11 Style Advantages to Being Tall

Some people shorten their jeans. To you, that's just crazy, considering it's a rare treat to find denim that's long enough to reach a tall lady's ankles.

Those high racks, the ones most people can't reach without the aid of a step stool? They're all yours (and you don't even need to stand on your tiptoes to reach them). Just keep piling up the shoeboxes and Winter sweaters like a skilled climber scaling Mount Everest.

They're happening, people.

No one or nothing should make you feel uncomfortable about wearing them.

Those runway designs? Even if you can't afford them, even if you're not sample size, the proportions just work on you. No petite girl can make that claim, no matter how excellent their style (sorry, SJP).

Because how many times have you worried that a cut makes your legs look short? Never? Exactly.

Come on, why add discomfort to the most practical fashion trend to hit the runway in decades? Unlike Naomi Watts, your sneakers could literally go from brunch to basketball court (that is, if you played basketball — as most strangers presume you do).

This one's a little selfish, but in college, nobody ever asked to borrow the heels of a woman with size-11 feet. When traveling with friends, your extralong sarongs and maxi skirts are off-limits. In the same vein, you're never at risk for hand-me-downs if, like me, you tended to grow out of sizes before your older siblings.

That signature half-tucked, partially cuffed sleeves trick comes from necessity. When shirts don't quite fit right or trousers are a bit cropped, you find a way to make them work. No doubt, this is where fellow tall girl Jenna Lyons's aesthetic stems from.

Yes, we all know it's a line, and it's not like "heaven must be missing an angel" is any worse. But how many times have your short friends been asked that?