*** QUESTION ABOUT INSEAM LENGTHS ***
TOMMYMEC
I am curious as to what are some of the inseam lengths of female members of
this newsgroup. Is 34" considered long? Are there any of you out there with
even longer than this? If so, how difficult is it to find the correct length in
pants or jeans?
regards,
tommy
Jinx
On 18 Dec 1997, TOMMYMEC wrote:
* I am curious as to what are some of the inseam lengths of female members
* of this newsgroup. Is 34" considered long? Are there any of you out
* there with even longer than this? If so, how difficult is it to find the
* correct length in pants or jeans?
*
I use a 36" inseam. Which is fine, as long as I don't plan on wearing
anything other than jeans.
/caroline, 6'0"
Jeffrey Baker Sumner
: I use a 36" inseam. Which is fine, as long as I don't plan on wearing
: anything other than jeans.
Really? 36' seems awfully long if you are only 6 feet tall. I've got
nearly a foot on you, but only wear a 40' inseam.... that doesn't make
sense. Are sizes different for men?
Kathleen
I wear a 36" inseam, and I'm 5'10". Women ARE proportioned differently
than men. We have relatively short torsos and longer legs. This
difference is particularly noticeable if you are a woman trying to purchase
a bicycle - if the standover height of the bike is correct, usually the
cockpit of the bike is too long, leading to a too-stretched out body and
arm position. There are a very few manufacturers out there that offer
female-specific designs (as opposed to slapping a coat of pink paint on a
men's bike), but usually only in small sizes.
Kathleen
Susan
Hi, Tommy,
I take a 36" inseam, and yes, it's hard to find.
I don't know why you are asking, but in case it's helpful,
there are two catalogs for tall women which have pants
with a 36" inseam. They are:
Tall Classics: 1-800-345-1958
Long Elegant Legs: 1-800-344-2225
JC Penney has failed me. Even their Ultra-Tall sizes
usually only go up to a 34" inseam.
--Susan
6'1"
In article <19971218023...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, tomm...@aol.com
says...
>
>I am curious as to what are some of the inseam lengths of female members of
>this newsgroup. Is 34" considered long? Are there any of you out there with
>even longer than this? If so, how difficult is it to find the correct length in
>pants or jeans?
>
>regards,
>
>tommy
Susan
In article <67bjpf$b8$1...@news.duke.edu>, jb...@acpub.duke.edu says...
>
>: I use a 36" inseam. Which is fine, as long as I don't plan on wearing
>: anything other than jeans.
>
>Really? 36' seems awfully long if you are only 6 feet tall. I've got
>nearly a foot on you, but only wear a 40' inseam.... that doesn't make
>sense. Are sizes different for men?
If you compare a man and woman of the same height, the
woman will usually have the longer inseam. Men
are usually proportioned slightly longer in the body,
women slightly longer in the legs.
trivia for the day...
--Susan
6'1" and 36" inseam
TallMeira
I am 6' 5" and I can get away with a 36" inseam, but I really need a 37", which
I have never seen except in jeans. Luckily I have a long torso, otherwise I
would be needing a 39" inseam, in which case I would move to a nudist colony or
wear nothing but sweatpants.
Jinx
On 18 Dec 1997, Jeffrey Baker Sumner wrote:
* : I use a 36" inseam. Which is fine, as long as I don't plan on wearing
* : anything other than jeans.
*
* Really? 36' seems awfully long if you are only 6 feet tall. I've got
* nearly a foot on you, but only wear a 40' inseam.... that doesn't make
* sense. Are sizes different for men?
*
As several others have pointed out already, it makes in fact perfect
sense. It is the torso/leg ration which makes it terribly hard for tall
women to find clothes that fit. I can get away with 34" inseams, but it
doesn't look right. I don't think I have ever found a pair of "women's
pants" which are correctly proportioned (I use a 32" waist).
/caroline
Phil Heinricy
A man and woman with the same inside leg measurement will tend to
be about five inches apart in height. That is very approx only,
and there are massive variations, but as a general rule it holds
goo. That is also why a woman of 6ft will have more trouble in
airline seats than a man of 6ft 4in. Any airline setting height
limits for "those" seats must allow a height differential of ca
4-5in.
Lands End Direct Merchants, of Dodgeville Wisconsin, do ladies
stirrup pants, chino style and cords to 36" inside leg - well,
they do in the UK, so I am sure the have them in the US too.
Phil
P.S. Have a good Christmas everyone
--
Phil Heinricy, Tall Persons Club GB & Ireland,
PO Box 200, Hereford HR1 2YB,United Kingdom;
Home Pages: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/TallClubGB
