Avenue

Large size women's shoes in up to US size 13. Tall women's pants and jeans with long inseams

6'4" Jess writes:

"Girls...I have FINALLY found jeans long enough to fit me! Avenue style 1432 Boot Cut Jean in Tall. I am actually stepping on the bottoms which is UNHEARD of for me. My inseam is a 36-37 so to find a womens jean in that inseam... amazing. And they are super comfortable. I bought 5 pairs! They are on sale now at Avenue and come in sizes 14-26.."

About Avenue

Avenue®, your one-stop shop for women's plus size apparel, today!

Avenue® is a fun, trend-right, multi-channel source for affordable fashion for real size women with a youthful attitude! We offer plus-size clothing and accessories to fit every lifestyle need from home to office, to a night out on the town in sizes 14-32. Avenue® offers the plus-size woman everything she could possibly want at a truly incredible value.

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Alloy now offers more "Tall" items than ever before

For years Alloy Apparel (formerly Alloy) have been one of the most highly recommended companies as far as pants / jeans with extra long inseams are concerned. The fact that their pants / jeans have inseams that are as long as 39 inches and are still in the budget range makes them an excellent choice for the tall woman who doesn't want to pay through the nose for her pants.

Now there is even better news

I've been reliably informed (and I checked and it's true) that Alloy Apparel's shoe selection now covers the US size 13 range. And... very important - the shoes are also in the budget range. Right now they are offering 23 shoe-styles (flats and heels) in US size 13. The most expensive ones are $ 39.90. A good deal, if you ask me.

They have also enhanced their "Tall" selection. Now you can choose from

• Tall Dresses
• Tall Jeans
• Tall Pants
• Tall Jumpsuits/Overalls
• Tall Tops
• Tall Skirts

About Alloy Apparel

Alloy Apparel is a direct-to-consumer women’s lifestyle brand best known for a breadth of sizes and fits. Addressing the needs of the underdeveloped plus and tall markets, we offer sizes up to 25/XXXL, inseams up to 39", and dress lengths up to 63" in a vast array of contemporary styles. Additionally, our brand stakes a long-standing claim in the affordable jean market with a Denim Shop that features six fits and a myriad of washes and styles within each subcategory.

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Alloy Apparel

Tall women's jeans and pants with up to 39 inch inseams!

About Alloy Apparel

Alloy Apparel is a direct-to-consumer women’s lifestyle brand best known for a breadth of sizes and fits. Addressing the needs of the underdeveloped plus and tall markets, we offer sizes up to 25/XXXL, inseams up to 39", and dress lengths up to 63" in a vast array of contemporary styles. Additionally, our brand stakes a long-standing claim in the affordable jean market with a Denim Shop that features six fits and a myriad of washes and styles within each subcategory.

They are one of the most highly recommended stores on this website.

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Stefanie Drew wants a pair of leather pants. “I saw some at Zara a while ago and was like, ‘Oh, my God, these are beautiful,’ ” she says. “But I can’t wear them.” That’s not something you’d expect to hear from Drew, who’s 27, a size 6, and dresses like someone who can tell you a lot of stories about going to Coachella. In other words, she’s Zara’s ideal customer. Except for one thing: Drew is 6 feet 2. That sizes her out of pretty much everything in the store, as it does at other retailers she wants to shop at, such as H&M, Forever 21, American Apparel, and even the small boutique where she works in Toronto. “If I bought pants there, I’d just look like I was walking around waiting for it to flood,” she says.

Most discussions about fashion’s refusal to acknowledge diverse body types focus on plus-size women, who struggle to find brands willing to cater to their frames. But tall women may be even more underserved. “You wouldn’t think so, because models are all so tall,” says Clary Hilliard Gray (6'1"), who runs a fitness studio in Charlotte. “But most stores don’t sell that many clothes to supermodels.” Or to tall women who don’t walk runways: Women who are 5'8" and taller make up only 5 percent of the U.S. female population, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. And making clothes to fit them takes more than just adding a few extra inches to existing patterns. Buttons need to be moved. Jean pockets may need resizing. “A cute flair may look good on a petite blouse, whereas on me it’ll look like I’m wearing a dust ruffle,” Hilliard Gray says. For most brands, changing designs for such a small pool of potential shoppers isn’t worth the effort. “When everything got tough during the recession, retailers took a step back from ‘tall.’ Now you almost never see it in stores,” says Marshal Cohen, chief retail analyst for NPD Group.

