Jimmy Au’s For Men 5‘8” And Under

Specialties

To put it plainly, we specialize in clothing for short men. Our tailored clothing collection includes sizes for men up to 5’8″ & for those under 5’5″. Our sportswear collection are in short sizes from extra small to triple extra large. Some even in extra short sizes. Suits & sportcoats come in sizes 34sh-​50sh, 34xs-​48xs. Short rise dress pants, casual pants & premium jeans come in 28w-​46w. Dress & casual shoes in sizes 5D-​E to 8D-​E. Dress & sport shirts come in shorter sleeve lengths as does our 10 styles of leather jackets. Our neckties come in two narrower & shorter lengths. Our knit collection, like everything else, comes proportioned with a trimmer body and shorter sleeves; like cardigans, crewneck sweaters, mocknecks, v-​necks and polos. Our outerwear collection includes car coats, overcoats & trench coats in Italian woolens and cashmeres. We only carry styles that flatter a shorter man. Designed and developed with proportion & fit in mind. Come dressed in your best and compare.

History

Established in 1975.

The business started out as a custom suit business when Jimmy was working out of the back of his car in the 1960s. Being only 5’3″ himself, he eventually refined his clientele to jockeys and traveled race track to race track from California to New York. In 1970 he opened his first retail store and tailor shop. In 1975 he eliminated all regular sizes from his store and began specializing in tailored clothing in sizes for short men exclusively. For the next 25 years Jimmy pursued developing better fitting short and extra short sizes with suit to sportswear manufacturers of all kinds (including Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, DKNY, Michael Kors, Kenneth Cole and Giorgio Armani) who would listen. After some mild success, In 2005 he decided to launch his own collection specifically designed for shorter men. The collection was a success and in 2008 was named to Forbes Top Ten Men’s Clothing Stores. Jimmy Au is the only designer in the world designing exclusively for short men.

Meet the Business Owner

Jimmy A.

Business Owner

Jimmy Au is passionate about making short men look better and by its very nature, taller. He designs the majority of the Jimmy Au collection. In the middle of his career he discovered most designs were meant for taller men and didn’t scale down well for shorter men. So instead of trying to scale down a regular size, he decided to create his own short size starting with a 5’4″ man in mind. Needless to say scaling made more sense for all shorter men. He uses his philosophy on fit and proportion in everything he designs from suits to sweaters to shirts to short rise pants. His ideas in design and proportion made one look taller. During much of the 1980s, he was a closely guarded Hollywood secret. Not anymore. In the last 5 years, clothing from his new collection has been used in over 56 prime time shows. Although he was trying to retire, he is now more sought after than ever before.