AP Newswire — Neil “Neilochka” Kramer, a popular blogger from Los Angeles, and a well-known advocate for women’s issues (despite him being a red-meat eating hetereosexual), has called for a boycott of many of the top fashion designers and most exclusive boutiques.
“A few days after writing my post on stereotypes against “fat” people, I went shopping for a Mother’s Day gift for my mother-in-law,” said Mr. Kramer.
My mother-in-law is size 18-20, and as usual, it was impossible to find any nice clothes for her. When I got home, I did some Googling on the fashion industry. It immediately became clear to me that most fashion designers and popular boutiques do not want their fashions to be worn by anyone over size 12. Even the popular H&M in New York doesn’t carry any large sizes.
I think there can be a strong argument that these companies are involved in discrimination. These fashion designers and boutiques are involved in an apartheid system, making everyone over size 12 a second-class citizen. I say it is time for the female consumer to take back control. I am going to start keeping a list of every designer and boutique that ignores larger sizes. This list will contain some of biggest names in fashion. I suggest that women refuse to shop in these stores or wear a designer’s clothes until the companies change their discriminatory practices against larger sized women. I know most women are caring and supportive of each other, and will be glad to show support for their heavier friends.”
Some female bloggers were surprisingly unsupportive.
“Not wear Dolce & Gabbana?” asked Joan, a Cleveland mother who writes the blog, “The Daily Fashionista. “Is Neilochka crazy?”
Other female bloggers just quietly dropped him from their blogroll.
There is a long tradition of the billion dollar fashion industry catering to what it considers the “thin” elite. According to the Washington Post, H&M discontinued carrying larger sizes after being publicly scolded by fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld.
“Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld complained publicly that in a much-hyped collaboration, the company had manufactured his line in larger sizes. “What I created was fashion for slim, slender people,” he was quoted as saying.
The designer’s recent book, “The Karl Lagerfeld Diet,” encourages readers to subsist on raw vegetables, curiously named “protein sachets,” and little else — ostensibly with the goal of looking like the emaciated Lagerfeld himself, who pared his 5-foot-11 frame by 80 pounds on the plan.
Lagerfeld’s motivation? Not health, as he freely admits in the book’s introduction, but the desire to fit into designer clothes.
If you’re H&M, [industry analyst] Cohen asked, which is more important to the image of your brand: your association with Karl Lagerfeld or serving this market?”
Mr. Kramer thinks it is attitudes like those of Mr. Lagerfeld that have made this an important issue.
“I really think this boycott idea could work,” insists the defiant Mr. Kramer. “Look what’s going on in Georgia. When women come together, they can be powerful.”
Mr. Kramer refers to the current protest going on at the Augusta National Golf Club, where Bill Payne, the new chair, has stated that he will uphold the all-male club’s practice of denying membership to women.
“It was these women’s organizations that led the 2003 protest against the Masters Golf Tournament, and caused CBS to broadcast the event without corporate sponsorship for two years in a row.”
Currently, these same organizations are trying to raise public awareness of companies who sponsor the Masters or whose CEOs maintain their Augusta memberships, which violates their companies’ anti-discrimination policies.
Mr. Kramer is anxious to speak with these women.
“I am trying to reach members of National Council of Women’s Organizations and the Feminist Majority and tell them about my boycott idea, said Mr. Kramer. “If anyone could get this off the ground, it is these committed women. My argument to them is simple: The NCWO and the Feminist Majority consider male-only golfing as a way of keeping the old boy’s network alive. I believe that a lack of shopping opportunities prevents large women from building important friendships with thin assoicates.”
So far, no one from these women’s organizations has returned Mr. Kramer’s calls.
A spokeswoman from the Feminist Majority, however, told the New York Times that, “Most of our members have strong opinions on the fashion industry. We call for the elimination of all fur products and the abolishment of the sweatshop. But really, when you work hard to look thin, you want to dress nice. Most of our members are not going to shop at Walmart with the fatties.”
Your comments about golf brought to mind the Olympic Club up this way.
Dagny, great article. Maybe we all just like being in exclusive clubs because it makes us feel special. Maybe the more exclusive you make something, the more people want it. That’s why, from now on, admittance to commenting on Citizen of the Month will require a bank statement from each reader proving a salary of at least $300,000 a year, a copy of a diploma from a top-tier university, and if you’re a woman — a photo of you wearing the latest fashion and showing off your cleavage. Watch how my readership will quickly double in size.
