While plus sizes have certainly improved, they're still often old-lady clothes. How hard would it be to make more larger versions of the clothes you're making for everyone? Of course, when they do do that, one has to ask whether it really takes $10 more of fabric to make the same top or whether they're just sticking it to the fat people. Also, why to they make so many plus-sized tops with horizontal stripes? You're designing for large people. Large people do not need horizontal stripes. And, while I'm complaining, why do they think that as people get fatter their arms also get longer?
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Ginger - Aug 12, 2008 10:57:57 am PDT #1262 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
megan walker - Aug 12, 2008 10:59:13 am PDT #1263 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Large people do not need horizontal stripes.
No one needs horizontal stripes.
DebetEsse - Aug 12, 2008 11:07:26 am PDT #1264 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
No one needs horizontal stripes.
This.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 12, 2008 11:08:59 am PDT #1265 of 10001
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I think if zebras stood on their hind legs they would look nice in their horizontal stripes.
Trudy Booth - Aug 12, 2008 11:15:57 am PDT #1266 of 10001
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Why do they think that as people get fatter their arms also get longer?!?!?
Steph L. - Aug 12, 2008 11:18:38 am PDT #1267 of 10001
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How hard would it be to make more larger versions of the clothes you're making for everyone? And, while I'm complaining, why do they think that as people get fatter their arms also get longer?
Your second question is answered by your first. Too many manufacturers make "plus-sized" versions of their standard sizes by merely up-sizing the article of clothing uniformly, all over. But, as anyone who's ever tried on plus-sized clothing can tell you, the clothes need to be up-sized proportinally, not just zapped with an embigulator.
Some lines do this really well (see also: Lane Bryant's Right Fit jeans), and others are just sad examples of very poorly embiggened clothes.
Ginger - Aug 12, 2008 11:23:52 am PDT #1268 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Lane Bryant's Right Fit jeans are great, and I learned about them here. They do not, however, come in black. The black jean is a staple of my wardrobe and they seem to be disappearing.
Atropa - Aug 12, 2008 11:27:33 am PDT #1269 of 10001
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But, as anyone who's ever tried on plus-sized clothing can tell you, the clothes need to be up-sized proportinally, not just zapped with an embigulator.
This is why I've taught myself how to tailor clothes. Because things that fit my bust probably don't fit through the shoulders, arms, and waist.
SailAweigh - Aug 12, 2008 11:28:16 am PDT #1270 of 10001
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up-sizing the article of clothing uniformly, all over.
Especially the arms. Hey, if I'm wearing a size 14 top, I can't fit my arms into size 8 sleeves people! My arms aren't longer, they're fatter around.
Cashmere - Aug 12, 2008 11:35:51 am PDT #1271 of 10001
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I have also been remarkably lucky that none of my BIDs have been from outside sources. My family has been wonderfully supportive of me no matter what size I am. Even my teeny, tiny twin sister never brought up the issue--when she was a size 2 and I was a 12, she respected me and treated me with love and affection.
Noone in my family has said, "You'd be so pretty if..." I was always (and still am) gorgeous in their eyes.
It's all been internal--which require their own special talent to defeat.