Speaking of clothes, when buying off the rack I have to get a bigger size than 'normal' for my height because I have wide shoulders and am a little muscular.
However, I'm not exactly large when it comes to verticality (5'6" if I'm lucky) thus my appendages aren't that long either. To put it simply, most off the rack clothes are either too small for me across the top, but have fine sleeve length, or just right across the top and the sleeves are too long. Thank heaven for my mother and her sewing/altering ability...