Tall men of America! Where do you get your sweatpants?

November 17, 2016 9:03 AM

I'm looking for sweatpants to fit a teenager with a waist of 32" or 34" and an inseam of more than 34". The pants have to have an elastic waistband and generally be comfortable (i.e. no jeans or khakis). Where can these be found? Specific items and links, please, not general advice like "Old Navy has a tall section."
posted by The corpse in the library to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (13 answers total)

I'm 6'5" and wear a 36x36 pant. Old Navy does, indeed, have a tall section that works. I've gotten XL tall joggers from them that fit pretty well. They're not quite as long as I would like, but then again, the style is not for pants like that to be super super long these days anyway.

If you really need the length, you could experiment with a slim-fit XXL tall jogger or sweatpant, which does exist (or at least did last time I looked).
posted by rossination at 9:17 AM on November 17, 2016

For the tall women reading (or perhaps your male teenager): I once got black flared yogapants at Sports Basement - size 31x36.
posted by Thisandthat at 9:57 AM on November 17, 2016

Swami Sportswear will custom make them, starting at $24 a pair. Choose your colour, length, pockets or not, etc.
posted by essexjan at 10:12 AM on November 17, 2016

LL Bean has tall sizes and in the past their sweats were nice quality.
posted by Dip Flash at 10:16 AM on November 17, 2016 [1 favorite]

These Uniqlo sweatpants fit this tall person pretty well!
posted by beepbeepboopboop at 10:45 AM on November 17, 2016 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: What's your inseam, beepbeepboopboop? In my own experience (I am tall but not as tall as my son) Uniqlo's been on the small size.

LL Bean's "tall" has a 32" inseam, Old Navy's is 33", unless there's some secret "no really we say tall and we mean it" section of their sites I'm missing.
posted by The corpse in the library at 11:20 AM on November 17, 2016

Lululemon men's pants tall inseam is 37" and regular inseam is 34". Their pants in general tend to err on the side of way too long because they offer free hemming in-store.
posted by telegraph at 11:37 AM on November 17, 2016

My inseam is about 34"- my preference is for not super long pants though, so YMMV
posted by beepbeepboopboop at 11:41 AM on November 17, 2016

Old Navy doesn't just have one size of inseam for sweatpants. The XL tall really will fit.
posted by rossination at 2:46 PM on November 17, 2016

Have you actually *tried* the OldNavy/LLBean sweats to determine if they are, indeed, too short? I ask because sweats/loungepants are generally worn looser & lower than jeans/khakis, and a pair of sweats with a 34" inseam (distance from crotch to hem) can be the same length as a pair of 36" inseam trousers.

SonR (32x34) found that TekGear trackpants and Croft&Barrow lounge pants from Kohl's are too long for him in the regular sizes. (He wore trackpants to school for a few years. He does not own nor desire sweats.)
posted by jlkr at 3:23 PM on November 17, 2016

King Size Direct.

Cheaper than a local big and tall store but quality is lower as well. It's a trade-off
posted by Megafly at 4:40 PM on November 17, 2016

also DXL is ok for some stuff.
posted by Megafly at 4:41 PM on November 17, 2016

I'm 6'5" with a 34-inch inseam. Try JCPenney. I don't have any of their sweatpants, but I've had great luck with their shirts.
posted by MrMoonPie at 8:13 AM on November 18, 2016