 channel guys it's your girl Coco styles and on this channel we talk about beauty fashion and lifestyle and styling guys so today's video is kind of like an impromptu because I was sitting here thinking and about clothes and being tall and having these struggles that we go through for our five I'm gonna say five nine enough struggle when it comes to like pants and jackets and stuff and I wanted to just give you guys a few tips on things that I do to make sure that I always have something to wear and that I don't feel out of place because when I go into a store I can't just pick up something and go right so I'm just gonna jump right into it and let's talk about wardrobe gaps wardrobe gaps are things that make our closet functional right and those are the things like white button-ups white t-shirts black blazers striped shirts if you're into that plain turtlenecks trench coats the basic stuff like that the things that you see on women and you're like oh my gosh she looks so cute it's usually something that's basic that actually made the outfit right so basic doesn't mean boring per se to me because I definitely think that it adds it can complete your outfit right and I like to use the blue jeans and the pumps for example you can wear that with a white button up tie it up have on something really really really nice accessories or you can wear a t-shirt with a blazer so I want all my tall women to know that yes we can be stylish without having to kind of do what everybody else is doing because at the end of the day most of that stuff doesn't fit us properly so it really we really have to take the time to do research to really understand the brands that cater to us right and I'll say let's just let's say let's say Zara right so Zara doesn't cater to us however they sometimes have things that fit us now if you are tall woman who's slim probably small like me I'm not like skinny well I'm slim um but I'm still a lot of weight I still weigh like a 205 pounds right but it's because I'm tall but I'm not very big at the bottom or anything like that which is fine so that helps me into getting into some other clothes now if I was I used to be a little bit more busty before I lost weight so I used to struggle with it paying to tops and jackets then I have broad shoulders but now that I have lost weight I can actually fit into a lot of Zara's stuff meaning like their pants if they come long enough and I can actually tell when they're like super super long if they're dragging on the floor for a shorter person I know that I can fit them and I can probably take out an inch or maybe two inches right so looks are things like that so Zara again I see all these hauls with Zara but it's not really for us and let's just keep it all the way through right these shirts that they went well I'm sorry I don't even want to say shirts these dresses that women wear average height women we love y'all but it just doesn't look the same on us because we're tall even even distressed jeans guys if you really think about it and you put them on the holes don't fit with they're actually supposed to hit and that's because we're tall now I'm not saying that you can't wear it because definitely we love distressed jeans right so it's just really being mindful on where you buying your stuff from and how the things are fitting you so this is just like I said an open conversation about it so for me coming from New York I definitely didn't really struggle like that in New York it was just something that I shopped almost every day guys and now I am doing a lot of online shopping because I find a lot more things online so when you are online shopping please please make sure you are reading the product details the product details is what's going to help you make your decision into buying the item right so let's take this jacket for example right I didn't know if it was going to fit me because I have broad shoulders however when I bought it I was super happy because the sleeves had about two inches to bring down when I got it I'm like okay I have to bring it down but I actually did it hit at a perfect spot for me right below my wrist which was perfect but if I wanted to I could still take it down so always do your own little hacks for your clothes to fit you like cropping jackets like I did I showed you guys in a couple of videos ago I'm actually I probably um link it above it wasn't a full video but I was just showing you guys and getting things tailored okay so for us if we pull up a pair of pants and it's a little too snug we can size up size up get it tailored get it tailored and you will feel so much better in the clothes because it actually fits you when in doubt always size up never get it if it's too tight because we don't buy what inspiration clothes guys we don't do that so yeah so those are some of the ways that I shop reading those product details help me so much when it comes to buying and let's just put the little let's put it out there we get tired of scrunching up sleeves right we want something that actually fits us like a normal blazer we may not want to always scrunch the sleeves up it's just what it is because I don't so like I said you can get it cut to a three quarter sleeve blazer or take out the seam if you have enough room to take it out so that I just wanted to come over here and talk to you guys about some of my shopping experiences that I have and see what you guys think about it how are you guys shopping are you struggling is there something that you're struggling with that I can probably help you with because I will say this I don't think I struggle I think I have learned to maneuver through this world with this because they don't cater to us and if they do cater to us the stuff is not like it's not super nice so let's just keep it funky okay so I had to come to terms with making things work for me so and shoes let's not talk about shoes because we have big feet too right so when it comes to shoes now here's my I'm guilty of this if I see a pair of shoes I don't care how much it is they have to fit me properly I'm gonna buy them if they have them in my size because that's bad but I know that nowadays everybody's wearing women shoes and um they're taking the bigger sizes right so I have to be ahead of those people and pretty much grab up the size so if there's two colors I'm probably gonna get both colors guys it's so bad but I know that it's something that's gonna last me and two I can't buy well we can't really purchase a cheaper shoe because we're tall we may be slim but we also are kind of heavy right so buying cheap shoes with cheap heels just won't work for us so the point is to really invest in the stuff that you want to buy long term because we are tall women and we want the things to look nice on us right like I said we may not be able to buy every single trend which I really don't like trends but everything that's coming out but we can definitely tweak our stuff to still be stylish in our own way so comment below if you have any questions on anything about style um or if you actually want to talk to me on a 101 call to pull out your personal style so that's it guys so if you say to the end of this video please comment Coco we see you and guys don't forget to hit that like comment and subscribe and follow me on instagram at Coco Styles NY and head over to my website grab your freebie at CocoStylesNY.com and head over to my blog at CocoStylesNYC.com and I will catch you guys in the next one bye