A few months ago, frustrated by her lack of options, Drew searched online for what she calls “tall-girl shops.” Up popped the name of U.K. retailer Long Tall Sally, which has one of its few North American stores in Toronto. Drew visited and tried on a few pieces - the kind of simple shopping trip that’s usually impossible for her. “I was like, ‘What? Clothes that actually fit? This is fantastic!’ ” Now she owns her first pair of overalls.

“Clothes that actually fit” towering women are Long Tall Sally’s specialty. The company, which is named after the 1956 Little Richard hit, sells a lot of T-shirts, long skirts, and cotton blouses - stripes and polka dots are popular, as are flower patterns - at prices higher than the Gap’s, but not as costly as Banana Republic’s, to those 5'8" and taller, though 75 percent of sales are to women above 5'11". The clothier has long relied on brick-and-mortar sales in Britain, but now it’s making a push online and in the U.S., mostly in the Midwest. This expansion has helped sales rise about 30 percent in the past 12 months, and Sally expects to bring in about $80 million in revenue this year. “We’re serving a surprisingly small customer niche,” says Andrew Shapin, Sally’s chief executive officer. “But if you can reach people all over the world, suddenly that niche doesn’t seem so small anymore.”

Judy Rich, an American expat living in London, founded Long Tall Sally in 1976, when she couldn’t find pants long enough to fit her 5'11" frame. “I used to have to go to men’s clothing shops,” Rich says. “Who wants to do that?” She ran the company for almost three decades, until the early 2000s, when Sally, unable to stay competitive in the digital age, went into administration (the British version of bankruptcy). It was purchased in 2005 by Amery Capital, a retail investment firm backed by brothers Maurice and Michael Bennett, who’d made a fortune decades earlier selling floral-print dresses and frilly tops to the British masses through Warehouse, Oasis, Phase Eight, and Coast stores, which they’ve since sold.

Shapin became Sally’s CEO in 2007. He knew how to sell online - he’d co-founded the Cotswold Co., an online furniture retailer, in 1997 - but he had a couple of shortcomings: He wasn’t a woman, he wasn’t tall, and he didn’t know fashion. “I had zero awareness,” says Shapin, who’s about 5'8". “There is no lower level of awareness that I could’ve had about this industry before I started.” He spent six months sitting in on “at least 30” focus groups, he says, listening to hundreds of women talk about how hard it was to find clothes. They told him about being gangly, awkward teenagers, and about slouching so they wouldn’t be taller than men. “One thing that surprised me was how many tall women said they don’t like shopping,” he says. “It becomes a very emotional experience because they can’t find anything that fits.” Instead, they buy clothing that’s too small and MacGyverit so it appears to fit. Jeans too short? Hide them with tall boots!

The struggle is real. Diana Runkle, 5'11", Sydney: “I typically wear a long tank top under all my tops to keep my stomach from showing.” Jessica Brommelhoff, 6', Los Angeles: “I pretty much do not own any tops with full-length sleeves that actually go the full length of my arm.” Claire Burns, 6'1", New York: “I actually used to own two petite-sized, floor-length skirts that hit the base of my kneecap.” Tasha Watt, 6'1", Southaven, Miss.: “I can’t wear cocktail dresses because the waist hits me in my stomach area.” Says Shapin: “When I talked to women, I realized this was something that had the potential to go way beyond the U.K. market.” Instead of just moving Sally online, he thought, why not move it overseas?

How to tap into such a fashion-starved niche seems like it would be a case study taught in Marketing 101. (“Too tall for other stores? Go see Sally!”) But the company’s customers are more diverse than a typical retailer’s. They range in age from teenagers to grandmothers, have all sorts of jobs, live in all sorts of places, and have nothing in common with one another aside from their height. “We’ll hear from women who say, ‘I’m 6 foot 2, what do I need high heels for?’ Then women who say, ‘Why don’t you make more high heels? Just because I’m 6 foot 2 doesn’t mean I want to wear flats,’ ” Shapin says. Older women complain that Sally’s styles skew too young; young women write to ask for specific trends. “It’s a real challenge,” he says. “We try to focus on that sweet spot: women between 25 and 55. Middle class.” Some of the more popular offerings are supersoft legging jeans ($79), the crinkle tiered maxi skirt ($89), high superskinny jeans ($109), and the relaxed-fit pocket tee ($27). It’s not groundbreaking fashion, but at least the sleeves are long enough.