If they double in size they won’t be able to wear the latest fashions anymore. You should know this, Neil. I learned it from you.
Neil, Daniel has already beat you to asking his readers for cleavage shots.
Let’s get one thing out in the air, depsite the fact that I had a whole future blog hanging on this very fact. This is simply too important.
I am a size 13.
Now, most of my sex blog fans wouldn’t believe it, and my weight would absolutely dumbfound you (really, I promise), but you do have a most excellant point- when I go shopping, I can barely fit into the “normal” sizes. I have to shop plus sizes! When the crap did 0-12 become the norm?
It isn’t. It really is discrimination.
Anyone who doesn’t believe it, try finding hot bras from Victorias’s Secret in a A cup. Try. They’re all padded crap. And I can barely fit into their “large” size underwear!
Clearly, they make the statement, “Unless you are shaped like our models, we do not want you sullying the good name of Victoria’s Secret by putting our overpriced bullshit clothes on your fat ass/itty bitty titties.”
H&M, all those stores, are all the same.
Bring on the boycott, for real, Neil.
My opinion is that people get way too uptight over things that are of little consequence.
In short,I support keeping Augusta single sexed, but I wouldn’t fight either way for it. I truly don’t see it as a women’s rights issue.
I support gay scout leaders and I *would* fight for it, and that’s because I truly see it as a human rights issue.
I guess I should clarify in saying, we all have our convictions, we all have those issues that prick at our consciences. I think it’s a noble endeavour to try and illuminate people’s minds in regards to our society’s warped views on size and weight, it’s just not my bag.
Hey-
I agree with the first or second poster who said that this theory / article will generate a huge amount of criticism… I have a girlfriend who is extremely slim and loves fashion – I can understand her, knowing that she fits into their style, but I sometimes wish that she would understand the kind of problems other people have (not saying that they should be discriminated agaisnst, just that they might also have an interest in fashion that is un-caterable)
That being said, I offer my best of wishes to your and your effort, and will be in support of the effort, even though I am a guy.
Cheers,
Gus
ms. sizzle,
” imagine being a young girl just wanting to fit in and wear Esprit but you are a size too big so you diet and starve and exercise and become obsessed with your body image.”
This was a most insightful comment.
Sorry Neil, no cleavage from me since the two kids and weight loss…how about if I name my next child after you? (Introspectre, I NEED that padded crap from Victoria’s Secret…can we boycott them later when we’re discussing objectifying women or foreign labor? That might give me time to find other alternatives…)
My god, Sophia wrote a comment! She cares. Hallelujah!
Ms. Sizzle did get it. Ever since reading my comment, I have been thinking of my younger cousins. One is no fun in restaurants after having dieted her way down from a size 12 or 14 to a size 4. She agonizes over every bite of food she puts her in her mouth. The other has become content with a wardrobe of mostly t-shirts and jeans because that’s about the most she finds in her size for everyday wear.
I love your passion, Neil, but please don’t think that those of us who wear a size 12 and up run around in potato sacks all day long! You may have to pay a little more or drive a little farther but there are options. Is it fair? no. Is it ideal? no. Is it likely to change anytime soon? The idealistic part of me says yes, but the reality based part of me says no.
You know, I never really understood why larger women had to shop elsewhere, but I guess I never thought about it. Obviously some designers design clothes that would look horrible on plus size women, and they choose not to design those clothes, but that doens’t mean they should be persecuted because of it. Just like those people who design plus sized clothing shouldn’t be boycotted for not designing non-plus sizes.
Ms Sizzle hit it: “imagine being a young girl just wanting to fit in and wear Esprit but you are a size too big so you diet and starve and exercise and become obsessed with your body image”
That kind of dieting propels the dieter into a heavier size by screwing with the metabolism.
While the issue is not on a global level of war and poverty, the issue here is about self respect.
Go Neil.
Jenni, that’s the argument that some in the fashion industry make — that trendy fashions just wouldn’t look good on large sized women, so why bother making it? But do you really buy into that argument? And who’s to say it would look “horrible?” People used to fear women going to work (or wearing slacks) because it would look “wrong.” TV shows used to hide Lucille Ball’s stomach behind a couch on “I Love Lucy” because a pregnant woman in public was unseemly. Fashion is called “fashion” for a reason. Fashions change. Can you imagine someone in your grandmother’s generation wearing a nose ring? If people got used to large-sized women wearing the same clothes as skinny models, maybe people wouldn’t think it looked “horrible.”
