dresses as tunics - since most of them are on the shorter side at the moment. I have a shirt-like tunic from Esprit that is long enough, and they have a few similar ones, but they are probably too casual for you. Dani on "Tunic Issues" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tunic-issues#post-107519 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:12:21 +0000 Dani 107519@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Kristen, I'm 5'10 and have the same issues you have mentioned. For tunic type tops, I've had the most luck with the sweater dress style. If you'd like a more shirt type top maybe you could look for a shirt-dress style? Is that what you're after? I did a quick (very quick) search and came up with a few options from BCBG in the traditional tunic style so you might give them a look. I hope you are able to find something as this has been a point of frustration for me personally. Good luck! Kristen on "Tunic Issues" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tunic-issues#post-107514 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:03:16 +0000 Kristen 107514@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh, Inge those are some lovely sweater dresses! I really like the AT and Express ones, and I've had my eye on that Donna Morgan ponte one at Nordstrom for a while. For a tunic, though, I'd really like to look more like a shirt/top than a sweater, if that makes any sense. Maybe it's too late in the season, and I should try for spring, but in my mind, it should be patterned and should resemble an oversized top. But when I try that on in stores, they are too short on my body. chewyspaghetti on "Tunic Issues" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tunic-issues#post-107512 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:54:03 +0000 chewyspaghetti 107512@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Kristen- have you tried looking for sweater dresses? Those might be the right length for you since most hit around the knee on a shorter person. Inge on "Tunic Issues" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tunic-issues#post-107498 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:52:13 +0000 Inge 107498@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <a href="http://bananarepublic.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=51705&vid=1&pid=691041&scid=691041002" rel="nofollow">http://bananarepublic.gap.com/.....=691041002</a> <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/WomenBrowse/Women_Shop_By_Category/dresses/knitdresses/PRDOVR~20624/20624.jsp" rel="nofollow">http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Brows...../20624.jsp</a> <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/WomenBrowse/Women_Shop_By_Category/dresses/knitdresses/PRDOVR~18423/18423.jsp" rel="nofollow">http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Brows...../18423.jsp</a> <a href="http://www.martinandosa.com/web/browse/product.jsp?catId=cat50002&productId=1751_2029" rel="nofollow">http://www.martinandosa.com/we.....=1751_2029</a> Oooooh stripes;-) <a href="http://www.express.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=19618&parentCategoryId=2&categoryId=22&subCategoryId=22" rel="nofollow">http://www.express.com/catalog.....egoryId=22</a> <a href="http://www.anntaylor.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=22658&N=1200007&pCategoryId=3939&categoryId=180&Ns=CATEGORY_SEQ_180&loc=TN&gridSize=sm&showAll=true&defaultColor=Black&defaultSizeType=Regular" rel="nofollow">http://www.anntaylor.com/catal.....pe=Regular</a> <a href="http://www.anntaylor.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=22392&N=1200007&pCategoryId=3939&categoryId=180&Ns=CATEGORY_SEQ_180&loc=TN&gridSize=sm&showAll=true&defaultColor=Heather%20Grey&defaultSizeType=Regular" rel="nofollow">http://www.anntaylor.com/catal.....pe=Regular</a> <a href="http://www.anntaylorloft.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=22043&N=1200007&categoryId=211&pCategoryId=3359&Ns=CATEGORY_SEQ_211&Nty=1&No=15&loc=TN&defaultColor=Dark%20Grey%20Melange&defaultSizeType=Regular" rel="nofollow">http://www.anntaylorloft.com/c.....pe=Regular</a> <a href="http://www.bcbg.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3745731&cp=2840697&view=all&parentPage=family" rel="nofollow">http://www.bcbg.com/product/in.....age=family</a> Inge on "Tunic Issues" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tunic-issues#post-107496 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:40:47 +0000 Inge 107496@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I know exactly what you are talking about Kristen! I don't think I'm particularly long-waisted, but I am tall too. How tall are you again, 5"7? Like you've already pointed out yourself, I think your best bet will be short dresses, since most tunics will invariably be on the short side. I'm hoping this one will work out for me: <a href="http://www.bluefly.com/Design-History-wine-merino-wool-cowlneck-tie-detail-dress/designer-cat60019-4294965541/213672200/detail.fly" rel="nofollow">http://www.bluefly.com/Design-.....detail.fly</a> But you want brick-and-mortar stores. Hmm, would any of these work? <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3063374/0~2376776~2374327~2374331~6014132?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6014132&P=1" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/30.....2&P=1</a> <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3082372/0~2376776~2374327~2374331~6014132?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6014132&P=1" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/30.....2&P=1</a> <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3065678/0~2376776~2374327~2374331~6014132?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6014132&P=2" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/30.....2&P=2</a> <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3060629/0~2376776~2374327~2374331~6014132?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6014132&P=3" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/30.....2&P=3</a> <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3057214/0~2376776~2374327~2374331~6014132?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6014132&P=4" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/30.....2&P=4</a> <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3053405/0~2376776~2374327~2374331~6014132?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6014132&P=5" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/30.....2&P=5</a> Mellllls on "Tunic Issues" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tunic-issues#post-107489 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:36:53 +0000 Mellllls 107489@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Wish I could help but I've been looking for tunics as well. I have leggings, I have boots but my leggings with boots don't get worn because I have nothing to wear on top! Kristen on "Tunic Issues" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tunic-issues#post-107486 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:05:33 +0000 Kristen 107486@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Okay, I took the plunge and bought a pair of skinny ponte pants, which I like much better on me with boots than I did skinny jeans. But...I have nothing up top to wear them with! Based on the shape and curve of my pear hips-and-thighs area, I think I need to wear them with very-long tops in order to really achieve the look I like. All my bf sweaters stop just under my dupa or on my upper-thigh, but that cuts me off at exactly the wrong place with skinnies and boots. So, it's gotta be a tunic. Laura65 and I came to a revelation while we were shopping the last time; because I am so tall and long-waisted, what is a long-length tunic on her barely reaches over my dupa on me, so I need a long, long tunic -- practically a mini-dress. And I can't find any of those anywhere! I'd really like to find one in a brick-and-mortar store so I could try it on first, but so far Kohl's, Marshalls, Nordstrom, ATL and Target have all come up with zilch. I've wandered through INC at Macys a bit, but most of those look too hippie-style for me. Suggestions? I'd love to find at least one tunic I actually liked!