When Drew first visited Long Tall Sally in Toronto, she says she may have been more excited by the prospect of clothes that fit than by the actual clothes. She saw mainly work-appropriate skirts for women who commute to desk jobs in sneakers. “I like them now, but I was kind of discouraged when I first found them,” Drew says. Online, though, she says things are sleeker and more contemporary. The work skirts are still there - but so are skinny jeans, floppy hats, and gray tees that she’s more likely to buy. The company has teamed up with British designer Irene Agbontaen’s TTYA (Taller Than Your Average) label; last year the brands collaborated on a line of silk maxi dresses and, yes, leather pants, which sold out before Drew could snag a pair. “Long Tall Sally ... hasn’t always been the most fashion-forward name,” Glamour’s U.K. edition wrote about the collection. “But that’s all changed now!” Shapin is more reserved in praise of his accomplishments. “We’re trying,” he says.

In 2009, Sally started acquiring North American competitors, such as Tall Girl, Long Elegant Legs, Long Fashion, and large-size shoe seller Barefoot Tess, which had all somehow managed to sell clothes to women despite names that seem straight out of a 1992 Sears catalog. Sally also opened seven stores in Canada and four in the U.S., in Chicago, Denver, Detroit, and at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. (There are 26 in total, including in Europe.) But it’s still not a well-known name here. To drum up awareness, the company has hosted pop-ups in 40 cities, from Boston to San Francisco. Online, it advertises mainly through sponsored ads on Google and social media. About 7 percent of people who see its posts on Facebook click on them, which Shapin says is a higher engagement rate than those of J.Crew, Nordstrom, or most other retailers, who average anywhere from 0.2 percent to 4 percent. So far, Shapin’s tactics have worked; almost 65 percent of the company’s sales are from people outside the U.K. who are shopping online, often in places where Sally doesn’t have a physical store.

Long Tall Sally has another major marketing hurdle: its name. On the one hand, having “long” and “tall” built into its brand makes it easily searchable online; it’s the fourth-highest Google result for tall women’s clothing, after the much larger retailers Banana Republic, Ann Taylor, and New York & Co., which offer limited selections. But women don’t always want to broadcast that they shop at a specialty store. “Men can go to big-and-tall stores, and it’s like, ‘Oh, I’m big! I’m virile!’ But I don’t want to carry around a Long Tall Sally shopping bag,” Hilliard Gray says. Shapin says he’s aware of this problem, but so far he finds the Google-able pros outweigh the cons and has no plans to change it.

Long Tall Sally intends to open more stores in the U.S. and is also making a push into Germany, where the average height of a woman is 5'6" - 2 inches taller than in the U.S. After that comes the Netherlands, whose average height of 5'7" makes it the tallest country in the world. Currently there are no plans to expand into plus sizes for women, or into clothes for tall men. Although who’s to say Long Tall Stan’s leather pants wouldn’t be a hit?

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Avenue

Tall women's pants with up to 34 inch inseams

Avenue debuted in 1983 as a plus size retail store. In 1993, Avenue opened our Distribution Center in Troy, Ohio, allowing customers to get their goods faster than ever. By 2000, the Avenue.com website was launched. Avenue restructured in 2012 to become Avenue Stores, LLC.

Today, the business includes both retail stores and ecommerce and has grown into the leading Plus Size Specialty Retailer. With approximately 300 stores, Avenue sells everything to keep your closet on trend season after season. Offering beloved brands like Cloudwalkers® Comfort Shoes and Maidenform^® shapewear, Avenue Body^® and Kenneth Cole Reaction handbags, you’ll find everything you need to complete an outfit for work, play and everything in between.

At Avenue®, we know that trend-right fashion should be available to every woman, every season – no matter her size. Satisfying our customers’ wishes for fashion, quality and service is our highest mission. We are forever evolving with the needs of our customers.

We begin each season with a renewed passion for fashion to create the best new looks and styles. We continually strive to offer the best fit, value, service and shopping experience. We uphold the highest standards of integrity, honesty and work ethics. We are determined to stay ahead of the curve on how to best serve the needs of our customers. At Avenue^® we believe in loving your clothes; loving your style – but above all, loving yourself.

