| As a tall man, one of the questions I most frequently | | | | But back to the story of the man selling tall men's |
| get asked is 'where you find clothes?' In years gone | | | | clothing in his room at home. The profitability of the |
| by, I used to list of a reel of unheard of names, mostly | | | | internet, the reduction of overheads, meant it was |
| without a branch, and mostly just a mail-order | | | | actually feasible to save money and invest in capital. |
| warehouse store. Now I can cite numerous shops | | | | Extra tall clothing businesses sprung up across the UK. |
| which are on the high street, selling well, and bringing | | | | You could stack them high, sell them cheap, and |
| cutting-edge design into the outsize market. | | | | suddenly tall menswear was available nationwide. |
| So what's changed? Why is clothing for tall men so | | | | The progression didn't stop there. In recent years, |
| special? Well the internet gave rise to some interesting | | | | we've seen tall clothing stores breaking out onto the |
| new startups. People who could order stock, keep it in | | | | high street. High and Mighty, Long Tall Sally, to name |
| their bedroom, and sell it online. Instead of needing a | | | | but a few. These shops have truly made a profitable |
| customer-base, or a mail-order system, everything | | | | high-street chain out of plus sized clothes. |
| could be published on a website. Massive change, | | | | So, if you wanted a guide on buying tall clothing, it |
| massive incentive for entrepreneurship. | | | | would be as follows: Start online. Go make some |
| The reason tall men's clothing is so different is that the | | | | searches, check out the guide on tall men's |
| sizes are extremely difficult to approximate. Sure, it's | | | | clothing.co.uk and get to grips with what's available. |
| easy to make XL into triple XL and that counts as | | | | Next, subscribe to some of their catalogues, get some |
| extra-large. But what about height? Well that ads a | | | | information coming through the door about what's new |
| whole different set of measurements into the equation. | | | | and exciting. Last, go search out some of these plus |
| Long inner-seams with small waists, tight shoulders | | | | sized stores on the high street. Try things on and get a |
| with long sleeves - these are all things that are very | | | | feel for what works. |
| hard to cater for. The more shops that can, the better. | | | | |