Tall Tuesday: Link Up Your Favorite Post of the Week

It's Tall Tuesday. It's time to link up your best blog post of the week. This can be from your personal blog, or a tall store blog. Then I encourage you to visit a few of the linking blogs and add a comment. We can all help each other when we spread the love.
Rules: please keep everything family friendly!

Tall Clothing Mall Anniversary is Next Week

Next week marks our 4th anniversary at Tall Clothing Mall. We will have exclusive discounts and giveaways! If you own a tall store, please contact us for special placements if you would like to sponsor a giveway or offer an exclusive discount!

Cutter & Buck Big and Tall Store

Our newest partner store is Cutter & Buck. They have a huge selection of men's big and tall clothing. Their speciality is golf clothing and wind-resistant clothes. Shirts are available in sizes LT-4XLT and pants are available in 34", 36" and 38" inseam lengths.
Cutter & Buck offers free shipping on orders of $125 or more!
View the full list of our men's big and tall stores.

Introducing - Tall Thrift Store

Have you ever wanted a place to advertise your tall clothing items you don't want anymore? I'm sure we all have tall clothes that we may have outgrown. Why not pass them on to other tall people? Several of you have suggested that we add this service.
Today we introduce "Tall Thrift Store". It's a blog where you can place your Ebay listings of all of your gently used tall clothes and get it out in front of other tall people. Listings can be tall clothes, shoes, or other items pertaining to tall people.
Best of all it's a FREE service we are providing to you.
Please give us some feedback on what you think and how we can improve this service.

Win a $50 Gift Card to Any Tall Clothing Mall Store

We're giving away a $50 gift card valid at any store you choose at Tall Clothing Mall. This may help one lucky reader get a head start on holiday shopping! If we end up with over 100 comments, we will award 2 $50 gift cards!

How to Enter the Giveaway
Enter Once:
Browse through the stores at Tall Clothing Mall. Let me know in a comment below, where you would spend your gift card. Here is the list of women's tall clothing stores, the men's tall clothing stores, the plus size clothing stores and the shoe stores.

For a Second Entry:
Mention this giveaway on your website or blog and put a link to it. Then come back here and add another comment after this entry to a link of where you have entered it on your website or blog. Then you have earned 2 entries ( and a free link for your site, etc).

Third Bonus Entry:
Do a Twitter post or Facebook post about the giveaway and then enter another comment below, with a link. Wow, you've just earned 3 chances to win.

Rules:
The giveaway is open to everyone and you can enter until midnight on November 15th. The winner will be announced the morning of Nov 16, 2010.

(Note) If your comment doesn't link back to your profile or blog where I can find your email, or you don't have a blog, then you must leave your email in the comment so I can contact you if you win. You will have 48 hours to respond or I will choose a new winner. Winners will be chosen randonly at random.org. Good luck!

Long Tall Sally in Seattle Aug 28 & 29

If you live in the Seattle area, Long Tall Sally is bringing a special pop up event to your city on August 28 and 29th. Now's your chance to try on their clothes before you buy them! They will be bringing their clothes to the Grand Hyatt from 9-5 and 9-4 on the previously mentioned dates. See the complete article here.

Share With Me - Product Reviews & Interesting Tall People

I'm looking for:

• Interesting Tall People to spotlight. If you know a tall person that is doing outstanding things in their community or has overcome great odds, please tell me about them.
• More Giveaways - if you own a tall store and would like to sponsor a giveaway, this is a great way to advertise.
• More Product Reviews - I love your feedback. If you know of a must have clothing item, please share it with me.
• Any Other Ideas - Do you have any ideas for making Tall Clothing Mall the best it can be? Please share.

You may comment below this post or send off a private email to krista at tallclothingmall dot com.

Share Your Favorite Tall Stores

Today I'd like you to show me your favorite tall stores and places to find longer length clothing. If you own a tall store, today's the day to share it!
Use Mister Linky below and it will automatically be added below.

Eddie Bauer's 12 Days of Gifts

Starting today is Eddie Bauer 12 Days of Gifts with a new deal being offered every day from December 11th - December 22nd. Todays deal to start it off is cloud layer fleece for $19.50 (save $30). In addition, until Christmas, Eddie Bauer offer free holiday shipping on $100+ orders. See site for details. They are one of my favorite stores for tall clothing.