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Avenue

Large size women's shoes in up to US size 13.

Avenue debuted in 1983 as a plus size retail store. In 1993, Avenue opened our Distribution Center in Troy, Ohio, allowing customers to get their goods faster than ever. By 2000, the Avenue.com website was launched. Avenue restructured in 2012 to become Avenue Stores, LLC.

Today, the business includes both retail stores and ecommerce and has grown into the leading Plus Size Specialty Retailer. With approximately 300 stores, Avenue sells everything to keep your closet on trend season after season. Offering beloved brands like Cloudwalkers® Comfort Shoes and Maidenform^® shapewear, Avenue Body^® and Kenneth Cole Reaction handbags, you’ll find everything you need to complete an outfit for work, play and everything in between.

At Avenue®, we know that trend-right fashion should be available to every woman, every season – no matter her size. Satisfying our customers’ wishes for fashion, quality and service is our highest mission. We are forever evolving with the needs of our customers.

We begin each season with a renewed passion for fashion to create the best new looks and styles. We continually strive to offer the best fit, value, service and shopping experience. We uphold the highest standards of integrity, honesty and work ethics. We are determined to stay ahead of the curve on how to best serve the needs of our customers. At Avenue^® we believe in loving your clothes; loving your style – but above all, loving yourself.

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Banana Republic

Tall women's jeans and pants with up to 37 inch inseams

"We are a global apparel and accessories brand focused on delivering modern, covetable style for professional men and women. We offer elevated clothing, handbags, jewelry, and eyewear designs at accessible prices. Dedicated to helping customers achieve professionally and personally, we offer versatile work wear that can be styled for any occasion."

Note: They have a dedicated "tall" section.

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Banana Republic UK

Gap Inc. is a leading global specialty retailer offering clothing, accessories, and personal care products for men, women, children, and babies under the Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime, and Athleta brands.

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Buckle

Women's jeans with up to 37 inch inseams

The Buckle, Inc. (NYSE: BKE) is a leading retailer of medium to better–priced casual apparel, footwear, and accessories for fashion–conscious young men and women. The Company currently operates over 450 stores in 43 states, under the names Buckle and The Buckle.

Buckle markets a wide selection of brand names and private label casual apparel, including denims, other casual bottoms, tops, sportswear, outerwear, accessories and footwear. The Company emphasizes personalized attention to its guests (customers) and provides individual customer services such as free alterations, layaways, and a frequent shopper program.

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Here I will write some reviews about companies that sell clothing suitable for tall women. I believe it's important to publish your own opinion and thoughts instead of just using the description of the companies.

Obviously I can't write about my own experiences (since I'm not a tall girl) but I'm always taking the views of my tall lady friends on-board. So let me know who your favourite clothing companies are.

Here I will write some reviews about companies that sell footwear in large sizes. I believe it's important to publish your own opinion and thoughts instead of just using the description of the companies.

Obviously I can't write about my own experiences (since I'm not a tall girl) but I'm always taking the views of my tall lady friends on-board. So let me know who your favourite footwear companies are.

GAP USA

Tall women's jeans and pants with up to 37 inch inseams.

Gap was founded in 1969 with a simple idea — make it easier to find a pair of jeans that fit with a commitment to do more. In the 50+ years since, the company has grown into seven brands, and our initial commitment to do more has grown into a global ambition to champion equality, inclusivity and sustainability. We take pride in creating products our customers love while doing right by our customers, community and planet.

Note: They have a dedicated "tall" section.

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Height Goddess

Tall women's pants and jeans with up to 40 inch inseams.

Historically, finding tall clothing for women has been a disappointing experience. Retailers typically cater to the average woman, leaving us with clothes that just aren't long enough, age appropriate or flattering. This became my story. All too many times I found myself settling for ill-fitted clothing or worse, men's clothing! Because of my own personal shopping horrors, I was convinced I wasn't the only frustrated tall woman.I created HEIGHT GODDESS, a contemporary line for women measuring over 5'9".

In 2007, with no formal fashion training I sought out to find experienced industry professionals to assist me in developing premium denim for tall women. For over two years, I continuously worked to ensure each style embodied the confidence and beauty of a tall, fashion- forward woman who is innovative and timeless. All of our garments are designed in house and proportioned for women 5'9" & taller. I am proud to say that HG garments are Made in the USA. After a few seasons the collection has grown to include dresses for tall women, tall pants for women and tops for tall women.

