I was so excited to discover that Boohoo has a tall range, and as I had a 20% off code I had to order a few bits and see what it was like! Now Boohoo do state that their tall range is for people 5'7" to 5'11" and as I am on the top end of that at 5'11" I wasn't holding my breath that the lengths would be any good, but as returns are free and I was ordering a standard size top anyway I thought it was worth taking a chance.
To get an idea of how they fair I picked out some jeans (for leg length), a long sleeve top (for sleeve length) and a dress (for length in general). Here's how I got on...
First up, the jeans. (I cut my head out of most of these photos as I was getting sick when I took them and was pulling some kind of weird derp face in most of them.) These are the Tall Hara Ripped Knee Skinny Jeans and I ordered a size 12. I am a 10/12 depending on the store/fit and the 12 was fine in these and they do have some stretch in them. As you can see, they are high waisted and the length is great. I need at least a 34" leg in skinny jeans for them to be ankle length, longer for flares or bootcut styles. I didn't measure the leg but I would say they are 34.5" or 35" inside legs. I did end up sending these back as I felt like the knee rips were cut slightly too high, although looking at these pictures they look OK. And secondly I am trying to be more picky about pocket placement on my jeans and the back pockets on this pair seemed slightly too high, but that just a personal preference for me. The jeans are £22.
Secondly, the long sleeve top. It's the Tall Lora Long Sleeve Basic Swing Top and comes in black and white as well as this burgundy/wine colour. As your can see see the sleeve length is great. The fabric is super soft and hangs really nicely. It is £12. I'm wearing the 10 here.
Finally, the dress. I find that a lot of 'tall' brands still insist on making their dresses far too short so my test for this one was whether I would feel comfortable wearing it with bare legs if the weather ever warms up. Well yes, yes I would. Again, it's a soft fabric and hangs nicely and could we have some warm weather now so I can wear it styled with white pumps exactly like this please? This is the Tall Haidee Oversized T Shirt Dress and comes in black, mocha and grey marl in addition to this khaki/army green. It's just £12 so I'd quite like the grey one too I think. This is a size 12.
And that concludes my round up. This is not a sponsored post, I just think that the tall range is quite new to Boohoo so if I didn't know about it then it's possible other tall ladies out there don't know either. Would I order from it again? Yes I would, as the prices are cheap to begin with and there is almost always some sort of offer on for a discount or free shipping. The quality is comparable to that of much of the high street and shipping is fast: my order arrived a day before they said it would, even on standard delivery.
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Saturday, April 29, 2017
Friday, April 07, 2017
Outfit: March 28th – Denim Shirt, Khaki Pants, Biker Jacket
It had been a while since I’d worn my denim shirt and it seemed like the perfect piece to put on with my beloved army green trousers. I’ve had the shirt many years and although it came from H&M the length in the body is awesome and the sleeves aren’t bad either. I took it in at the sides last summer for a better fit as it was looking a bit loose.
This is the jacket I got at the Tall Girls pop up shop in Leeds the other week. It’s quite stretchy and really comfortable to wear. And look at the length of those sleeves!
Shirt – H&M
Trousers – F+F at Tesco
Jacket – Tall Girls
Shoes – Primark
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Tall Girls Pop Up Shop in Leeds
A week ago Saturday the tallgirls.co.uk website held a pop up event in Leeds. I was very excited as they have previously only been to London, Birmingham and Manchester. Online shopping is great, but sometimes it's nice to have the opportunity to try stuff on before you buy it, rather than ordering, trying on at home and then returning it if it doesn't fit.
The Tall Girls team had set up shop in a room in the Met Hotel in Leeds and it was the real deal, with changing rooms, a shoe department and possibly the longest rack of jeans I've ever seen in my life! It was certainly the longest rack of jeans that I knew were all the right length (or even too long) for my legs.
Me with Joanne McHarg
Joanne McHarg founded the company in 1998 with a range of footwear in size 9 and larger, and then branched out into clothing in 2001. She still runs the company today and it was lovely to meet her in person at the pop up. We follow each other on Instagram and I think it was the first time I've ever been recognised from social media.
I had a good look round the shop and tried on lots of things, eventually picking out this fabulous biker jacket to take home with me (it also comes in navy and I'm hoping I might get that one for my upcoming birthday).
There are a few other pop up shops taking place this spring, details are on the website. So if you're tall get yourself down there and check it out!
My outfit:
Jacket - Tall Girls
Top - Forever 21
Jeans - New Look
Shoes - Primark
Sunglasses - Oxfam
Scarf - gifted
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Saturday, March 25, 2017
My New Glasses (2017 Edition)
You may have noticed that I got new glasses a few weeks ago. Given that some of my most popular past posts were one about my glasses, I thought I’d do a post about the new pairs that I got this time. (This post is not sponsored – I wish it were! – I just know that people are interested in reading about my glasses.)
