Clothes for tiny guys in the UK

[Guest Oryx]

So I'm a tiny guy (really, I'm barely 5'2", skinny, and often had a hard time finding women's clothes small enough), but I would really like to buy some actual men's (boys'?) clothing, rather than just the butchest stuff I can find in the junior girls' department. I'm currently in the U.K., which means my options are slightly different than back home, and I know the stores even less well, but all the stuff I own is in a state of falling apart, so I do need to go get some things. And it would be nice to have clothes that I actually feel good about... I used to just take whatever clothes came to me, because I could never find anything I liked in the sections I was supposed to be shopping in.

Anyone have any suggestions on where I could go? I'm not looking for formal wear (suits are not exactly in my price range anyway-- I'm on a student's budget), just jeans, casual button downs, etc.

[Guest UnicornGiggles]

If you can get to London, there's a great store there called Uniqlo (around Oxford Street area). I go there all the time for jumpers and stuff. I've not looked at the trousers but it looked like they had a lot of different leg lengths and waist sizes. Prices aren't too bad either, especially around sale time.

Primark can be quite good too if you're on a budget. But don't get coloured jeans - the dye stains your legs because they're made so cheaply.

[Guest Jaques]

sorry this is after the fact but ive not been on the site long.............try debenhams boys, they have clothes and shoes for smaller guys which dont look like kids - if you want more height there are shoes with lifts which you could try, google that, i know you can get them with 4.5" lifts - i wear boys underpants due to having slim legs and packing, they do very good designer ones there and quite cheaply. Im 5'6" but find the arms on shirts are too long for me, i cant wear boys shirts as im not slim enough round the waist and they tend to be more fitted, also have large shoulders since taking T, but when i was slimmer i used to buy boys stuff sometimes.

[JJ]

When you have tried on in stores and know what brands and sizes fit best ebay can be a super place to buy. I usually save between 75 and 90 percent even with shipping

. I wear boys as much as I can - especially in shirts and tees and jackets because they have both shorter bodies and shorter arms. You can also find the hard to find boys 20 husky on ebay if you are a little heavier for the regular boys sizes. That would correspond to a men's medium I think. Or fit me when I wore a men's medium depending on brand.

I'm having a bit of a problem because even a men's small can be baggy around the bottom in some brands but almost all men's smalls are too small across the shoulders and more snug on the chest than I like.

I'm finding men's sizes to be more challenging that way with most tees and polos being in just the S,M,L type sizes. But then when I wore anything below a 9 ( I'd now be a 6 approx.) in women's I could never wear anything one piece in women's either because even pre-T I had wide square shoulders.

Guess there is always something

Johnny

[Guest Lani]

If you can get to London, there's a great store there called Uniqlo (around Oxford Street area). I go there all the time for jumpers and stuff. I've not looked at the trousers but it looked like they had a lot of different leg lengths and waist sizes. Prices aren't too bad either, especially around sale time.

Primark can be quite good too if you're on a budget. But don't get coloured jeans - the dye stains your legs because they're made so cheaply.

I totaly agree!!

That's simply a great store!!

[Guest Jaques]

also british home stores do lots of boys stuff which hasnt all got spiderman on.......lol!

[Guest Jaques]

And i forgot Matalan.........im in a small/medium mens but the boys are pretty cool, i just bought my grandson s T shirt, you should get some more grown up stuff there though as they do teens........fashionable - these are matalan P.J's - my missus took it last nite, its a wet bank holiday, so chillin and watchin films.........cheers!