I’ll begin by saying that I’ve never been much of a conspiracy theorist. I firmly believe that man has landed on the moon, not only because I’ve shared the greater part of a bottle of Moët with Buzz Aldrin and his wife, Lois, but because it’s those who wear jandals who purport the moon landing’s denouncement so fiercely. You cannot trust a man who willingly wears shoes designed for children.
One postulation, however, I can ratify with my highly empirical research findings (and no, it doesn’t mean hanging out at schools) is that hormones put into chicken from the late-1980s to the mid-1990s indeed produced some severely large teenagers today. There was a time when I could look ahead of me and see the tops of heads at my not-statuesque-but-not-diminutive height of 5’11″, but now I feel like Thumbelina at a rock concert whenever I walk down the street.
With friends over the 6’4″ behemoth gauge, many express their difficultly in finding clothing to fit their elongated body shape. Being proud specimens of masculinity and somewhat fashionably-inclined, Big and Tall stores are not an option, favoured by those who are more in the big category. Long Shot Apparel is online men’s tailoring service designed with the svelte tall man in mind, made by hand and from Italian fabric, each shirt is customisable—from sleeve length to to waist size—to ensure that the jolly green giant in your life is suitably attired.
Published on 10 February 2011 by Agony Uncle