Finding clothes for a tall girl

[BlueChaos]

My poor niece. She wants to wear the clothes her friends wear, but they don't come in her size. She's not overweight, she's tall. Tall, as in she's just 11, but she's 5'5. The clothes at her favorite store, Justice, don't come in her size. Where can we find clothes like the ones at Justice that come in her size? She shouldn't have to dress like an adult just yet.

[tulagirl]

Well, I don't really know but she should be able to wear the shirts from justice in the larger sizes for the length. Pants for her could be found at Khols, Old Navy and places like that...or The Gap.

[InkyMilk]

Hmm, I think Rue 21 (not Forever 21) has some cute things aimed for around the preteen age that might come in taller/larger sizes. I can't quite remember since it's been ages since I shopped there but it might be worth checking out. Let's see...I suppose you could try Forever 21 also since some of their stores are HUGE and have a humongous variety so if you look carefully you may be able to find things age appropriate for her as well.  Oh, and Target! Outside of the young girls' section she can still maybe try looking in the missy section since they have some very adorable thing and lots of cute printed tops in very forgiving sizes.

[kaoskat]

Ugh. I always had the reverse problem, being too small for my age and not being able to wear things my friends were wearing because they didn't come small enough. I feel her pain. I have no suggestions though, just sympathy.

[melodys_angel]

Any way to take some things in?

Hopefully theres a compromise for her somewhere <3

[FantasticFirefly]

I'm a bit of a cheapskate with clothes, 5'6" and fairly thin. I go to "tween" type places at the mall with inexpensive clothes, sometimes you have to hunt for things that won't make me feel ridiculous (bratz doll type clothes- no thank you) but many of those places do have plain jeans and shirts. At least stores here are better about leg length vs. when I was 15 or so- then if I found a pant that fit me around the waist, the legs were stumpy giving me the "Milhouse" look from the simpsons, If it had a long enough leg it was sliding off my butt. annoying.

[pinkkittywinks]

H&M are good

love pkw xxx

[Eviecorn]

I second Forever 21.  She should find some really cute stuff there - it's more teenager-centric.

[tulagirl]

Ugh. I always had the reverse problem, being too small for my age and not being able to wear things my friends were wearing because they didn't come small enough. I feel her pain. I have no suggestions though, just sympathy.

Yes this was my problem as a child. I had a tiny waist and very short. We couldn't fit me in a pair of "in" jeans no matter what we tried.  So, I had no choice but to wear some less that desirable jeans in middle school.  I was very small. When I was 12 years old I was still wearing a child size 10 and even some kid 8's. My mom just tried very hard to get me not to go with fads as she always felt I needed to be an individual.  I, like all kids those ages wanted the fads.  Boy its hard growing up when you are a girl.  Clothes really are everything at that age.

[HollowZero]

American Eagle has jeans and pants in long and extra long. Old Navy too. This site looks nice as well.

I feel her pain, though--I grew out of my clothes so fast it wasn't even funny. I was into a size 10 shoe by 5th grade.

I laugh now but it was rough finding clothes at all. Hell, it still is.

[spookysage]

Definitely seek out the youth/misses/whatever section at stores, I see some pretty youthful stuff there at Target and so on.

I didn't care too much about my size or clothes growing up, but I'm still short enough that now I can occasionally grab something in the largest size from the kid's department. Less expensive that way, too. I'm pretty jealous of kids these days, though - their clothes are pretty stylish, compared to my childhood. I grew up during that terrible cusp of fashion that was the early/mid 90s - why yes, in the third grade I did have four or five matching brightly colored Pocahontas sweater/sweatpant sets! White turtlenecks! Light or stonewashed denim, everywhere!