Tall
A size range with longer legs, sleeves and body for the same chest, waist and hips as regular sizes.
Tall is the mirror image of petite: the same widths as the regular size, cut longer. A tall M is an M around and a tall length down. For pants that means a longer inseam; for tops, a longer body and sleeves.
Tall and big are different ranges. Tall changes lengths only; big changes the chest and waist. A men's big and tall range does both.
On a size chart
Ruban Size's scrubs and workwear template gives every pants size in two lengths:
| Size | XS | S | M | L | XL | 2XL | 3XL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inseam regular (cm) | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 81 |
| Inseam tall (cm) | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 89 |
The tall inseam is 8 cm (about 3 in) longer at every size, and the waist and hips don't move. For tops, the men's big and tall template puts it plainly: "Tall sizes (T) add about 2 in to the body and sleeve length." Its T sizes are for a height of 6 ft 2 in (about 188 cm) and up.
In Ruban Size
Give each length a line of its own, as the scrubs and workwear template does with its regular and tall inseams under the chest, waist and hips. Find my size gives the size from the girths, and says when the inseam is longer than the regular one: the sign to take the tall length.
If you sell tall as a separate product, give it its own chart and let product rules show it on the tall products only, by tag, collection or product type. How to measure inseam shows which length a shopper should compare.
Read more
- Sizing explainedPetite, tall, plus size, big and tall: what each meansPetite and tall are about length: the same widths, cut shorter or longer. Plus size and big are about girth: a larger chest, waist and hips. Big and tall is both at once.6 min
- How to measureHow to measure inseam, and how it differs from outseamInseam is the length from the crotch to the floor along the inside of your leg, measured without shoes; on a pair of pants, from the crotch seam to the hem. Outseam runs down the outside of the leg from the top of the waistband, and shoppers' size charts rarely use it.5 min
- Size conversionScrubs sizes: tops, pants, regular and tallA scrubs M fits a chest of 95 to 102 cm, a waist of 78 to 85 and hips of 100 to 107 cm. Tops go by the chest, pants by the hips, and tall pants add 8 cm (about 3 in) of inseam: 86 cm against 78 for an M.5 min
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