Jenni, your argument is a plus-size nonsense. Designers don’t “design clothes that would look horrible on plus size women, and they choose not to design those clothes.”
They choose not to design large sizes because, in their mind, it would make them less classy and glamourous. What message, do you think, it sends to the teenagers in this country?
“Just like those people who design plus sized clothing shouldn’t be boycotted for not designing non-plus sizes.”
Who told you they aren’t? …and secondly, have you seen any of this plus-size clothing? Geez, the denial or the lack of desire to understand an issue…
There has to be a balance between concern for one’s health and obsessing over one’s body image. I wish my mother had taught me to eat healthier, to take care of my body. I did it by default in my teens and early twenties just because I was living on the West coast, surfing everyday, and eating vegetarian because it fit in with my pretentious mindset. Now after 15 years of eating all the wrong foods and watching my skin, my body, and my energy go downhill, I’m back to eating healthy, exercising and yoga, and drinking buckets of water. I feel better at 36 than I did at 26.
As for my own daughter, hopefully I can pass on that life lesson to her. I will do my best to teach her that her value lies within her heart and her mind. But I will also teach her self control and wisdom in choosing what she puts in her mouth. I will also do my best to keep her active, not just sitting in front of a computer, PlayStation, or TV (my sons as well).
Also not to be underestimated is how she sees herself through her father’s eyes. I think a daughter’s relationship with her father can be vital in building self esteem and a healthy self image. If he gives her love and self respect, rarely will she settle for anything less when other boys/men enter her life.
Sorry if I’m rambling, I actually do have some pretty firm opinions on this subject. And I’m sorry if I sounded all snippy about the whole AIDS/poverty/war thingy. I wasn’t trying to be. Maybe I haven’t gotten all the pretension worked out of me yet.
Heather, yours are all beautiful sentiments, but they still have nothing to do with Neil’s point. You can debate the health and life style issues all day long, it still has nothing to do with acceptance of people into the mainstream (of fashion or otherwise), regardless of their size.
Your making it about health and “choices” hijacks and insults this discussion.
Besides, it implies that people who are large, plus-sized or overweight are not healthy and made poor choices in life.
You eat red meat?
I would not make a blanket, polarized statement such as that. I was detailing my own personal experience. And saying all women are overweight because they have poor eating habits would be just as ridiculous as saying all skinny women are thus because of good eating habits. I’m not so myopic. Still, there is a reason why childhood obesity is on the rise, and there’s nothing wrong with promoting healthy lifestyle choices.
Listen, even if the fashion industry was to change and provide larger sizes, women would still be seeking and receiving confirmation of their value through an external source. I want my daughter to be so proud of who she is, regardless of her size, that she doesn’t give a flying f*** whether or not the fashion industry gives her their approval. I’m all for the fashion industry changing their standards, but in the off chance that they don’t (which is likely), I would rather instill my/our daughters with enough internal self worth, that a mindless, empty machine like the fashion world wouldn’t even be a blip on their radar screens.
Sorry if I insulted the discussion. Tough crowd.
Introspectre is a 13??!! now I know sizing is fucked up. She looks like a 10, maybe.
I’m an 8 but I hate clothes. Gimme my Levis and an old concert T.
While I enthusiastically support anyone who is ill at ease with the fashion industry (who, I might add, aren’t very good at their jobs since they appear only capable of designing for one body type), your emphasis on women misses some serious issues related to men.
Who is the asshole that began the business of designing sports jackets with fake pockets? What is the point of a pocket that doesn’t exist?
Who came up with boxer briefs that have no flap to pee out of? Do they know how silly we look standing at urinals fighting with our drawers, pants around our ankles, as we struggle to urinate?
And as for size … why are all men’s clothes designed for xxxxllll? What are we? Buffalo? I can’t buy clothes unless I want to wear tents. Take them to a tailor, what do they say? “Well, you’ve got too much cloth.” Duh!!!
The fashion industry is made up of idiots. I mean, what is a fashion show but an exhibition of vacuous idiots, a complete absence of artistic sense and a very strong need to display a complete lack of dignity? (And let’s not start on the wretched taste in music. Who chooses that shit anyway?)