Through fashion, I hope to inspire women to love their height, embrace their uniqueness and spread the same confidence to others. Remember, always BE STYLISH. BE CONFIDENT. BE YOU.

Lameka Weeks

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I Love Tall

Joerg says: I know Annemarie, the owner, personally and I am very impressed with her attitude towards her stores. The quality of the clothing range is top class and I LOVE TALL comes highly recommended.

About I LOVE TALL

Tall fashion for women who love being tall. Our stores in Hamburg and Zurich offer trendy fashion specially designed to fit women over 1,80 m.

"I love my height and it makes me happy when our clients find beautiful perfectly fitting pieces in the I LOVE TALL stores." Annemarie Sickeler made her statement by founding her brand I LOVE TALL. It started in 2012 in Zurich and since 2016 I LOVE TALL expanded to Hamburg to a generous space with a lot of room to browse and try the tall fashion on.

In order to give the possibility for women of the same height to wear suitably fitting and affordable fashion, newcomer Annemarie Sickeler, having left her job in logistic management, created her fashion label in 2012 and dived into an adventure by opening her first store in Zurich. This surely wouldn’t have been possible without her flair for change and a strong mind set.

"I often think back about that store in Vancouver",  says Annemarie Sickeler. "My new life and flair for fashion started there. Before I had never been interested in fashion. Why would I? All clothes were always too short for me. Whilst there I received a warm greeting, feeling that someone with my height was welcome. This feeling I wanted to bring home and give to others."

Designs for extra long fit

To be well dressed starts with the right fit. Not only the sleeves and trouser lengths should be longer but also the waist line in dresses and jackets to be at the right place. This is particularly noticeable in business collection – the suit jacket fits perfectly and the skirt has the right length down up to the knee.

However, also in the casual wear, in a shirt or a top, if the waist sits at the right place makes a big difference for a perfect fit.

I LOVE TALL label

We work with different manufacturers. However, in order to meet our requirements  and our customers’ expectations in terms of style and price, we started producing  blouses, tops, dresses and jackets ourselves under the label I LOVE TALL.

I LOVE TALL collections are produced in Europe and neighboring European countries. By producing our own collection, we can assure a fair production process, because we work directly with the production companies and know their local workers. This aspect is very important to us.

It is a significant milestone for us to be able to produce our own collection and fill a niche in the market for tall customers.

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I Love Tall (ehemals Copper Couture)

Nie wieder zu kurz kommen! - Tall Fashion

Der I LOVE TALL Webshop - Lange Mode bequem von zuhause aus bestellen

„Ich denke noch oft zurück an diese kleine Boutique in Vancouver“, erzählt Annemarie Sickeler. „Modemäßig begann dort mein neues Leben. Vorher hatte ich mich nie für Mode interessiert. Wie auch? War doch alles immer zu kurz.“ Mit 1,87 Metern ist die 42-jährige Schweizerin größer als die meisten Handwerker, die um sie herum gerade den Endspurt einlegen. Nur noch wenige Tage, dann eröffnet auf über 300 Quadratmetern ihre neue Dependance. I LOVE TALL hält Einzug in der Steinstraße 25, mitten in Hamburg-Altstadt. Los geht es am Freitag, dem 18. März, um 14 Uhr. Dann gibt es auf die gesamte Kollektion 20 Prozent Rabatt, auch noch am folgenden Tag.

„Lange Größen erfordern spezielle Schnitte“

Die Marke I LOVE TALL entstand im vorigen Jahr. Doch ihr erstes Ladengeschäft hat Annemarie Sickeler schon 2012 in Zürich eröffnet, begleitet von einem Online-Shop und eine heiße Adresse unter großen Frauen. Zuvor war sie in ganz anderen Kreisen unterwegs, arbeitete rund um den Erdball in der Logistik- und Ölindustrie. Bis es dann zurückging in ihr Heimatland. Und hier wollte sie sich nicht länger ärgern, auf der Suche nach der passenden Mode: „Unzählige Male raus aus der Hose, rein in die Hose. Und am Ende ist es doch wieder die Jeans aus der Herrenabteilung. Aber Kleidung für große Menschen darf nicht einfach nur groß sein. Sie braucht spezielle Schnitte, denn bei langen Menschen sind die Proportionen anders als bei Normalwüchsigen. Lange Größen erfordern Schnitte, die kaum ein Hersteller oder Designer entwirft. Also habe ich die Sache selbst organsiert.“

