 Welcome back to my channel guys. It's your girl Coco styles and on this channel We talk about beauty fashion lifestyle and styling so today We're gonna talk about some of the struggles tall women have when it comes to shopping and trends and seeing Influencers and other all the girlies who are wearing all of the designer pieces and Fashionable pieces so in this video I just want to break down some of the struggles that we have and things that we can do to kind of Not let it get to us. Especially if you are a tall girl even plus size and even petite girls can actually take these tips and Use them when they're shopping. I Will say there are a lot more brands that do have petite sections and plus size sections for tall girls Not so much So one of the things that I want to talk about our shoes, okay A lot of higher-end brands do carry shoes that are larger That is something that I learned very very early on Living in New York City. You guys know I'm from New York So for me, I never really struggled with trying to find fashionable clothes I just made this stuff work for me But finding shoes was the first thing that I knew I would have an issue with Why? Because your girl got wide-feet like her mama did and it's just what it is, right? We literally have big hands and big feet. So finding shoes that were nice That were fashionable in my size was really hard once I realized that I could not just go to a store and be like Give me that I Didn't get frustrated. I just decided to always shop online And that is when I realized that shopping online. I was able to find better deals The same item at another Store that had a sale going on so shoes is one thing that we struggle with But I don't feel like we need to let it take us down pretty much Just be a little bit more strategic when you're shopping like I said shopping was online is something that I would always do and Definitely check out those higher brands. It sucks When you want to support like smaller businesses and stuff like that, but a lot of the smaller brands They don't even go up to a size 12. Okay. I do know that Charles David and Mark Fisher They go up to a 12. I Love them and they're like a lower brand and they're not that expensive and starred starred has a 12 And you know who goes up to a 12 as well Jennifer Lee She is an Asian design. A lot of her heels are really really high However, she does go up to I want to say a 43 if I'm not mistaken So definitely check out those brands that carry those sizes, especially if you have wide feet and if you have a wider calf What can let me backtrack if you have wider foot You need to make sure that you own a shoe stretcher And I don't mean stretching your shoe a whole two sizes and width. I mean just like a little Smidget, okay, because if it's too tight overall, the shoe was just too small But if you have like a little bit of tightness in an area definitely get you a shoe stretcher or take it to a Cobbler, they'll stretch it out and you're golden They do stretch out in length, but I don't know like if that's gonna mess up the back of your shoe If it's too short, then the shoe just too small child So make sure you do have a shoe stretcher and get you a really really good pair So you don't have to go spend your money at a cobbler all the time Alright, so shoes is the first thing that we struggle with for me shopping online is something that will always always help me Which leads me to the other Thing is buying bottoms and this is from skirts to trousers to jeans Ladies your favorite influencer is probably like five five And probably wears a size six There's not many tall influencers and when I say tall, I don't mean like five seven five eight because they shouldn't be struggling most girls with a longer torso a Longer legs. They say that they struggle a lot because their inseam may be long like literally may be longer than some girls who are like five nine, right? So when it comes to jeans and trousers and skirts that are not like super many on us There's a couple of things that I do One is always have a tailor if I find a pair of pants that I absolutely love you guys I've already seen those red pants from Zara. I bought two I had them take from one pants and put it on the other and then I also had them made the extra one into a skirt So just get creative like I have one of each in the in the color red, right? But you can also make sure that you are reading these details in these labels guys Now the girls be telling me about fashion over But I'm be honest with you I'm not a fashion over girl. It's just not gonna happen. It's just solely because I just feel like it's just fast fashion, right? I did buy a pair of pants recently that would be considered fast fashion which were from What's those pants from guys good American? All right? I have two sweat pants from them that were really really long Okay, and I bought those years ago These cargo pants are like a 38 inch inseam. They're massive like massive I have to roll them up. I've never had a pair of pants like that So we may have to pay a little bit more, but also to avoid being frustrated Childhood saving money for them and get the pants that fit your frame as opposed to wearing high-water pants guys It's just not a good look. So definitely jeans and and trousers And skirts are an issue even some dresses because they may just be too short now with skirts Now in days you can find skirts that are long enough for us if it isn't awkward lame to Child take it to your tailor because here's the thing. We have tall girl brands But they don't have a ton of stylish things and also guys You're tall, but you're not an alien. Okay, you can still find clothes that actually fits your frame. So bottoms and Bottoms or bottom skirts Trousers jeans are an issue, but we can definitely shop online as well the other struggle with jeans and stuff like the gap I know they carry tall But you have to get it online. So I don't know what the logic is behind that with these brands Because guess what we shop to like we want to go into the store and shop But I wish that they would carry this stuff in store as opposed to having us have to Order it try it on and then if it doesn't fit send it back. It's just a hassle But bottoms are another thing don't let those little issues deter you from being stylish or finding things that fit your frame I want to say politics in fashion is 511 I'll ask her on her tiktok like a question in the comments. I believe she said 511 because I don't think she's quite yet Six feet, but she's tall But she's another