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Longer Tunics Please

xpert — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 06:00:46 GMT

AS a retired seamstress, please note that tunics should be fingertip length. Mid thigh

is most flattering. Most tunics offered on QVC are just tops trying to be tunics.

And another note, my sharkbite tops were donated. I found them to be very unflattering

for me personally. And I am tiring of the pointy hems all over the place. Ever had to bend over with those points sweeping the floors or outdoor ground? Kind of icky.

Designers sometimes overdo a trend.

It is wonderful to have QVC for my personal fashion outlet, I do appreciate the opportunity to buy designer clothes to be delivered at my door. I think most Hosts do

a terrific job and the Designers themselves offer much more than any sales clerk could ever hope to.

BUT as a tall gal, I need a real tunic for my leggings. Most tops are too short to

really look fashionable.

All I want for Christmas is my tunic LONG. Happy Holidays Everyone.

Re: Longer Tunics Please

Kachina624 — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 07:40:50 GMT

If you're tall, what you consider to be mid-thigh is probably going to be too long for the average woman at about 5'5". I'm 5'4" and 32" is about the maximum tunic length for me. Anything longer becomes a dress.

One thing I find amusing and a bit sad are the women here who are unwilling or unable to put a simple hem in a garment. They'll return something they love because it's too long. As a seamstress, I'm sure you too will find that rather amazing.

Re: Longer Tunics Please

CoG — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 08:12:18 GMT

Thanks for posting. I cannot agree with you more. I am not tall, but I find the trendy exposure of, the emphasis on the pubic area abhorent. I want my "bits and peaces", my "cash and prizes", as Albany " terms them, neatly secreted behind a tunic.

The odd angles and shark bite or godet tops are ofsetting to my eye too. I don't find them flattering on any form and hope for more symmetric, planar outlines to come.

Isn''t it funny that once again the very peple who shouldn't wear a trendy item are the very ones sporting it for all the world to shrug at? There is nothing worse than flab and cellulite sausaged into leggings with an angled hem that exposes too much.

Re: Longer Tunics Please

Desertdi — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 08:12:58 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
If you're tall, what you consider to be mid-thigh is probably going to be too long for the average woman at about 5'5". I'm 5'4" and 32" is about the maximum tunic length for me. Anything longer becomes a dress.

One thing I find amusing and a bit sad are the women here who are unwilling or unable to put a simple hem in a garment. They'll return something they love because it's too long. As a seamstress, I'm sure you too will find that rather amazing.

@Kachina624........Uh huh......I am under 5'.........and I learned how to "hem" when I was in grade school.

Re: Longer Tunics Please

kelsey17 — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 11:42:55 GMT

As a 5' 2" person.....i find QVC has PLENTY of long length and tunic styles ............I also can sew hems but it got to the point were almost anything i ordereded needed an alteration somehow lengthwise...............i now go to ONLY the shorter tops and it seems to me there are much fewer choices of them.

Re: Longer Tunics Please

sarpy — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 12:03:34 GMT

I am 5'2" and I have never worn trendy things. Leggings on anyone are ugly. Susan Graver wears her own tops on QVC and most of them go down around her knees. Wish she would take a look at her shows and see how ugly that makes her clothes. I only wear classic clothing and they last me a long time.

Re: Longer Tunics Please

Sooner — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 13:57:58 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
If you're tall, what you consider to be mid-thigh is probably going to be too long for the average woman at about 5'5". I'm 5'4" and 32" is about the maximum tunic length for me. Anything longer becomes a dress.

One thing I find amusing and a bit sad are the women here who are unwilling or unable to put a simple hem in a garment. They'll return something they love because it's too long. As a seamstress, I'm sure you too will find that rather amazing.

Well, you don't have to be sad for me. If I really like it, I will take it to the alteration lady; if not, back it goes.

Re: Longer Tunics Please

MarthaStewardess — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:38:06 GMT

Thank you for posting this. As a fellow tall person (6ft), I just wish they would give the measurments for all the items. I find that too much of what they sell is cropped or shorter. Those of us that are tall don't have the luxury of altering items. Susan Graver (on air right now and not one measurment has been mentioned) always harps on about how fit is critical and all sorts of silly comments, and as a fashion designer I would think that she would realize that we come in all heights. Not everyone is 5' 4" as she is (she reminds us several times every show).

Re: Longer Tunics Please

ChynnaBlue — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 15:25:09 GMT

@kelsey17 wrote:
As a 5' 2" person.....i find QVC has PLENTY of long length and tunic styles ............I also can sew hems but it got to the point were almost anything i ordereded needed an alteration somehow lengthwise...............i now go to ONLY the shorter tops and it seems to me there are much fewer choices of them.

Yeah, I'd rather see QVC offer more Tall and Petite sizes than start making everything longer. The normal sized QVC shirt (NOT a tunic) I'm wearing today is already "fingertip" length on me. I don't buy tunics from QVC at all, not even if they're marked as Petite.

Re: Longer Tunics Please

ChynnaBlue — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 15:29:39 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:
If you're tall, what you consider to be mid-thigh is probably going to be too long for the average woman at about 5'5". I'm 5'4" and 32" is about the maximum tunic length for me. Anything longer becomes a dress.

One thing I find amusing and a bit sad are the women here who are unwilling or unable to put a simple hem in a garment. They'll return something they love because it's too long. As a seamstress, I'm sure you too will find that rather amazing.
@Kachina624........Uh huh......I am under 5'.........and I learned how to "hem" when I was in grade school.

I can hem as well, but prefer not having to alter every single item of clothing I own. It's one thing to have to alter a few things and another to have to alter everything, especially when some pieces can't be altered or are very difficult to alter because it will ruin a print or cause other issues.

Re: Longer Tunics Please

Kachina624 — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 23:38:18 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:
If you're tall, what you consider to be mid-thigh is probably going to be too long for the average woman at about 5'5". I'm 5'4" and 32" is about the maximum tunic length for me. Anything longer becomes a dress.

One thing I find amusing and a bit sad are the women here who are unwilling or unable to put a simple hem in a garment. They'll return something they love because it's too long. As a seamstress, I'm sure you too will find that rather amazing.
@Kachina624........Uh huh......I am under 5'.........and I learned how to "hem" when I was in grade school.

@Desertdi I did too, Di, but it seems to be not PC for women to know how to sew in this day and age. I also taught my son rudimentary sewing.

I think most garments QVC calls "tunics" really are tunic length.

Re: Longer Tunics Please

febe1 — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 02:39:43 GMT

There are to many retailers offering petites. I don't feel like I should have to bother with a hem when I can find it anywhere in a petite. The average American woman is 5'3-3/4" tall. All tunics should be in petites.

Re: Longer Tunics Please

wingflyer — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 20:44:13 GMT

I'm 5'4" and I don't like the tunics longer than 31" to 32" as they begin to look like dress on me. Usually look for the 31" mostly.