'My legs are 3ft long - they make men too nervous to ask me out' (2025)

Fashion brand owner Aurelia Shirazu believes men are too intimidated by her long frame to date her

A fashion brand owner claims 'insecure' men are too 'intimidated' to ask her out - because of her 'very, very long 3ft legs'. Aurelia Shirazu claims her long limbs take up more than half of her 5ft 11in frame and attract stares and comments from 'creepy' blokes. The 27-year-old says she previously struggled with insecurity about her height due to strangers stopping her in the street and claims finding big enough clothes for her frame was 'traumatic'. Lewd lotharios at the gym dub her 'legs eleven', while on night out she's endured countless stares, 'giraffe' comments and claims rude Romeos ask her to wrap her pins round them. Despite having the audacity to make such outrageous comments, Aurelia says blokes never ask her out, claiming her lofty frame must be 'emasculating' and put bachelors off. Aurelia launched her own clothing brand Long Legs London, catering for tall women, in December 2024 to encourage people to feel more confident and embrace their height. Exasperated Aurelia shared a compilation of photos on TikTok, one captioned 'I'm a tall girl, of course I was referred to as a giraffe growing up', which racked up more than 6,000 views. Another photo shows the singleton wearing a sparkly dress and heels captioned 'of course men make comments about my legs when I go out'.

Aurelia, from Norwich, Norfolk, said: "My legs are very, very long, they take up half my body. I do think taller women get a lot of attention and stares and comments. For years I've tried to make myself shorter. "I think men are gross. On a night out men will say 'I just want you to wrap your legs around me'. It's the creepiest and grossest. Even if it was someone I liked that said that I would think 'that's a bit weird'. "When I started going to the gym at age 16 or 17, I always had this man in the gym call me 'legs eleven', I didn't know what it meant. I asked around and it was a bingo reference. It's disturbing that people feel so comfortable to make these comments."

Resigned Aurelia claims her statuesque frame has made dating difficult, believing it 'intimidates' fellas. Aurelia said: "I've been told my height was one of the reasons men were intimidated, some men can feel emasculated around tall women. "If a short man made a comment about my height, I'd think it was definitely insecurity. I think a lot of it is confidence. I am a very blasé, straight-to-the-point person. I've got quite a resting b**ch face too. I think with me, personally it's a combination of everything." The fashionista, who also founded clothing brand Soho Wardrobe, admitted the struggle to find clothes to fit her legs has been 'traumatic' and hopes her new brand would fill a gap in the market. Aurelia said: "Growing up I always got compared to a giraffe or other tall creatures. Or 'you're allergic to your ankles'. I've learned how to style my clothes if they were a bit short. "As I've gotten older it's more people stopping me on the street to comment on how long my legs are or just to tell me I'm tall as if I didn't already know it. Not being able to find clothes that fit was a bit traumatic, my options have been limited. "I would have to get a size altered just so I could wear the school uniforms. Everything was too short for me, I could never wear the school trousers. I do think confidence is something taller women struggle with, nobody likes being different. "When you dress well and you look good you feel good about yourself. Then when people stare it doesn't really matter anymore. Long Legs London would fill that gap in the market where tall women can shop in-seam length as well and hopefully boost their confidence a little bit more."

Now, Aurelia is encouraging tall women to be more confident in themselves and to ignore 'silly little comments'. Aurelia said: "Long Legs London is something I'm really, really proud of. "I get really positive feedback from customers and people saying because they've seen my posts they can be more confident or I've encouraged them to wear heels. I know how it feels to be insecure about your height but height is something you can't change. "If you accept the fact it's something you can't change, it doesn't affect you as much when people make silly little comments. Some of the most beautiful women or most talked about women are tall. "It might be the first thing that you see but I don't think that defines a person. Once you start feeling more confident in yourself everyone else will start and your height will just be a thing of the past hopefully."