Der Stargast dürfte viele überragen …

Zur ihrer Hamburger Eröffnung am 18. März erwartet Annemarie Sickeler viele große Frauen. Dabei werde die meisten wohl vom Stargast überragt: Norisha Campbell hat sich angekündigt. Die ehemalige Profi-Volleyballerin, den meisten bekannt als gefeiertes Voice- of-Germany-Talent, misst 1,92 Meter. Ab 17 Uhr ist sie mit ihrer großartigen Stimme live zu erleben.

Ein Statement, das über Mode hinausgeht

„Ich liebe meine Größe“, und es macht mir riesigen Spaß, wenn meine Kundinnen ihre Länge nicht als Nachteil empfinden und ein schönes Kleidungsstück entdecken“, strahlt Annemarie Sickeler. „Bei diesem Nischenmarkt liegt es in der Natur der Sache, dass wir auch ein besonderes Verhältnis zu unseren Produzenten haben. Das ist uns ein wichtiges Anliegen.

Mit unseren Produktionspartner stellen wir sicher, dass unter fairen Bedingungen produziert wird. Wir arbeiten direkt mit der jeweiligen Firma zusammen und kennen die Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter vor Ort. Anders geht es nicht. Denn wir verkaufen außergewöhnliche Produkte in einer Zeit, in der die Textilindustrie immer konformer produziert. Deshalb ist unsere Eigenproduktion der größte Meilenstein, den wir bis jetzt erreicht haben. Unsere Ware wird ausschließlich in Europa oder europäischen Nachbarstaaten produziert.

Ausnahmen machen wir nur bei speziellen Produkten wie zum Beispiel Winterjacken, die manchmal aus fernöstlicher Produktion kommen. Das ist die Basis für unsere Tall Fashion in guter Qualität und zu angemessenen Preisen. Auch in dieser Hinsicht bietet I LOVE TALL eine besondere Kollektion für besondere Frauen.“

Lange Größen auch per Mausklick

Frauen über 1,80 Meter, die nicht in Zürich oder Hamburg bei I LOVE TALL vorbei schauen können, finden ihre Tall Fashion unter www.ilovetall.com. Die neu gestalteten Webseiten sind auch für Smartphone und Tablet optimiert. Der Versand erfolgt kostengünstig aus Deutschland.

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I Love Tall (ehemals Copper Couture)

Nie wieder zu kurz kommen! - Tall Fashion

Der I LOVE TALL Webshop - Lange Mode bequem von zuhause aus bestellen

„Ich denke noch oft zurück an diese kleine Boutique in Vancouver“, erzählt Annemarie Sickeler. „Modemäßig begann dort mein neues Leben. Vorher hatte ich mich nie für Mode interessiert. Wie auch? War doch alles immer zu kurz.“ Mit 1,87 Metern ist die 42-jährige Schweizerin größer als die meisten Handwerker, die um sie herum gerade den Endspurt einlegen. Nur noch wenige Tage, dann eröffnet auf über 300 Quadratmetern ihre neue Dependance. I LOVE TALL hält Einzug in der Steinstraße 25, mitten in Hamburg-Altstadt. Los geht es am Freitag, dem 18. März, um 14 Uhr. Dann gibt es auf die gesamte Kollektion 20 Prozent Rabatt, auch noch am folgenden Tag.

„Lange Größen erfordern spezielle Schnitte“

Die Marke I LOVE TALL entstand im vorigen Jahr. Doch ihr erstes Ladengeschäft hat Annemarie Sickeler schon 2012 in Zürich eröffnet, begleitet von einem Online-Shop und eine heiße Adresse unter großen Frauen. Zuvor war sie in ganz anderen Kreisen unterwegs, arbeitete rund um den Erdball in der Logistik- und Ölindustrie. Bis es dann zurückging in ihr Heimatland. Und hier wollte sie sich nicht länger ärgern, auf der Suche nach der passenden Mode: „Unzählige Male raus aus der Hose, rein in die Hose. Und am Ende ist es doch wieder die Jeans aus der Herrenabteilung. Aber Kleidung für große Menschen darf nicht einfach nur groß sein. Sie braucht spezielle Schnitte, denn bei langen Menschen sind die Proportionen anders als bei Normalwüchsigen. Lange Größen erfordern Schnitte, die kaum ein Hersteller oder Designer entwirft. Also habe ich die Sache selbst organsiert.“

