TALL OPTIONS; Online, specialty shops help put women into clothing that really fits.(FAMILY TIMES)

Washington Times, The, February, 2008

Byline: Shelley Widhalm, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Tall women like Cindy McBride of Reston have to work harder than others at finding clothes that fit, but they have more options than their mothers did.

Mrs. McBride, who is 6 feet 1 inch tall, shops at stores that carry longer sizes, such as Banana Republic, and orders clothes online from retailers' Web sites, including those for JCrew and the Gap.

The 49-year-old is not alone in noticing that the tall, lean look seen on runways - including during the just-concluded New York Fashion Week - does not translate into clothes that ...