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It's -not- hideous, and you're -not- ugly. It's really quite cute!

/IF/ I can ever find a pic of me from Otakon, I'll show you something -hideous-... but then, finding anything to fit my 6'3" frame is a dicey proposition at best. Near as I can find, the Japanese firms don't believe the sizes even -go- that big. :p

*hugs*
~Ellie-chan, world's largest omnivorous cabbit :)

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6'3"? They make people that big? They make GIRLS that big? O_O Chew on my sarcasm.

Yeah, the Japanese are pretty bad about sizing... the biggest they have, an LL (extra-large), is more like a M/L. And it's all made for girls who are, at tallest, 5'4". Of course you can't blame them, because that's the average size of the Japanese girl and that's who's buying most of their clothing, but you gotta wonder what it's like for the non-average Japanese girls. At least one thing's for sure- if you're tall, you'll be a model. XD

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*wry smile*
There's also a teeny tiny weight problem... one that's being worked on diligently (and sometimes OVERworked, and I wake up like I have today o.0). I've got some very definite goals in that area, but have been on a campaign of burning any pics folks take of me until I'm closer to a reasonable form. My current housemate is a talented seamstress... she made the dress I wore for AnthroCon and Otakon this year, and the corset helps some...

But I dislike looking like a house. :p Anyway. :p

I -have- found that certain sites, like (http://home.att.ne.jp/theta/pare/), give enough pictures from enough angles that she can reconstruct it and upscale it for me. I keep hoping that they'll add a rough English translation of the page, but again there's the issue of sizing; Japanese sizes require more 'explaining' than they probably want to have to do. Ah well. I'm fairly certain the pricing for something in -my- size would be exorbitant; I just can't picture them making something in a 34Tall. :p

*hugs and quits rambling*

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I'm working on sewing copies of things from Baby, The Stars Shine Bright, Miho Matsuda and Atelier Boz. If I succeed, want me to make you something? ^_~ I live in Toronto near the textile district (where anything fabric is wonderfully inexpensive), so I could do it for less than it would cost to actually buy the damn thing.

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Whoa and here I thought I had it bad at 5'11".

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The oldest of my younger sisters and I got 'blessed' like that. I'm 6'3", she's 6'1", and the 'baby' is 5'4"... and we hates her, yessss, my precious. :)

It's my Da's fault, I figure. Mom's only 5'5", but Da's 6'6". :P

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Why is it most short people think being so tall is a blessing? The clothing problem I can live with because if you can't find what you want there's learning how to sew. It's finding cute shoes that drives me up the wall. Seems most designers think a womans feet stop grown at about a size 9.

I can blame it on my dad also, he's 6'3" and my mom is 5'2". At least I'm shorter then my brothers. :D

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No clue when it comes to the 'blessing' part. Shoes are a particularly nasty sticking point, too; but I've discovered that (http://www.payless.com/) is my friend. They carry up to a 12W in a lot of their styles, which suits my needs for a 12M just fine (yah, I got that blessing too, courtesy of my Da's size 15 stompers). The prices are decent and for the most part the styles are current.

But it leave me in the cold for -anything- fancy. And I just don't have the $100+ to throw at a pair of shoes. :p

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Thanks! I haven't been in there for about a year. I quit going after I realized that a pair of boots I loved stopped just before they got to an 11. :(

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Speaking genetically, children do tend to take physical attributes from the parent of the opposite gender. Meaning if the father is tall, the girls will be tall, and if the mother is short, the boys will be short. My mother is 4'11", and my brother is 5'4". (My dad is 6 feet exactly.) I'm 5'3", but that's mostly due to recessive genetic factors on my dad's side (my paternal grandparents were both very tall, so I got the recessive short genes). My sister is 12, 5'1" and still growing, so she'll be tall. (My inner geneticist murders me.) According to my entire extended family, I would look just like my paternal grandfather if I weren't so damn short.

As to why being tall is considered a blessing... you don't have to jump for things at the supermarket or when you're clothes shopping. You don't have the problem of having to hem all of your pants because any girl who's a size 12-14 is "bound to be tall as well." Oh, and then there's the teasing issue- I've been called shrimp, short stuff, little girl and all those other wonderful names my whole life. I know the tall girls get it too, but it's still there. I'd just like to be a few inches taller- maybe 5'6" or 5'7". Alas, I'm done growing, so the only way I can do that is with a good pair of platforms. ^_^;;

I think everyone would like to change their body, but alas, it won't happen. So we can all sit around and complain and satiate ourselves that way. Huzzah for being DIFFERENT!

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Yeah I see your point, I always have to get things off the shelves for my mom. But we never have to hem out pant legs because most pants are made for girls of average height (5'4"-5'7") and are capris on us. XD

If I want a decent pair of pants that fit me perfect it's about $60.

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It's not always like that, though. My mom is 5'8" and my dad is 6'3", yet I'm only 5'3", so sometimes genetics does odd stuff... My 14 years old sister is 5'9", too. And I know exactly what you mean about having to jump, too.

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