Tall Clothing Mall's New Feedback Friday

We get quite a few emails of suggestions for tall stores, and various other products. So starting once a week we will have Feedback Friday -featuring some of the top emails we have received. As always, you can leave comments below blog posts or send us an email at admin@tallclothingmall.com.

From Jheri- regarding Ginormica
"I was very shy in school being too tall, too thin, too pale and too hard of hearing. I used it as an excuse to go into my own shell and felt sorry for myself. The fact that I was the tallest in my family by the time I was 12 didn't help much. But I did improve and by the time I was 20 or so, I found that I was proud of what I looked like and my height."
"When I run into a teenager who is tall I tell them to get involved in some activity in school. It can be anything, but something where others will recognize and value their efforts. It gives them a better sense of value."
Thanks Jheri for your great suggestions and words of wisdom.

Judy suggested a few tall stores:
"Like your site - very informative. Looking forward to exploring it further. I would like to tell you about my favorite store (I didnt see it on your site yet - you should really get it on) it is called Long Legs Fashions For Tall Women www.longlegs.ca . I have bought so much stuff from them and the shipping and customer service is wonderful. The quality of the garments exceeded my expectations. You should look into them and www.simplytall.net. I have purchased a few things from them too that i have been happy with. I'll let you know if i think of any more things that are good for the tall woman."
Thanks Judy!

Luxuriously Tall Going Out of Business

It's sad to see tall stores going out of business. Luxuriously Tall of Dayton is another victim of the economy. We need to support the stores that sell tall sizes and keep them around. Everything on their website is currently 50% off and the discount will rise every week.

38 Inseam Yoga Pants for Tall Women

Extra long yoga pants are becoming easier to find. Long Legs, a tall store in Canada has put this pair on sale. This pair of 38" inseam yoga pants features a pull tie in front to adjust the rise. These yoga's can be a mid-rise or low-rise..you decide !! Great wide leg is very flattering. On sale for $51 Canadian dollars. Click here for more tall yoga pants.

Tall Woman Survives Shopping Trip to Mall

When the phone rings at five o'clock in the morning it's usually a bad sign. I answered the phone to find out my mother was in the hospital and I needed to take an emergency trip out of state. I scrambled to make arrangements for my older children while I would be gone. Then I hurriedly packed my suitcase with a few items of clothing for my baby and myself and drove 7 hours to get to the hospital.

What I thought would only be a few days visit, ended up being much longer. Guess what? I did not bring enough clothes and the clothes I brought were pretty strange looking. As a 6'1" tall woman, I prefer to shop online as I can find exactly what I need easily and hassle-free. In my desperation I ventured into the mall to find a few shirts. Luckily I had actually brought some decent tall pants, but I needed a few tops. Here is how I survived shopping in a mall where women's tall sizes are extinct.

I ventured into a department store and immediately tried to find a tall salesperson to assist me in finding some clothing as I figured they would understand how best to help me find clothing that fits my tall stature. To my dismay I could not find anyone tall working there. I quickly scanned the area for the sharpest dressed saleswoman. I finally found one that was extremely helpful.

I explained to her that I needed some tops in longer lengths. She found some great options for me and I even ended up with a few 3/4th sleeves jackets that were really cute over my longer tunics and shirts. As this store did not have tall sizes it took quite a bit of searching to find what I was looking for. Had I not been aided by a friendly salesperson that was familiar with the store, it would have been a nightmare.

I made sure I had an open mind, as some of the items suggested did not look too great on the hanger, but I loved them once I tried them on. I was also able to educate the woman as to what looks great on tall women as she kept handing me small printed shirts and I was able to explain that tall women need to keep everything in proportion to their size- meaning bigger patterns and strips etc. I was pleasantly surprised that what could have been a shopping fiasco turned into a fun experience.

Although I still prefer to buy tall sizes and I have my favorite tall stores to shop in, thanks to the help of a great saleswoman, I was able to survive my shopping trip to the mall.
Visit Tall Clothing Mall at http://www.tallclothingmall.com - a great resource for tall men and tall women looking for tall clothing, plus size clothing, big and tall clothing, tall maternity, and large size shoes. This website was created by Krista Mayne, after she became frustrated by the amount of time she spent trying to find tall clothing.