Big Girl Chic: Plus-Size Retail Growing

[hunybee]

Originally Posted by Meemur

On the other side of the coin, women who were less than 5'5" had a terrible time finding adult-looking clothing. Many shopped in juniors and looked like an overgrown 14 y.o.

that is also very, very true!

[Little RedRidingHood]

The "Woman Within". I love their items. Well made and ... I bought their Large and guess what? It honestly still fit AFTER it was washed.

I recently bought a new pair of pjs at Wal-Mart. I bought a size 1x cause I can NOT stand tight things to sleep in. I just sew up the sides of the bottoms if they are too big.
Well ... six washes later and they are now smaller than my old L
sizes which are many years old and so many washes later I couldn't count.

They also give lots of good discounts.

1-800-347-6025
womanwithin.com

They carry everything for bigger women. Including bathing suits and bras and some sports stuff.

[packyderms_wife]

Originally Posted by tladyvixen

It's amazing how she can judge. One day her figure may not be perfect and she will see what her words did to others. Wonder where her selfestem will be.

I imagine that her self esteem stares back at her from the bottom of the toilet as she forces herself to barf up recently consumed goodies.

[packyderms_wife]

Originally Posted by Little RedRidingHood

1-800-347-6025
womanwithin.com

They carry everything for bigger women. Including bathing suits and bras and some sports stuff.

http://www.womanwithin.com/Plus-Size...C=HDR_wwactive

sportsware page

[tladyvixen]

Originally Posted by packyderms_wife

I imagine that her self esteem stares back at her from the bottom of the toilet as she forces herself to barf up recently consumed goodies.

Nice

[Faroe]

That's what I like about ethnic clothing - saries (spell?), Amish and Mennonite dresses, some of the wrapped skirts you see African women in, indigenous Mexican dress, and the Hawaiian dresses. Hawaiian women tend to be very large, but some of the prettiest women I've ever seen were wearing those typical long floral ruffled dresses.

Lovely and dignified at the same time.

[packyderms_wife]

Originally Posted by tladyvixen

Nice

fwiw I wasn't gloating. I unfortunately know a LOT of women who do this and it all goes back to their fathers patting them on the rear end and telling them that they'd be more lovable if they were thinner. I've worked with a lot of them in an eating disorders counciling group at church, if they're not puking their starving themselves.

K-

[Lady Liberty]

Originally Posted by packyderms_wife

One of the things that has totally baffled me in the past ten years is the media's outright attack of obese people and YET there are NO WORKOUT Clothes for fat people!!! I've never understood this, at all!

I know one company that makes them, but they are expensive: http://junonia.com

[HeritageDoc]

It's interesting to see this concept flourish and overweight people in the spotlight. You'd think someone would have come up with this much sooner.

However, pick up any major national magazine and look for the fat people. They're still conspicuously missing. Much the same way Blacks were ignored on TV back in the 50's.

That's the first thing I do with any new magazine in a waiting area is scan it for the fat people. Still not represented.

[Faroe]

Originally Posted by packyderms_wife

fwiw I wasn't gloating. I unfortunately know a LOT of women who do this and it all goes back to their fathers patting them on the rear end and telling them that they'd be more lovable if they were thinner. I've worked with a lot of them in an eating disorders counciling group at church, if they're not puking their starving themselves.

K-

Why do so many men do this? Do they see it as some form of paternal "though love"? My OWN father enjoyed making embarrassing comments - esp. when I was in puberty, and he was otherwise an ordinary decent man.

BF told his obese nine year old niece that she would be thinner if she lived with us (her mother literally stuffs the girl with junk food). Maybe he thought it was a "teaching" sort of comment???? I told him that obnoxious comment was absolutely NOT ok!