Fitting in...

It's not as easy as you might think going through life at a towering 5'11" not least because to stand up when you're that long you have to have fair sized feet!

I've got big feet, not ridiculously huge, but suffice to say I hold my own on a gusty day and I never lost sight of my toes during pregnancy! Having big feet, as a girl can be quite tricky. I went through my teens with blisters and bumps from shoes that were too small I lived in countries where the general population was...smaller than me and spent many a tearful moment in shoe shops.

If you are a long tall Sally, or Jane, or Cat, a good portion of your body is likely to be leg. More problems! Finding trousers long enough to cover one's ankles (and some of one's lengthy feet) can be quite a challenge. I spent years in Charlie Chaplin Jeans until I discovered Lucky brand jeans in extra long (fellow giants if you do not yet know of this miracle working brand of denim please check them out at www.LuckyBrand.com)

I'm personally silly long in the leg; I look quite normal when I'm sitting down so when people first meet me if I'm seated they get the shock of their lives when I stand up and reveal my towering height. Sitting in theatre seats or airplane seats can be quite a challenge and even driving a car presents the question of where to store my legs. I can't sneak in to a room unnoticed and I'm crap at hiding.

There are good things about being tall...you become very popular with short people and grannies as you can reach things on the top shelf at the grocery store. You can walk really fast. You will always be seen in ANY group photo...head and shoulders above everyone else.

But by far the most comforting thing to have happened to me as an amazonian was finding a home in a show that housed a showgirl tribe. In a showgirl line there are other long legged lanky ladies with big feet and issues fitting into spaces provided for an average size society...and it feels great to finally fit in.