A Short Girl Living in a Tall World
You ever make really late night purchases when you’re half asleep only to regret them later? I did that recently with a pair of leggings. You see, if you’re as basic as I am your leggings come out to play in September and you start pairing them up with bulky sweaters and Uggs or some ballet flats. And you run around like this from September to late November gripping a grande PSL in your hand. That’s actually my weekend uniform! I love a really comfy pair of leggings with a soft sweater!
During the week I typically wear a suit to work with a cami that matches my any number of Converse but on the weekend I’m all about comfort. But those days seem long ago and the pandemic has made September through November leggings a year round event.
If you’re anything like me and you’re short you probably made many a legging purchase that did not work out for you. For example, my recent late night purchase must have been done when I was drunk (and I don’t even drink) because I ordered a pair of leggings on a blind buy because the description didn’t give me the length and I got them and I’m almost positive that I can make another pair of leggings from them.
Short girl problems though….it’s a thing.
I’m just saying if you don’t list the length of your leggings in the description the government should step in and fine you for it. These things were like 28 inches long! Dude…dude….! Seriously now! But fact of the matter is finding leggings for short girls is a challenge as they are all pretty much made for tall girls. I’ve just started buying Capri leggings and wearing them as regular leggings sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t!
I think the lack of short girl leggings is appalling and needs to be addressed. Who do I write to about this? The President? The fashion police? Bless her soul if she was alive, Joan Rivers? Karl Lagerfeld? Surely not as he’s equally dead and also, likely a hater of leggings and short, fluffy girls like me. Where do I complain? I need to start a revolution!
Also, let’s just complain about too high grocery shelves while we’re at it. I hate waiting in an aisle for a tall person to pass by and proceed to ask them, “Can you reach that for me?”
Short little ladies where do you buy your leggings?
Help your fellow short sister out 🙂
P.S. If it’s any help at all I’ve actually purchased the No Boundaries ones from the teen section at the Evil Empire and they actually sometimes work out a treat!