Finding Tall Items on Amazon

We’ve seen Amazon really ramping up their fashion section over the past couple of years. It has been super interesting to watch and see it evolve. All along the hope (as usual) has been that they’d provide a tall section where we would gladly continue to shop online. Especially with the introduction of Prime Wardrobe where you can fill a box and try everything on and return what doesn’t work, it seemed like a dream come true. Alas, they haven’t introduced anything specific for us yet, tall sisters. So it remains a dream for the time being. But if anyone is large enough to make our dreams come true, it should be Amazon! 

I know we’re not alone in feeling overwhelmed by browsing through the endless pages of options on Amazon either. It seems you can find 20 sellers who are within a dollar or so selling pretty much identical items. That always leads me to the reviews. I check for the total number of reviews and scour the pictures and descriptions of sizes as well. 

People who take the time to leave reviews, bless you! We definitely appreciate you taking the extra minutes to share your experience so we might have an easier time purchasing or moving along. (Take notes, ASOS) That’s always been our intention when sharing on the blog as well. We hope to make your shopping experience a little (or a lot) easier than ours was. The frustration I’m sure we’ve collectively experienced growing up has made shopping a burden enough times. 

Recently we’ve started to browse Amazon a bit more than usual for clothing. There are some very reasonable options that always lure us in to try. Plus, even without Prime Wardrobe, we’ve had no trouble returning items as long as they are Prime. But always check that specific seller out to make sure you’re not going to get stuck with an item if it doesn’t fit! One area of clothing shopping that has been a bit easier on us, has been sweaters. A lot of the sweaters are made for an oversized fit, which ends up working well as far as sleeve and body length.

So I came across this gorgeous colored chenille sweater and had to try it out! It arrived in a vacuum sealed package, which was disconcerting because it was shaped nothing like a regular sweater. Once I pulled it out and unsealed the package, it quickly regained its size. It is the softest, coziest fabric. I tend to struggle all Winter long to find sweaters that won’t instantly irritate my skin and this one fits the bill! Plus the body length is nice and long, it hits about my mid butt. The sleeves are the perfect length on me at 6’4 without any tugging as well. I didn’t have to size up either to accomplish it, so I ordered my regular size large and me and this sweater will live happily ever after together.

Caitlin ordered the other version they had on the same page, and everything is ideal for her as well. It’s a gorgeous green color, which is one of our favorites. The mock neck is always appreciated because she doesn’t want her neck to feel super constricted. The difference between the two is the sewing of “stripes” on mine versus a just plain design, otherwise, they are cut the exact same. Plus they are under $35, which for a sweater is really reasonable. 

The other thing we’ve appreciated Amazon stepping their game up on is shoes! One of the messages we get most often are women bemoaning the lack of large shoe options. We hear you loud and clear. Our goal for 2020 is to be able to provide better options/lists of retailers for you to shop for your size footwear. We hope to include shoes in our series on grading retailers for tall friendly/large shoe size friendly. Luckily, Amazon’s own brand Amazon Essentials has several basic shoe styles we’ve shared recently in up to size 13! I ordered three different options, block heeled sandals, ballet flats, and loafers, and all were true to size. Therefore, I feel comfortable recommending them. Especially with the price point being so reasonable, they are all under $30 which I can barely find anymore!

So let us know below, have you shopped Amazon for clothing at all? Drop any of your tall finds in the comments to share with everyone! Also, let us know any other retailers you want us to grade in 2020 whether it be for shoes or clothing!

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