I went to ASDA again as they are cheap. But the service is good and they seem to do a thorough eye examination (and as someone who’s been having her eyes tested since she was eight, I should know!). I had my eyes tested and my sight had got even shorter than before meaning I needed to pick out some new glasses. I was kind of thinking I would get some new ones anyway, even if my prescription hadn’t changed, as I’d had my other pairs almost two and a half years and I was ready for a change.
After about an hour of deliberation (it takes ages to choose new frames when you can’t see your whole face in the mirror when you’re close enough to the mirror to be able to see clearly – if I want to see clearly in the mirror my nose has to be about an inch away from it, at that distance you can’t see your whole face. So I had to try on a pair of frames, take a picture on my phone, put my own glasses back on, look at the picture and decide what I thought. Yes it would have been easier to come back another time when I had my contact lenses in. No I didn’t want to do that as the ASDA store with the optician in isn’t that close to my house or work now – I used to drive past it on the way home from my previous job. Yes the whole process was much more difficult before the invention of camera phones.) I finally picked out a pair of ordinary glasses and a pair of sunglasses. Well, I picked out two options for the sunglasses, but given my complex prescription (I think that’s just a polite way of them saying that I’m blind as a bat!), and therefore the thickness of my lenses, I had to go for the smaller option.
The ordinary glasses are by Morgan and the model number is 201094-4133. They are black on the outside with a bright pink inside and you can see them on the ASDA website here.
The sunglasses I chose are by 7 For All Mankind (and it’s my dream to get a pair of jeans from the same brand to match them…) and are model number 7095 (here on the ASDA website). At the time of writing I hadn’t actually worn them as it hadn’t been sunny enough… but I’m sure they’ll come into their own come the summer. I picked them because they look like regular sunglasses and when you spent as many years as I did not wearing sunglasses at all because you couldn’t see through them, getting to wear them now is still something of a novelty. Even after all the years I’ve had contact lenses.
So there you have it: two pairs of new glasses, one of which is getting (almost) constant wear, the other I live in hope that the sun will come out one day and let me wear them!
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Monday, August 01, 2016
Outfit: July 22nd - Hot
It was still hot at the end of the week so I wore a sleeveless top and added a bandeau for modesty at work. I picked up the shoes on a stall at the 1940s weekend - they were unworn with the labels still attached. Now that I'm walking to work everyday I need some 'sensible' shoes, but sensible doesn't have to mean boring! I saw some silver brogues in Primark a while back but they didn't fit me and they had a thick white sole which was putting me off a bit anyway. This pair is far more chic-looking and the bronzy colour means they will go with everything.
Top - Dorothy Perkins Tall (sale)
Bandeau - New Look (sale)
Jeans - Next Tall (gifted)
Necklace - Scope
Shoes - Marks & Spencer (1940s stall)
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Monday, July 18, 2016
Outfit; July 12th - Red Jacket, Snakeskin Shoes
I went to visit my friend S in Bristol the second weekend in July and we my have done a little shopping. I don't usually find any shoes that fit me in TK Maxx (they have a habit of labelling US size 9s as UK size 9s which is just depressing) so when I found this pair of snakeskin flats I was very excited. They tick all the boxes for everything I look for in a shoe right now: flat (walking to work), pointed toe, and straps (I am finding flats way easier to walk in if they are attached to my foot in some way, either with straps or laces). So I had to snap them up. They are by the brand Blink (which I have previously only seen in Brantano, so they're not high end or anything) but that meant they weren't expensive.
I am loving easy, stretchy dresses this summer so that was the obvious choice for showing off my lovely shoes. It wasn't very warm last week, thank to a lovely northerly wind, so I added a jacket too.
Jacket - Episode (charity shop)
Dress - Dorothy Perkins Tall
Shoes - Blink (TK Maxx)
Necklace - Claires
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Friday, April 29, 2016
Outfit: April 19th - Birthday Dress, Birthday Shoes
I had some birthday money and this dress was one of the things I got with it. It's from the Tall range at Dorothy Perkins, a range I had discounted for many years because a) they don't stock it in stores so I tend to forget it exists and b) when I do remember it exists I find it's consists of black trousers, jeans and not much else. However, this season they have some pretty awesome dresses and I ordered this one and a striped one. The sleeves (that you can't see here, it's not that warm yet) are around elbow length and I love the knot detail at the front, which gives a very flattering fit.
The shoes were a birthday present from my sister about 4 years ago.
Dress - Dorothy Perkins Tall
Shrug - Long Tall Sally
Shoes - Long Tall Sally (gifted)
Necklace - Scope
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