I’m sorry. I fear I’ve ranted.
Heather, I wasn’t insulted. My mother and many of the women in her family have struggled with weight all of their lives. My mother realized that a big problem was that until their 30s, most of them had been really active. When their activity level dropped, their weight went up. My mother changed her eating habits because she did not want to end up like her mother who is a size 22. I could say that it was not so much size but the the health issues that my grandmother has had due to her weight that inspired my mother to make these changes. I’d be lying though. My mother is a slave to fashion. The salespeople at Macy’s all knew her by name when I was in high school. Her sister on the other hand is on medication that makes it nearly impossible to lose weight no matter how she eats. My aunt is very comfortable in who she is though and will wear things that others think that she shouldn’t. (I’m not sure what size she wears but I’d guess at least a 20.) Because of her attitude, I think that she is one of the most beautiful women I have ever met. I’d think the same whether she was a size 2 or a size 20. Because she is older, she is perfectly comfortable shopping at Lane Bryant. (Once upon a time Lane Bryant was owned by The Limited.) Of course I can see how Lane Bryant would not appeal to younger women though.
I have spent years at the other end of the weight spectrum. When I was in college, people would often ask my friends if I had an eating disorder. My friends would laugh because they have seen me eat. I have never assumed that someone who is “overweight” has no control because I know that not everyone who is “underweight” has an eating disorder. I learned how to sew at 13 because I have a hard time finding clothes that will fit. I am 5’10″ and wear a size 2 or 4. Clothes in those sizes are rarely made for someone my height. (By the way, I noticed that in stores owned by The Limited, The Limited, Express, and NY & Co, I used to wear a smaller size than in other stores. That is no longer the case. I think this is because the other stores have changed their sizing.)
Beauty comes from within. What we choose to wear is just an expression of our inner self. My answer has always been if the stores do not carry something that fits me properly, then I’ll make it myself. Pattern companies still make patterns in a full range of sizes.
Heh, it’s Bill Cosby on Neil’s blog! You’re sounding like an old guy who misses being on his old sitcom, already:
“These kids today, with their baggy clothes and their weird hair and their msic – it’s just noise! with their hippin’ and their hoppin’ and their bippin’ and their boppin’….”
Said completely out of love.
OMG, Neil. 74 comments? and you’re not getting laid?
If Tommy Hilfiger and Ralph Lauren can make clothes in larger sizes, then the other designers can too. It really can’t be as difficult as people keep pretending :-\
And you’ve hit precisely the reason I stopped shopping at ANY stores for clothing – the stuff I like isn’t made in my size, and the stuff that IS my size is either cheap-looking and cheaply made or something I’d never be caught dead wearing.
The solution? I make my own clothes. They look far superior to anything I could purchase at a store – they’re higher quality and a much better fit for my body shape than manufactured goods. And I definitely don’t look like a ragamuffin; I get people ALL THE TIME coming up to me and begging to know where I bought my skirt or my blouse, because they want one too.
I quietly smile, hand them one of my business cards, and offer to make one for them as well.
Did you support boycotting South Africa during apartheid? YES
Do you agree with this protest at the men’s only golf club? YES – The prohibition of women supports business’s glass ceiling.
Do you think businesses should be required to have wheelchair access for the 1% that needs it? YES – a life in a wheelchair is challengin enough without being denied access to businesses.
Do you think that taxplayers should be required to pay for an interpreter whenever a Spanish-speaking criminal is in court? YES – the defendant is legally entitled to the best possible defense. How can that be granted when the defendant doesn’t understand what he’s being asked?
Did you know that state colleges must supply sign language translators for students who are deaf? YES, and I support it.
Do you think stores should be required to carry women’s sizes — at least up to size 20? NO – it’s a business, not a government agency or public service. I think that market forces should prevail. That said, I think that we should do everything we can to ensure that “market forces” strongly encourage inclusion rather than exclusion.
Would you be willing to NOT shop in a store that didn’t do this as a sign of protest? Absolutely! I have. I also boycotted Hecht’s in this area when the only way to reach the plus size clothing was to navigate through the large appliance and furniture departments. I would also boycott any store that I knew to be selling items produced in sweatshops.
Kate, just to be devil’s advocate here — would you agree that the private all-male golf course has the right to prevent women in if they wanted to — just like the protesters have to protest?
