I randomly ran across Jaclyn's blog on Tumblr. She's another tall girl looking for fashion amnesty. And we should support her. I think the accompanying picture speaks volumes about the counter-height-to-common-proportions battle we all face, as well. Welcome Jaclyn.
while in new york city, i stopped in at the cowgirl to pick up a t-shirt for my sister. the host—a supertall drink of water (pronounced the british way) sold me the t-shirt and a couple of corndog car air fresheners. at this point, i start to get annoying and try to explain to him that he probably couldn't tell but that i was actually pretty tall for a chick myself. and so was my husband. for a dude. he seemed almost convinced, but not really so much. told him about the blog. that was about it for then... then i had a couple tequilas at the bar.
one of the regulars, peter, and i started talking. and we chatted with kat the bartender. and they had a nice tequila selection, with a couple kinds i had not tried before. imagine that!
kat told me that they hung their antler chandeliers low above the bar to discourage dancing on it. except for very, very short people. then we started talking about the host. tall paul, they call him. of course, i start singing annette funicello's tall paul.
turns out tall paul is a singer, too. but a real one. he has his own band, paul bernstein and his wide stance. i bugged paul quite a bit "for the blog," of course. then i rudely got his height. he is about 6'8.5". i know it is a rude question really tall people get tired of. but anyway. paul is from london, and his band has a myspace page. and you can hear his songs and watch his videos on there.
i hope tall paul brings his band to the sf bay area, a place where we can truly appreciate songs about looking for george michael, men's rooms, and feeling fruity. please come visit us, paul!
ok, this site has nothing to do with tall things, really. but it is fascinating and delightful! the site shows photographic recreations of children's drawings. i noticed this extremely long little girl's fantasy bed and thought i would pass it along. it filled me with joyful imagination.
search by inseam is a very helpful site if you have long legs and are in the market for pants or jeans. corrinne, the tall woman who runs the site, is a long inseam super sleuth with good taste to boot. she pays special attention to hard-to-find items like fashionable tall maternity jeans. and tall, organic, high-waisted wide-legs. she can help you find tall plus jeans, too. corrinne also has a blog. (but sometimes she posts about petites. you can just gloss over those.)
NPR's talk of the nation interviews, rebecca thomas, 6'4" 21-year-old author of "Life as a Tall Girl," an essay published on the New York Times health blog. you can hear the interview online today at 6pm eastern. becky will also be a guest blogger on blog of the nation.
becky has just started a tall blog, Tall Girl Writes. and i think she mentioned something about a possible book deal on her NYT podcast interview.
I just discovered our counterpart blog! Short Shrifted captures the challenges of sartorial shopping for short citizens. Though I think the fundamental challenges around finding and wearing appropriate short-persons' clothing (too long, too big, etc) are more easily solved by sound tailoring than they are for tall people (it's not quite so easy to add fabric or alter fit), tall folks will definitely be able to identify with the overall premise.
happy (belated) birthday to tall order! we have now been posting tall finds for a whole year, as of september 18.
long tall sally has her own myspace page, and all the tall girls want to be her friend. so if you are looking for tall & lovelies online, sally can introduce you.
