Club Obi Wan

We keep hearing that there is no market for tall/long sizes, but there must be a few of you in the same boat as me. So, I thought I'd put some feelers out and see how many of you lanky folks there were out there that would buy gear (shirts and jackets especially) if only you could get your size. I'm not offering to make anything, but maybe one of our feerless vendors will take notice.

I wouldn't know... I'm not sure whether I'm tall or not. I am 6'1" and quite average in the Netherlands but I have no idea if I should be considered tall or not by U.S. standards.

I voted small. I'm 5'11.5 (or around there) but I'm very underweight. More often than not, if I get a small it's too short, and a medium is always baggy on me (sometimes smalls are too, but we won't go into that). So quite frankly, I need to either put on weight (near impossible) or get a long size (probably less possible). Luckily, for my next jacket-ing needs, US wings offers small and even extra small in long sizes!

-KB

Being 6' 8" & "big boned" , I'm not exactly lanky, but I do suffer from this problem. After lots of trial and error I just started getting my stuff from Magnoli, and BANG, problem solved But still it would be nice for us larger folk to have some more options too.

Regards,
-Ryan

I'm 6'1", weigh roughly 200 lbs., and wear a 44 Long/Tall suit jacket. Most of the time an XL shirt will fit me well.

Off-the-rack jackets are a different story; it's about 50/50 between L and XL depending on the manufacturer, but I usually end up with an oversized XL just to get the desired sleeve length. When I was deciding which Indy jacket to buy, the lack of long/tall off-the-rack choices in my price range seriously limited my options; I eventually went with Wested simply because they were the only manufacturer who could provide a jacket that would fit properly (custom, of course) and still meet my budget.

For me at 6'4" -- an XL fits in the chest, is too big in the waist, and the sleeve length drives me crazy. I usually find an XL Long, or L Long (depending on the cut) works --- but can ya find them? Not very likely....

I usually wear an XL if I can't find a Large long. If Todd had his standard jacket in longs, I'm there. But I doubt he'll have them.

O.K. I checked my mesurements and it turns out I am a long (not realy surprised) The thing that trew me off sent on this was my ROLA special: I thought those only came in regular size, but Gemma told me the ROLA special actualy has Long as the standard.

Regards, Geert