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The fabulous Anne of Hello I Am Fat sends along a link from a blog called A Dress A Day. (I peeked at the latest entry and it looks like instructions for making a dress kinda similar to the Kara Janx kimono dress, don't you think? I bet if you knew how to sew, you could work with it.)
Where was I again? Oh, the link, right. Sorry, I've been in a car driving across the country for what seems like my entire life. Anyway, hand this card to the cashier the next time you have a frustrating shopping experience. It's a neat idea: an equal opportunity way for both XL and XS women to complain that stores aren't carrying their sizes.
"So write your size (whether it's larger or smaller than what's in the store) on the back of the card if you use them. If you would have bought a particular thing, write something like 'blue sundress, $100' too. Make it as real as possible. Turn that vague size-14 statistic into real money, and show them that money walking out of the store. The stores won't know that they're not serving your needs unless you tell them."
Obviously every store can't cater to every woman, nor carry every size. Bodies vary, not everything will flatter every shape, etc. But isn't it annoying when a store carries both "regular" and plus sizes, and the "regular" clothes are super cute, and the plus size stuff makes you look like Mrs. Roper? I hate that. Is that even relevant? Boy, I'm tired.
Where was I again? Oh, the link, right. Sorry, I've been in a car driving across the country for what seems like my entire life. Anyway, hand this card to the cashier the next time you have a frustrating shopping experience. It's a neat idea: an equal opportunity way for both XL and XS women to complain that stores aren't carrying their sizes.
"So write your size (whether it's larger or smaller than what's in the store) on the back of the card if you use them. If you would have bought a particular thing, write something like 'blue sundress, $100' too. Make it as real as possible. Turn that vague size-14 statistic into real money, and show them that money walking out of the store. The stores won't know that they're not serving your needs unless you tell them."
Obviously every store can't cater to every woman, nor carry every size. Bodies vary, not everything will flatter every shape, etc. But isn't it annoying when a store carries both "regular" and plus sizes, and the "regular" clothes are super cute, and the plus size stuff makes you look like Mrs. Roper? I hate that. Is that even relevant? Boy, I'm tired.
posted by mo pie at 9:53 PM
6 Comments:
MRS. ROPER!!!! Mo, you made me totally snarf my coffee out my nose. Tragically, it's because you are totally right. I can't tell you how disgusted and discouraged I get looking at items of clothing that would either make me look like I should be wearing a turban and playing canasta in a retirement village.
Or WORSE, like an ENORMOUS toddler with little teddy bears, flowers, WATERING CANS, or whatever other heinous thing apliqued on the front of the knit top to coordinate with the elastic waisted pants in a coordinating pattern. (ATTENTION KOHL'S, I'm TALKING TO YOU).
Thanks for the link, I'll be adding this blog to my regular reads.
Another beef along these lines--some stores that carry plus sizes only do so online or in the catalog. I'm looking at you, J.Jill. Are they afraid having fat women in the store will ruin their image? Furthermore, I like to try before I buy, and it's a hassle having to pay for shipping, etc.
Oh Anonymous, I hate that too. There's always one or two stealth sizes that are available only on the store's website. Ugh! Annoying!
Shorter women have the problem that many large department stores are eliminating their petite section and Banana Republic/JCrew and their ilk, only do petite online. I think many short but curvy women aren't aware that they might do much better in a 12p than in a Misses size 12. But how would you know if they don't carry it in the stores?
I think this is a great idea (though, because I'm also a giant wuss, I'd rather mail the card to Head Office than hand it to the salesgirl, who doesn't dictate what they carry after all...)
Though I have a confession to make. When I was a 16/18 in everything, I didn't even bother going into TopShop and Miss Selfridge (and so on) because I knew they wouldn't have anything for me (even though TS sells cute socks). And I was disgusted and discouraged. I would've totally got behind a TopShop boycott until they started selling things in proper sizes.
Now that I've lost a bit of weight and am a size 14 in most things (the largest size they stock) I seem to have acquired quite a few cute TopShop tops. Ahem. I believe they do carry some things in a 16 nowadays...
think this is a great idea (though, because I'm also a giant wuss, I'd rather mail the card to Head Office than hand it to the salesgirl, who doesn't dictate what they carry after all...)
K took the words right out of my mouth! This idea is fabulous, but please remember not to take out your frustrations on the cashiers and sales people! Unless it's some kind of non-chain run-by-owner type of store, the sales people are too low down on the totem pole to do anything to help.
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