Jeans are hard to buy! Tell me this, fashion: Don't you think a person with a smaller-than-average waist would also be smaller than average in general? I think so. Apparently you do not!
Dear Fashion:
I know I am a short person with a small waist: 5'2" tall, 25" waist. I actually have kind of long legs for someone my height, yet you somehow expect me to be as thin as I am yet super tall. My inseam is 30" ... but you expect it to be 32" or 34"! That is the inseam of women and men I know who are 7 inches taller than me! I realize shortening pants is possible and lengthening them is not. However, I just don't think there are that many people my weight and waist size who are 7 inches taller. Even those tall skinny models weigh more than me!
Also: I am slim-hipped and still can't fit my hips in your pants a lot of times. Why do you want me to be a boy shape? Somehow you expect me to have a big bottom, so why not hips?
Sincerely,
Marcia
Reader question: What is your inseam and how tall are you? Here's how to find out inseam if you don't know.
Dear Fashion:
I know I am a short person with a small waist: 5'2" tall, 25" waist. I actually have kind of long legs for someone my height, yet you somehow expect me to be as thin as I am yet super tall. My inseam is 30" ... but you expect it to be 32" or 34"! That is the inseam of women and men I know who are 7 inches taller than me! I realize shortening pants is possible and lengthening them is not. However, I just don't think there are that many people my weight and waist size who are 7 inches taller. Even those tall skinny models weigh more than me!
Also: I am slim-hipped and still can't fit my hips in your pants a lot of times. Why do you want me to be a boy shape? Somehow you expect me to have a big bottom, so why not hips?
Sincerely,
Marcia
Reader question: What is your inseam and how tall are you? Here's how to find out inseam if you don't know.
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