So last Thursday I’m scrolling Instagram when a model friend posts pics from some fancy London event. There’s this guy standing next to her—Giles Deacon, the fashion designer, right? And my dumb brain goes: “How tall IS that dude?” Seriously, couldn’t shake it. Every website said something different: 5’10″, 6’1″, even 5’8″. Nonsense!
The Messy Search Begins
First thing? Googled “Giles Deacon height”. Big mistake. Celebrity sites spit out numbers like lottery picks. One said 180cm, another swore 185cm. Even checked his old modeling agency profiles—zip. Found a video interview where he sat the whole dang time! Useless.
Tried Getting Clever
Saw an old red carpet shot with him beside Tom Hiddleston. Tom’s officially 6’2″, right? Cropped their torsos in Photoshop, aligned the hips… but Giles stood weirdly slouched. My brilliant photo comparison gave me somewhere between 5’11″ and 6’3″. Felt like an idiot.
The Real-World Experiment
Desperate now. Remembered Giles spoke at my uni back in 2015. Dug through old tweets—found one where a classmate said “met him after, feels taller than my 6′ dad!” Contacted that guy (shoutout Mark!). He sent a group photo: Mark at 6’0″, Giles clearly taller even with bad posture. Mark guessed “maybe two inches over me?”
Armed with that, I did the unscientific:
- Printed Giles’ face from a clear event photo (weird, I know)
- Taped it exactly at Mark’s height on my wall (6’2”)
- Stood an empty Coke bottle on a stool where Mark stood in the pic
- Moved my own head back/forth until bottle and print matched their photo scale
Squinting like a madman, I stood straight against the wall where Giles was… scribbled a mark. Measured it: right around 6’3”.
Look—is it perfect? Hell no. But considering the chaos online? Feels closer than anything else. Shows you sometimes gotta get creative instead of trusting search results. Also learned wallpaper tiling makes terrible measuring references.
