Tall Friendly Sweaters

Welp, it seems we’re pretty firmly entrenched in sweater season. The season has given us the cold shoulder. Even Wisconsinites are cancelling on sand volleyball. Some of us ahem, still showed up but we’ll gladly take the free wins. There really should be a cut off point for outdoor volleyball and I’m thinking the first week of November sounds about right. This is the second year in a row we’ve been playing into the second week of November and I don’t think it’s healthy!

We’re concurrently at the point where it’s in your best interest to go anywhere with at least a light jacket on and probably not shorts (directed at all you hardcore Wisconsinites), which leads us straight to sweater weather! Give us all the sweaters, we sure love us some coziness.

Today’s post is about tall friendly sweaters and we can’t talk about those without mentioning H&M. Over the past few years, I’ve had some great luck with doing a try on session in store and finding a great selection with long enough sleeves. Did you know their parent company owns & Other Stories as well? I know we don’t have many stores in the Midwest, but I checked it out in New York and adored all of their offerings. We’ve got a piece from there we’re featuring soon on the blog!

Tall girl tip – Pay close attention to sleeves that are folded over and can potentially be snipped to unfold and give extra sleeve length, like the blue sweater from this post!

Another spot I’ve had surprising luck with, is Forever 21. Obviously you really have to hype yourself up to enter into that chaotic mess. If you browse online and have an idea of which ones you’re looking for – we find it makes the process a little less stressful. There are definitely reasonable gems to be found within their vast offerings.

Caitlin was doing some casual browsing at Nordstrom Rack recently, where she hoped to luck out with a new pair of shoes. Instead, she happened upon this lovely leopard print sweater. Once she tried it on and realized the sleeve length was good, she sent me a picture and we knew she had to bring it home! It almost made up for the Rack slacking on their larger shoe game.

She paired it with her favorite jeans from Gap, which have plenty of length in the inseam for anyone taller than 5’11. Although the Rack hasn’t had great offerings in town, we were able to find her some beautiful new loafers in New York. The cream color is a perfect neutral to wear with anything.

My sweater find is from H&M and I love how the mock neckline isn’t super high but still enough to keep me warm in the winter. So many of H&M’s sweaters are reasonably priced, that you can stock up easily! I decided to throw on a headband now that they’re “back in style,” because I used to wear them often and have missed them. I’ve been eyeing some bow ones and am just waiting for a price I can’t pass up!

I paired it with my Madewell jeans, which I can’t stress enough how nice they are! Check out their “taller” inseam because these jeans are the ultimate in comfort and style. I grabbed my new favorite pointed toe loafers from Nordstrom Rack as well (also found in New York) and my favorite aviators and had a perfect Saturday outfit.

We were excited to have Sarah, Caitlin’s roommate and best friend to join us! You might remember seeing her featured on the blog before in the post here. Plus, she’s been a fabulous photographer for us many, many times before. She is the lucky one who pretty much fits in all of the inexpensive H&M sweaters, and that is where she found this classic striped option! All of you ladies who might be able to get away with the mainline range, consider yourselves lucky. She paired it with some dark wash skinny jeans from Express and her favorite booties that she’ll be able to wear all winter long.