What happened, Neil, having doubts? That liberal reflecsive on-one hand/on the other hand state kicked in?
Or you just called me Devil?
Flattered, in any case.
Italian designers create beautiful clothing for larger women. It can be done, it just isn’t in America.
You what is so annoying about H &M. It is a Swedish company, in Sweden they have a Big and Beautiful section in each store. As a teenager I would look forward to going to Sweden to buy really nice plus sized clothing that I actually like (many other stores carry plus sized clothing). I was really excited when H&M was coming to the States. And guess what they decided not to bring over the Big and Beautiful clothes. They say they have size 16 but it’s hard to find in most stores….
Kate/Lani — that is interesting — and kind of weird. I would think there would be more of a market for those clothes here than in Sweden or Italy. Forget the cultural stereotypes we have here, it doesn’t make economic sense to me. Does it to you?
I agree with the NO to regulating designer clothing. Since when is wearing designer clothing a basic human right!? Why not just require each designer to make mock-ups of their high end clothing for the homeless … that way ALL humans can wear D&G?
NO WAY can you reasonably compare this to true apartheid!
Designers are artists of sorts and artists have odd visions of what something should look like. They envision their crazy clothes on stick thin girls… well then that’s what they’ll do! Their clothes were designed to have a certain fit. Many styles just don’t look the same on all sizes. I for one can’t wear those little tube tops because they’d fall off my tiny chest. And my sweetheard thinks they look atrocious on ANY woman (large, small, buxom, or flat chested).
Am I gonna cause a commotion because of it? Nope. Just won’t wear them. That’s just the way it is. So what?
It’s just a body! Some bodies will look uglier to some people and beautiful to others.
Let the market deal with market issues.
ABT – I agree with you on the point that wearing designer clothes is not a basic human right.
And I might have been over-the-top about comparing this issue to apartheid. I guess I was looking for an example where a minority ruled over a majority. That said, I see nothing wrong with the majority of American women making a bit of a stink to the fashion industry about the fact that their needs are NOT being met. And I suggested that women who are size 2 (the minority) participate in this, even if it doesn’t affect them directly, because it affects their sisters and friends. Just like progressive white South Africans who wanted to end apartheid Just like men who consider themselves feminists.
The best way to cause change with the fashion industry is through consumer action. Look at how the industry has stopped making fur-related products.
Yes, designers are artists, but in a way like architects are artists. I would never suggest a painter or novelist change their vision. But the fact that the Gap does sell large size clothing on the internet, but not the store in the mall smacks of discrimination to me.
Few things. (again, sorry I’m late.)
One is, when I was a fat woman (as opposed to now, when I am a not even close to thin woman; there is an approximate 80 pound differential), I had a problem with clothing that did fit, but was designed for a thin girl. Size was accomodated for, but flattery was not. Skin tight, too short tops… I don’t want a thin chick designer designing my fat clothes.
And. This was always fun; Macy’s had a pretty decent ‘woman’s department, (don’t get me started on THAT description) but finding it; physically locating it within a Macy’s was next to impossible. It was always in the basement or on the top floor, tucked behind housewares and the baby clothes — nowhere near any other women’s (sorry) ‘ladie’s’ apparel. I always found that little extra kick of humilation oh so motivating.
And finally, the new me is having a pretty hard time finding clothing that fits, in H&M or anywhere else. Why? Because my 14-ish body won’t squeeze itself into a 14 or 16 in any designer clothing. The higher the quality/price, the smaller the sizes. I try on a 14 in a fat store, and I’m swimming in it.
For the record, when H&M did carry plus sizes, (another favorite phrase of mine), they did not fit my fat self. And in the rare exceptional moments when a garment did fit, man o shevitz was it not cut with me in mind.
Roberta
I don’t believe the fashion industry should create larger clothes to further support the obesity epidemic in America. As it is, US women do not need any further encouragement that being size 13 and up is acceptable or OK, because it isn’t. I know my comments will upset a lot of people but it is my opinion. I think women who are overweight need to try harder to eat better and exercise to be at a healthy weight and to be able to fit into mainstream fashion.
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Ha, a feminist group leader claims no one in their group “wants to shop with a bunch of fatties.” I don’t think they care about women, they only care about thin women.
Really maybe you should ask them what makes them any different than a sorority house at a college?
They’ve worked so hard to be thin, that now they’ve worked away any sense of morals or caring. I guess that’s the price to be thin, certianly seems like it with all the thin women viciously gnawing at their own.
