Try Ibex. www.ibexwear.com
They are quite tall-friendly and curve-friendly. I've got the "hourglass" figure that is so hard to fit these days like it sounds you do.
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10-09-2007, 08:46 PM #1
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10-10-2007, 06:17 AM #2
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TE has a "shop" for Tall:
http://www.teamestrogen.com/categories.asp?catID=105Lisa
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10-10-2007, 06:25 AM #3
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I'm 5'7" but not as small as you are and I just got a Castelli long sleeve jersey and it's great-it's really long so it covers and will stay down far enough.
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10-10-2007, 06:29 AM #4
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Hello,
I'm 5'6" (so average height), flat chest, but have a long torso for my height and also have big waist-hip difference (26/37). I run into this problem with jerseys a lot. PI and Shebeest are almost always too short in the torso. I've had good luck with Gore jerseys and Castelli jerseys in terms of having adequate front torso length. I also have some cheapish Hind long sleeve jerseys that are plenty long enough (but kind of a sloppy, not very sleek fit over all).
One other thing I've found, related to the curvy figure discussion -- 99% of the time I need to order shorts by waist size and totally ignore the hip measurement. If I order for hip size the shorts are always too big. I share this only because it seemed completely counter intuitive to me, since you would think you'd need to fit the biggest part...
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10-10-2007, 08:24 AM #5
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My Castelli jerseys from a couple of years ago are fairly long - and not real tight in the chest area (I'm a 34C) I like the length since I'm with you, I hate to have to be pulling on my shirts all the time.
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10-10-2007, 11:03 AM #6
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TwinSix jerseys are curvy.
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10-10-2007, 12:27 PM #7
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I have no useful suggestions, but I feel your pain. Hourglass figure is not easy to fit, no matter what advertisers like to claim.
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10-11-2007, 08:13 AM #8
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Thanks, all. Ibex looks like it might fit just about perfectly (but so expensive! I assume it's really, really nice
). I'll try a Castelli (I seem to remember doing so and having it run quite large, but I'll give it another shot.) and Gore. I have a deep and abiding love for wool, so I might just have to give in and be clothed in snuggly wool all winter.
SouthernBelle -- do you have any idea how the twinsix jerseys run in the waist? do they run long? I found a dealer fairly close (I think I biked by them last weekend at some point), so I'll check them out.
I am really surprised that the TE tall shop (which is a great idea) has such short tights! 30" inseams on the size M is tall? I hope they stretch quite a lot!
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