Inclusion: What Miss G & Me Chooses to Leave Out
Updated: Sep 11
I'm 6'1. I have a background in health and wellbeing. And I have spent a lifetime wanting beautiful clothes to fit my body, not just physically, but emotionally too.
This blog isn't really about fashion. It's about what NOT fitting does to you over time. And about what I learned when the people I trusted most asked me a question I wasn't ready for.
Because when you're tall, you don't just bump your head on doorframes. You quietly absorb messages about taking up too much space, standing out, being "extra." Those messages sneak into your self-talk, your behaviour, the unconscious coping strategies you didn't even realise you were developing.
We're going there.😉
Inclusion Isn't New. Our Awareness of It Is.
There is, rightly, a lot of conversation right now about bias, inclusion, equity and fairness. About how unconscious thinking shapes the way we speak, design and make decisions, often without malicious intent, but with very real impact.
Here is the uncomfortable truth: you don't have to be against inclusion to accidentally exclude people.
Sometimes you are just following the norm.
And sometimes the norm is so embedded you can't even see it until someone you trust holds up a mirror.
The Naming Moment That Stopped Me in My Tracks
While developing Miss G & Me, I was deep in naming, taglines and validation surveys when something unexpected happened. I was working beautiful clothes for tall women hard. Very hard.
Not one. Not two. Not three.
FIVE trusted people independently asked me the same question.
“Do you actually need to include gender at all?”
Each time, I felt myself lean forward, ready to justify.
Because if I don't.. How will people know.. It shows that.. I need to because..
And then silence.
Because once I really listened, I realised something uncomfortable and liberating all at once.
I didn't need to include gender. I was unconsciously following a societal default.
When Height Becomes the Common Ground
A close friend said something that landed hard and stayed.
“Clothing designed for tall people often serves trans and non-binary communities incredibly well - because many struggle to find clothes that fit frames designed around height and length, not gender.”
That stopped me.
Miss G & Me has no gender in its tagline. There never has been.
As a tall person, I have spent most of my life not fitting. Why would I knowingly recreate that experience for someone else?
If the clothes fit beautifully. If the fabrics feel good. If the proportions honour a taller silhouette. If you want to wear them, and I am certain you will. Why does a gender label matter?
It doesn't.
The Question I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Need
Having removed gender from the tagline, I was proud of that step. But I still hadn't fully caught up with my own thinking.
So I asked: "How do I ask about gender in the validation survey?"
The response was gentle. And devastating.😅
“Is there a need to ask gender?”
Cue the internal monologue trying to justify itself again.
Asking tells me.. Because it helps.. If I don't..
DOH.
And Then There Is the Tension I Need to Name
Here is something I sit with.
Miss G & Me was built without gender in its identity from day one. That was a values decision, not an oversight.
But search engine optimisation works differently. The women searching for tall clothing in Australia type "tall women's pants" and "clothing for tall women" into Google, so our blog titles and product tags reflect that language. Not because the brand has changed. Because that is the language the search exists in right now.
Those are two different things and I want to be clear about which is which.
The brand welcomes every tall person who wants to wear beautiful clothes that fit. The SEO titles use "women" because that is what the search demand reflects today. One is a values position.
The other is a practical reality. I will not pretend they are the same thing.
Sometimes Inclusion Is About What You Leave Out
Here is the lesson that changed everything for me.
Inclusion isn't always about adding more boxes. Sometimes it is about knowing which ones don't need to exist at all.
When the goal is fit, comfort, confidence and dignity, height is the data point that matters.
Everything else? Optional.
Miss G & Me exists because tall people deserve clothes that don't ask them to shrink, apologise or explain themselves. This brand is about removing unnecessary barriers. Designing with intention. And letting people show up as they are, tall, comfortable and fully themselves.
To every person who challenged my thinking during those early days, I am grateful. Those conversations built something I am proud of.
And if progress means leaving a few things out?
GOOD. That is exactly how it happens.
A Full Circle Moment
Spring of 2026 Alex reached out.
They work with a transgender support community and asked if Miss G & Me could donate a voucher.
I said yes before they finished asking.
Because this is the whole point.
Years ago five people I trusted asked if this brand needed gender in it at all. I said no. I meant it.
The tagline still doesn't mention gender. Sizing still starts with height not a label.
What's different now is proof. A choice made years ago just showed up in a real conversation with someone doing real work in this space.
To Alex and everyone they work with: thank you for closing a loop I believed in but hadn't yet seen land.
This is what inclusion actually looks like. Not a policy. A voucher. A conversation. Someone tall and welcome exactly as they are.
Miss G & Me is the only dedicated, and most established Australian tall women's clothing label, and we believe we have designed the best pants and trousers for tall women. Our passion for beautiful, sustainable fashion ensures that we cater to tall women, with styles that last even beyond a few washes. This article was written by our founder and designer, Penni Lamprey, who stands at 6'1". She emphasises that clothes that fit positively contribute to an individual's self-esteem, a core value of our label.
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