AIBU to wish women’s T-shirts and tops were made a bit longer?

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I do wish women’s t-shirts were 3-4cm longer in length. I’m 5ft 8 and some t-shirts are too short in the length. It just needs a few cm longer and looks better. It would not drown the shorter ladies.

I do buy men’s t-shirts but I want some tops with feminine designs etc

I really struggle with this, so I vote YANBU!

Just not enough longline t-shirts around for a choice of styles/colours and the very few there are sell out really quickly.

Only 5' 6" here, but another bugbear is pyjama tops. They're so short nowadays, even the shirt-style pyjamas with front buttons. Supermarket ones like Sainsbury's are the worst.

I have some of the Orla Kiely print pyjamas with a good inch gap between the hem of the top and the waistband. . I guess they're skimping on fabric, but I've seriously considered buying wide ribbon and sewing to the bottom hem, as an extension!

Also, swimsuits! 😮

I'm short, but I have a big bust and tops end up short on me because of this. I often have to wear a skirt to make them look okay.

Totally agree. I'm also 5.8 and find most tops too short

Omg yes please! I am 5’9” and all my height is in my back. I’m so fed up of seeing a lovely top that would finish around the ribs on me. No one needs to have the trauma of me in a crop top inflicted on the world 😂

Its the style just now. I get away with it at 5ft 5 and short backed. Sit nicely just below waist band!

I challenged a well known online retailer about this. I just asked if they could tell me how long a certain top was. They couldn't but told me the height of the model in the photo and what size she was. Totally bonkers. If they're selling the product why can't they just measure it at some point in the process. People have various body types - e.g. short body, long legs - so simply knowing their height, doesn't help. I pointed that out too. Radio silence.

Shorted fit is more flattering on me. At 5’5 I like them to fall just above my hip bones

I am constantly needing longer teeshirts!!

The takeaway from this is that if retailers made tops in a range of lengths (short, medium, long) and actually put the real lengths on their websites, they'd probably have a lot more happy customers.

Pjs - eleanor bowmer via next and British boxers bamboo pjs have both been great for me and I’m 5ft 10

5ft8 and hard agree. Nothing is long enough! Add in massive norks …

I buy high waisted jeans and then tuck my top in to make it work.

Things I’ve bought recently that work on a 5ft 10 top heavy me

massively oversized so size down, there’s a long sleeve version too

I'm thinking of buying this from Next - Friends Like These Aubergine Purple Short Sleeve Tunic
https://www.next.co.uk/style/SU971444/V10822

long but not bum covering vest
I'm thinking of buying this from Next - Long Tall Sally Black Ribbed Placket Vest
https://www.next.co.uk/style/SV051162/V69779

pjs with an actual long tshirt
I'm thinking of buying this from Next - Eleanor Bowmer Cream/Red Embroidered T-Shirt & Short Pyjamas Set
https://www.next.co.uk/style/SU800873/H76117

Decent length and not skimpy, generous sizing. Bargain
https://british-boxers.com/collections/womens-bamboo-pyjamas/products/womens-bamboo-lace-short-pyjama-set-wild-cat

I’m short too and tops are too cropped. you can’t tell from the pics on line either.

Not high fashion and synthetic but soft useful jumpers

https://www.roman.co.uk/plain-v-neck-stretch-jumper-16041680

I’m in the US, and lots of our shops have tees in Petite, Regular and Long. I remember there are GAPs, does the UK have Old Navy?

Nope, and GAP has exactly one tall t shirt

That’s annoying, and a bit weird too, when there’s obviously a need.

YANBU. I am not particularly tall,only 5 ft 5 in but I have a long back and short legs,so I frequently find that tops and T-shirts are too short. And while we're about it,am I the only one who gets sick of short sleeves being too damn short?! I like a sleeve to sit halfway between my shoulder and elbow,as I hate my upper arms (especially since losing a lot of weight I've been left with saggy skin). So many tops and T-shirts have tiny skimpy little sleeves. It's as if they make the garment,then discover they have a scrap of material left over and think now,what can I do with this?

I prefer them shorter - around hip length - and it annoys me that so many are actually long. I'm 5ft 7 and mostly buy Levis tees now as they are just right.

I agree. I’m 5’3 and slim. They’re either too short or literal crop tops.

5ft nothing and love being drowned in XXL band T-shirts. Pants are way worse as I have to alter them myself and I’m not that on par with sewing. Plus super skinny DD who won the genetic lottery needing her school pants taken up but able to be let out and her shirts nipped in. I wear platforms and get the most of out my clothes 😂

5ft 9 here and yes t-shirts are definitely shorter. I also buy men's t- shirts, it seems to me that mens t-shirts have always been better anyway. For trouser length I tend to use M&S.

I agree with this. It is stupid to make all tops the same length for people who can be a foot different in height when you think about it.

No please no. I have already enough problems with clothes fitting! 😁

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