Ugh..this is so annoying. Do you feel my pain? Allow me to rant…

A while back I expressed my frustration with the clothing industry in this post:

Why Does the Clothing Industry Hate Short Men?

To date, it’s still one of the most popular blog posts on this site. I think that’s because every short man has felt underserved and ignored by major retailers at some point in his life.

Most of us still feel that way, and rightfully so!

Much of my life is dedicated to finding the best clothing for men of modest height. I try out new brands all the time. I research and write about style every single day.

But I still get frustrated when I find a new shirt that I like, but then see this:

Um…what? I must have misread that. There’s no way your 6’2? model is wearing a medium, right? Of course not. It must be some sort of mistake.

Let’s try a different shirt, different model:

Hmm…that’s weird. Then again, ASOS isn’t exactly a high end brand. Let’s try some designer clothing. It’s supposed to fit better, right?

Looks like a $295 shirt from Rag & Bone won’t fit any better than a $39 shirt from ASOS. Here’s what I don’t get:

A 6’2? man is at least four inches above average height. So why are all these 6’2? models wearing medium-sized shirts?

And it gets worse.

This 6’3? BOSS model is built like a freaking pine tree. His body type is so far from the middle of the bell curve, it’s not even on the chart.

This man in anything but average. He’s nowhere near a representative sample of the human male form.

By anyone’s definition of the word, he is not a medium sized man. He is a large man, maybe even extra large.

Yet he looks pretty damn great in this “medium” shirt made by Hugo Boss.