Jesse, thing is, your confinement thing? Makes me wanna hug you, hard and long. Be warned.
I want to be 5'9. How do we correct upwards?
Ginger--I might actually say "hash-Bookzilla." Just in case. But not "at TheOtherThing." That would be silly.
Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering people issue?
Wash ,'Serenity'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Sep 03, 2010 4:22:20 pm PDT #22021 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Vortex - Sep 03, 2010 4:22:36 pm PDT #22022 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
5'4" is the same problem as 5'8", isn't it, just on the other dividing line.
Nah, because you have too much fabric on one side, which can be hemmed easily, but you can't make fabric out of nothing.
Aims - Sep 03, 2010 4:23:47 pm PDT #22023 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I solved the length problem by buying the "long" jeans and wearing 4" heeled boots. I'm 5'7".
Hil R. - Sep 03, 2010 4:24:16 pm PDT #22024 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Nah, because you have too much fabric on one side, which can be hemmed easily, but you can't make fabric out of nothing.
But pants that are designed for taller people have problems besides the length. I've tried on plenty of pairs of pants where the waistband ended up somewhere around my bra band. Well-made petite pants also have a shorter rise.
Jesse - Sep 03, 2010 4:24:42 pm PDT #22025 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Vortex, I meant petite/regular v regular/long. Of course it doesn't help when brands don't sell longs.
ita, you know I love to hug you.
sarameg - Sep 03, 2010 4:27:45 pm PDT #22026 of 30001
It's also build. I don't have big hips and have no rear, but really long legs for my height.
Jesse - Sep 03, 2010 4:28:32 pm PDT #22027 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
This is why I don't bother!
Amy - Sep 03, 2010 4:34:31 pm PDT #22028 of 30001
Because books.
Nah, because you have too much fabric on one side, which can be hemmed easily, but you can't make fabric out of nothing.
But I don't want to be taller just for the pants!
DavidS - Sep 03, 2010 4:48:38 pm PDT #22029 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I can't stop creating roller derby names.
'Cuz you're awesome at it! You should think up roller derby names for msbelle and ita and rio.
I can't believe Skanky McFarland hasn't been registered. Maybe too obscure?
Generational thing, I expect.
sarameg, I think you're pretty photogenic.
But I don't want to be taller just for the pants!
Right, there's the whole looming thing which is hard to do at 5'4".
Oooh, look how I snuck the quotes marks inside the end-stop there.
hippocampus - Sep 03, 2010 5:01:22 pm PDT #22030 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
At just under 5'1", I think I can safely say pants must not fit anyone.
Very much this. Though I'm currently liking a pair of Columbia hiking pants. I think they're supposed to be cropped though. NSM, and I'm fine with that.
Right, there's the whole looming thing which is hard to do at 5'4".
Oh we can loom. It's just subtle.