person you can follow and check out because she's tall if you're a taller and you're struggling with finding stylish things I'll say this. I have never let my height Determine from looking nice and looking put together Never girl. Okay, especially somebody from New York. It was just not a thing that I did So when I see young girls who are like slouching and stuff It kind of makes me sad because I'm just like stand up. You're tall, but I know for them at that young age they're dating They can't find like guys that are their height or boy little boys I'm gonna say little boys young men are not interested in tall girls, but girl who cares? Okay, if you're watching this and you're a tall teen Do you boo? Do you embrace it embrace it embrace it embrace it just find clothes that fit your frame If your friends are buying something that's trendy and you can't you ain't a trendy girl That's it. Like you find something that works well with you. All right The other thing I want to say would be jackets Jackets is something else that we struggle with solely because a lot of us do have an athletic build Which means that we have broader shoulders Okay, the good thing is that Oversized things are in and they've been in for a while Shoulder pads are in most of the time when you have broad shoulders. You're gonna stay away from Um shoulder pads But you could always take them out Lamarck you guys know I swear by Lamarck. They have a really really nice blazers that are leather They're oversized, but they fit Nice on a tall frame, so they don't fit quite super oversized, but they do fit as an arm length Shoulder wise across the bust area So definitely check out brands that have oversized things oversized things like The Frankie shop that's what now the Frankie shop is like really really oversized But they do have things that are long and armed If you guys can see these jackets behind me Those are from the Frankie shop at the thing so you guys can see at the Frankie shop these the one in the back has Extremely abnormally long sleeves They're not like my hands are like Covered with them if you're shorter than me is gonna be massive on you And I had this for a while now But I like to just pay attention to The details and stuff when I'm shopping. I refuse to let my height stop me from looking cute I'm so serious and looking stylish like I've never did and I'm not gonna start now Especially with like new brands coming out. Everything is just so small Oh my gosh, like Naomi Campbell has a line collaboration with boss Hugo boss And I just want to go check it out So you would think that her stuff will be at minimum like a 35 inch inseam No, I think it's like 34 or something like that. Maybe 33 and a half. It's not even long But you would think that she would but I'm telling you if I got the opportunity to come out with something Your girl is gonna have long pants and the short girls are just gonna have to get a tailored, honey Because there's so many more things that average height girls have That tall women don't even plus size girls. There's a lot of brands that cater to plus size women and not tall women I just watched a video with Monroe talking about fashion week and she's not seeing a lot of Brown girls there. Um, and she's also seen less and less plus size women And she's seen the same thing when it comes to like shopping so I don't know if They just jumped on a bandwagon at one point to Get their stuff to sell by pushing out stuff or plus size women But according to her she feels like she's not seeing that anymore. So for me just support the brands that actually Have the things that fit your frame and your body type That's it. If a brand doesn't don't get mad. Try another brand. Okay So we went into shoes And we went to jackets and bottoms now Here's here's the thing when it comes to like buying I'm going to say Stockings like things like that There was a trend at one point and actually I'm seeing it come back now girls are wearing stockings and tights That are solid and opaque and colored girls It is very hard to find a pair of tights That are meant for tall girls Back in the day when I was in New York H&M used to be golden for it. Okay, but we also had like Stores that specialize in tights like literally Colorful tights like we just had a whole bunch of stuff then they probably are still there but That's another struggle that we have If you are in doubt when it comes to buying tights just got like an extra large You know, it's better to have more room to pull up and stuff than something to be Super baggy in the crotch area you guys already know back in the day On easter when your stockings is too small We don't want to deal with that So the best thing to do is just size up and kind of go from there and see how it works But don't let any of these things that I'm talking about deter you from being stylish Again, your fact your favorite fashion influencer is probably like five four five five and you're like five ten So the clothes that they're wearing is not going to necessarily look the same on you Just try to pull some inspiration from them. If that's what you'd like to do for me I knew very early on that trying to pull inspiration from people was going to be hard anyway So I just kind of went with what worked with my body So if you notice a lot of my stuff is not much so what everybody is wearing If it's a piece here and there it just actually fits my frame But if it's just me being Stylish most likely is just stuff that Sinaya cocoa Would wear and what works well with her body? So those are some of the things that we struggle with and some of the little quick fixes that you can do So you're not frustrated when shopping if you're a girl who's like I'm gonna give you five nine, but I want to say five ten and up The struggle is real but don't sleep on some of your regular brands. They do have tall pants. They do have tall sections They may not be like designer. They're like high street brands Check them out. Don't get frustrated and remain stylish girls always guys So thank you guys for tuning into this video if you stayed to the end of this video Please comment cocoa We see you and guys don't forget to follow me on instagram at cocoa styles nyc and cocoa styles ny And i'm on ticketing ticketing top Cocoa styles nyc and don't forget to check out my personal style blog Is a ton of tips on there for tall women and that's cocoa styles nyc.com and my personal Style services if you're interested go to cocoa styles ny.com and I will catch you guys in the next one. Bye guys