I liked “Not Wear Dolce & Gabana?” I can’t belive they allowed this woman to be a mother. The hell her children must go through..oh I can see it all now..”I told you, NO METAL HANGERSSSSS!” ala Mommy Dearest.
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Diets suck!
I think that everyone is seeing the point in the wrong way the thrut is that skinny people have problems to.For example my sister has 15 years old and she has to go to the children section to find jeans because she cant find her size sometimes size 0 is large but she isnt anorexic nor bulimic belive me I see her eat and she esta like a cow shes never satisfied and well she isnt very tall like models I think shes 1.56 so she is small but she has that large dody like models and very skinny legs of course she doesnt look like emancipated or bonny skinny but she cant never find clothes and my little sister is the same but is like 1.54 and she cant find either she is a little more havier than my sister but it is a problem becuse fats can find in sears etc…
I live in mexico and let me tell you than americas have more large sizes than spain or mexico they are like insane with sizes if you ever come to mexico or spain youll see in stores that we are constantly obsesed with sizes even in the most expensive store you cant find a size 4 4!!!!!!!! oh my god !!!!! is insane …..
Kel, I am 5’10″, weigh 88kg/193lbs and work out 6 times a week at the gym, diligently watch my carb intake and could totally punch you out in a boxing ring. My body requires size US14/ EU44 clothing because I was blessed with a ripe bust and a ass like a loaf of bread you’d want to slice (thanks Pharrell) in addition to a broad-shouldered skeleton. But hey, I know I’m not the example you’re conjuring out of thin air.
Your argument against larger fashions is as illogical as relying on BMI as an accurate measure of model health – until they get a coke-o-meter, there’s nothing that can sort that out. no fashion = nudity. And I get the impression that’s the last thing you’d want.
I own current Viktor & Rolf, Missoni, Antik Batik, Cavalli, See by Chloe and a few other notables – you just have to know where to look and what truly suits you, not just be a label whore. Versace used to do a line called Versatile back in Gianni’s day, and Valentino did Carisma – the sad thing is that the designers were completely unsupported by existing media that noone knew about it (didn’t help that Gianni insisted on using size 8′s in the look book) Cutting off their noses, as it were.
Just heard about this project launched by 2 models – check it out! Instead of boycotting fashion, make it play by your rules!
They talk the talk, but now it’s time to Walk The Catwalk
I agree with you on the design of larger sizes. Even the so called moderate priced designers, Jones New York, Anne Klein II, Ralph Lauren and the like that are sold in Federated Stores (Macy’s and the like)who have very classic lines in sizes under 14, loose it in the translation to their “Women’s” sizes. The styling no longer has curves, details are missing, shoulders are lost- they are now at the elbow, they are bigger but do not necessarily leave room for bust and the quality of the fabrics used is often inferior. I have experienced this first hand with my mother who has a difficult time shopping. On the other hand of the spectrum is the Petites line. I am 4’10′ and slightly above average weight. When I try to buy clothes in the Petite department it’s like they were made for old women or anorexics. And while I’m on the subject of style, what happened to pants that sit on the waist?
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This is a touchy issues for me at the moment. I’ve been a size 10 or 12 for most of my life. Recently I’ve creeped up to a 14 and I’m hanging on for dear life to not go past that point. I generally eat well (but enjoy my treats too) and I exercise, so I don’t feel like I am unhealthy at my current weight. I don’t think I look horrible either.
The only reason I’m trying to hang on and/or to lose weight is so that I can continue to have some selection in the clothing that I buy. In addition to starting to creep into plus-size territory, I am also 6’2″ tall. That means that I already have to buy all of my pants at Tall Girl (which declared bankruptcy recently and I just about had a heart attack…thankfully they got bought/saved by Long Tall Sally from the UK) and the selection of shirts, dresses, skirts, etc. that fit me in non-tall stores is very slim. But if instead of being able to look for the small selection of things long enough for me in regular stores, I was having to limit myself to plus-size stores, my selection would be very very small indeed. Plus I find that the clothes in plus-size stores are big in all the wrong places (as if every woman with a bit of extra meat on her bones has that extra meat in exactly the same spot).
Thank you for writing about this important issue. When I’m rich, I’m going to hire a personal designer/seamstress. Until then, I’ll have to battle the industry.
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