AIBU to ask why so many clothes are sized for taller women?

So frustrating i a, 5’6 and buy petite trousers so they don't trail on floor and get wet / dirty - i used to love next trousers but struggle to get right length now 😔

I end up wearing men's trainers. Bit annoying really.

I want to add as well that i have a teenage daughter who is 5'5 and curvy (curvy, not fat, I know the difference!) and absolutely everything seems to fit her! She can order online or try on in shops, everything just fits and looks amazing.
I was concerned when I had a daughter that she would end up taller than me, my son is the mythical mumsnet 6'5 but he definitely exists 🤣 thankfully she seems to be hovering at 5'5 and at 16 I am hoping she is done growing 🙏 being anything over 5'8 as a woman is definitely not 'desirable'...and you soon get sick of well meaning comments from people going 'oooh you're tall aren't you' as if you failed to notice!!
Sorry, rant over.

This. I'm 5'8", standard size 10 and finding trousers to fit is difficult. They all seem to be too short and with four inches too much space on the waist. I can pull that in with a belt though.

Tops are worse. I bought a pretty white linen top, size small last weekend. It fits perfectly on the shoulders and bust but I've had to add darts front and back to give it some shape. It's still loose but before, honestly, I could have worn it as a maternity top.

I think there are more petite ranges than tall. I'm 5'7" so hardly in the giraffe category, but struggle to find trousers the right length. Also sleeves will be too short or shoulders not broad enough.

I’m 6’ with a 34” inside leg and although there are many shops I simply don’t bother with, I can now find some clothes on the high street in a way I couldn’t 10-15 years ago. M&S and Tu ‘long’ trousers are perfect for me, and randomly so is John Lewis’s ‘Anyday’ range.

Shoes are a different matter. I’m a EU 43 / UK 9 and the only shoes I can buy in store are unisex styles like trainers and hiking boots. Anything else has to come from specialist retailers like Otto + Ivy.

It does feel like heights are increasing and I wonder if retailers are responding to this. I increasingly find that I am not always the tallest woman in a room.

H&m was great about 20 years ago, because most of their stuff seemed geared towards a Scandinavian average height- so decent length sleeves; trousers; jackets. But now the sizes there seem random.

Because it's easy to hem things and make them fit short people. You can't add length to make them fit taller people. Also don't agree, think things aren't often made.for.tall people and hard to find things that are actually long enough.

5’1” with big boobs and tummy so clothes shopping is a nightmare. Well fitting bras are impossible to get and are very expensive, dresses and tops that fit the boobs are massive everywhere else. Everything is too long and knees on jeans are in the wrong place. Even the petite range is too long and I generally have to size up too as they expect short people to also be skinny. I’m not happy flared jeans are back in style either as at least skinny jeans can be rolled up to keep them dry/ clean at the bottom.

5’ 9”, long legs, nothing fits

5"9 and size 10-12.. Long trousers fit. Men's hoodies fit. Waistline s are always too high, which is a shame, because my waist is v small.

Dd is 5'4 and about size 4. Everything fits her perfectly. She's a teenager.

Ive mistakenly bought quite a few lovely dresses and skirts from Sainsbury’s in the last couple of years that would look great on someone your height. On me (5ft3) they looked ridiculous. Even on someone eg 5ft6 they’d be too long really. Quite why Sainsbury’s think all women are that tall I’ve no idea.

The pictures are not always accurate. I’ve bought clothes based on the model being tall and it looking like it fits her and then it arrives and looks ridiculously short on me. I don’t buy any clothes in regular shops anymore.

I am 5’5” and have noticed in the last couple of years I’ve often had to buy short length in jeans and trousers which I’ve never had to do before. I’ve always bought regular and occasionally long.

I’m also regularly having to buy a size or even 2 sizes down so they’re making clothes longer and wider.

I have a very long torso, it's hard to get tops that fit. They all seen to be made for women with very short torsos. I'm not sure what the average is here.

I'm 5 foot 9 and that's not my experience at all. Standard trouser legs are usually too short for me and tall is too long. I absolutely cannot wear standard sized body suits. My sister in law is 5 foot 5 and standard length fits her perfectly.

I'm 5ft 9 and really really struggle to buy above knee dresses that don't look indecent. But I agree lots of the maxi dresses and dungarees are actually sized right for us (I am very relieved by it actually- I wear them a lot!). I suppose the styles might be less flattering on shorter women?

YANBU. I’m average height and every dress is maxi and I have to order ‘cropped’ jeans to just get normal length. Frustrating. I’ve spent a fortune getting stuff shortened.

Trousers legs have definitely got longer, and it makes me so happy! My inside leg is 34 inches, so I used to always buy long leg trousers. Now I can buy almost any trousers and they fit me! Especially M&S.
sorry - I know it’s not helpful, but I’ve had a lifetime of trying on lovely trousers just to have them flapping around my ankles.

I can assure you as a 5ft11 woman clothes are most certainly not made for tall women. Even the M&S “L” range on trousers come up short. It’s infuriating.

other examples I bought a pair of size 12 pyjamas from Sainsbury’s: the sleeves come just past my ELBOWS. it’s ridiculous. As if made for T rex or something.

I'm 5'8 and any jumpsuit I've bought has cut me in half. Trousers are mostly too short for me.

I'm fairly long bodied so I also find that waistlines are frequently too high on me.

I'm very tall and have to buy in shops like long tall Sally, hardly buy in regular shops. Shoes also a problem.

Everyone has a sizing issue of some sort....

I am very tall and buy cropped if I want shorts!

I’m 5’9 and clothes definitely aren’t made to fit me. Everything is too short, but ‘tall’ sizes are also ridiculous because I’m not 6’0.

The sizing on models though is obviously going to be fitted to the model. They will almost surely be hemmed to look perfect. That doesn’t mean that’s the size you buy as standard off the rack.

5 foot 10 and most stuff too short for me.