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Kelly sets her site on fashion's high ground

January 9, 2012 12:36

ByJan Shure, Jan Shure

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For those women who hover around the average UK height - a somewhat petite 5 foot 4 ins - the idea of being model-tall can seem achingly desirable. The reality for those women who actually are significantly above average height, is not quite so appealing.

Arianne Cohen, 6ft 3in, and author of The Tall Book, notes that when she was younger, choosing an outfit meant "picking accessories to go with men's trousers", while US-born six-footer Judy Rich was so appalled at the paucity of "tall" clothes and shoes when she moved to London, that she founded fashion chain Long Tall Sally.

And now north Londoner Kelly Levy (below), aged 27 and 6 foot 1 inch tall, has parlayed her six years of fashion expertise gained at two leading fashion agencies to follow in Rich's size 9 footsteps by setting up her website, www.6Foot Fashion.com.

Having attained her lofty height at age 15, Kelly feels the pain of tall women.