Der Stargast dürfte viele überragen …

Zur ihrer Hamburger Eröffnung am 18. März erwartet Annemarie Sickeler viele große Frauen. Dabei werde die meisten wohl vom Stargast überragt: Norisha Campbell hat sich angekündigt. Die ehemalige Profi-Volleyballerin, den meisten bekannt als gefeiertes Voice- of-Germany-Talent, misst 1,92 Meter. Ab 17 Uhr ist sie mit ihrer großartigen Stimme live zu erleben.

Ein Statement, das über Mode hinausgeht

„Ich liebe meine Größe“, und es macht mir riesigen Spaß, wenn meine Kundinnen ihre Länge nicht als Nachteil empfinden und ein schönes Kleidungsstück entdecken“, strahlt Annemarie Sickeler. „Bei diesem Nischenmarkt liegt es in der Natur der Sache, dass wir auch ein besonderes Verhältnis zu unseren Produzenten haben. Das ist uns ein wichtiges Anliegen.

Mit unseren Produktionspartner stellen wir sicher, dass unter fairen Bedingungen produziert wird. Wir arbeiten direkt mit der jeweiligen Firma zusammen und kennen die Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter vor Ort. Anders geht es nicht. Denn wir verkaufen außergewöhnliche Produkte in einer Zeit, in der die Textilindustrie immer konformer produziert. Deshalb ist unsere Eigenproduktion der größte Meilenstein, den wir bis jetzt erreicht haben. Unsere Ware wird ausschließlich in Europa oder europäischen Nachbarstaaten produziert.

Ausnahmen machen wir nur bei speziellen Produkten wie zum Beispiel Winterjacken, die manchmal aus fernöstlicher Produktion kommen. Das ist die Basis für unsere Tall Fashion in guter Qualität und zu angemessenen Preisen. Auch in dieser Hinsicht bietet I LOVE TALL eine besondere Kollektion für besondere Frauen.“

Lange Größen auch per Mausklick

Frauen über 1,80 Meter, die nicht in Zürich oder Hamburg bei I LOVE TALL vorbei schauen können, finden ihre Tall Fashion unter www.ilovetall.com. Die neu gestalteten Webseiten sind auch für Smartphone und Tablet optimiert. Der Versand erfolgt kostengünstig aus Deutschland.

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Lane Bryant

Large size women's shoes in up to US size 12

Lane Bryant is the most recognized name in plus-size clothing, and our emphasis on fashion and fit - not merely size - makes us a style leader. Cacique plus size intimates are a Lane Bryant exclusive and are famous for the fit solutions and fashion styling they offer in bras, panties, sleepwear and more.

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Lane Bryant

Tall women's jeans and pants with up to 34 inch inseams

Lane Bryant is the most recognized name in plus-size clothing, and our emphasis on fashion and fit - not merely size - makes us a style leader. Cacique plus size intimates are a Lane Bryant exclusive and are famous for the fit solutions and fashion styling they offer in bras, panties, sleepwear and more.

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Lee Jeans

They have jeans / pants with up to 34 inch inseams.

Cover-alls. Cowboy jeans. The zip fly. We originated those. From 1889 to today, we continue to evolve casual apparel.

Lee is all about bringing more fits, styles, finishes, features and choices than ever before to market.

Lee Jeans is a leading international retailer and manufacturer of casual wear and work wear. Headquartered in Merriam, Kansas, near Kansas City, Lee currently employs more than 400 people across the United States.

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• Elle Macpherson, Daisy Lowe, Jessie J love Taller Than Your Average
• Collaboration sees them join forces with LTS for 18-piece collection 
• Range launches online and in stores September 25, £24-£110

Long Tall Sally has announced a collaboration with hot online retailer Taller Than Your Average (TTYA). The 18-piece collection may be out next week but Jourdan Dunn has been given first dibs on the range. The supermodel, 24, was spotted at London Fashion Week in one of their black and white stripe shirts.

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