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Do you wear plus size clothing?
Posted by dinsquared • 2/08/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blog promotion, blogging, clothing, fashion, plus size, shopping, style
I'm featuring some of the web's best plus-size fashion all throughout my blog, and on its own in a weekly column called Pr0n Plus.
Let me know what you think. Is there too much of one thing and not another? Are there things missing altogether? I'd love to hear your comments there or here!
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User Comments
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Stop with the euphemisms, its Fat Clothes for Fat People.-
Ahahaha... so blunt but so true. Question: Why do white gangster wannabe's persist in wearing plus sized clothing? I'm talking about the shirts that touch the back of their knees and the jeans that are so baggy you can only see 1 inch of a sneaker... Sorta makes them look like they have hooves.
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So? Does fat mean you don't deserve nice clothing?
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They definitely don't deserve all that food...In some countries, people have none and starve to death. But here in the states, everyone's either incredibly fat or incredibly skinny because they have an "eating disorder" of throwing up what they had for lunch. People are ridiculous.
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I'm not fat nor skinny, I am considered fit by my doctor. -
Talk about bloody judgmental, I don't stuff my bloody face, or eat fast foods, snacks, fried foods or cakes and pies. I walk every day twice, once on the treadmill and once in the evening with the dogs. When the weather is nice I also walk into town. I am FAT (not obese) because I am middle aged, going through menopause and my metabolism has slowed down.
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What are you considering "plus size"?
I would simply say that regular sized clothing for regular sized people are a rare find. Full grown adult women with full figures do not need teen-aged styled clothes designed for pre-pubescent boys.
I have hips, I will not wear low slung jeans. I have to buy my jeans in the men's department for lack of choice in the women's department.-
I covered this. No, you aren't plus sized. The floors of a "Plus sized" store are required to be made in concrete so the women don't leave footprints behind. It's also a fire code requirement to NOT have a cheese and sausage stand on the same floor as a plus sized department store.
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The industry standard for "plus-size" clothing is size 14+.
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Oh, OK. No I'm not plus sized, but even in the non plus sized adult women's section there is a serious lack of choice.
The new "styles" make us look like idiots trying to relive our glory days as teeny-bobbers. -
but even in the non plus sized adult women's section there is a serious lack of choice.
The new "styles" make us look like idiots trying to relive our glory days as teeny-bobbers.
I agree, Anok. Skinny jeans are a plague on society. -
I don't like the new baby doll cutsy tops,I grew out of that style when I was 5. Or short tops so when you move your whole midsection is exposed. -
*sigh of relief* Yes, thank you! I mean, I may dress funny and all, but honestly!
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I'm not plus sized but I wonder why it is that there are no women's clothes for those of us who have small waists? Surely there ought to be some clothes available of the rack to those of us who do have hourglass shaped figures (eg. hip measurement that is 10 inches larger than waist measurement).
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Anok, have you checked out my blog? (This is shameless blog promotion). There's quite a range of styles, sizes, etc.
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TT, J. Crew comes very close to that. It's more like 33-25-35 than exactly 10 all around, but closer than your average clothing line.
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I have to wear plus size pants because of "the old chap"-
The old chap?
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You don't want to know - just trust me on this one....
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The old man that lives in my pants (not my man clitoris!)
I am a Siamese twin and they couldn't remove my brother from my waist so I have to wear plus size pants to accommodate him.
Most of the time i can hide him pretty well though it can be embarrassing when I'm at a BBQ and a shrivelled hand shoots out of my fly and grabs a bread roll from the table. -
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Seriously? ?!?
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I like to wear plus size shirts, kinda like a jacket, cuz it gives me freedom of movement, and I can be comfortable at the same time.
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Looks like you started out with a serious question but it got crazy. Let me jump in with some shameless self-promotion. I don't wear plus sizes but you never know, maybe someday I will and I hope they've got some cool fashions out there for me. Here's a funny post about plus sizes:
curageousideas.blogspot.com/2009/01/just-call-me-3x-please.html-
*shrug* Keeps the discussion at the top of the list. More shameless promotion for me.
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I've always wondered if plus size people pay extra for all that extra material in their clothes?
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Do what you got to do... I'll stop by your site and take a look.
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Thanks, man! I'll check out your post.
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Time thief, you're talking about a matter of extra inches. Fabric does not cost that much, and clothing is already marked up. No, plus size clothing does not cost more.
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It's the labor and designer's name that really ups the price. I see clothes all the time that I know have maybe $20 worth of fabric, zipper and buttons etc but yet the sales price is much, much higher.
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No problem.... Just left you a comment.
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My mom wears plus size just because of how her skeleton is. For so many years the only thing available for size 16 and 18 was polyester stretch-waist pants and boxy shirts. The "cute" or "interesting" clothes all stop around size 12 or 14. Then you have to go to a different department in the store for the next up sizes and all those designers are boring. It's like they're the one that flunked design school!
And on the other hand, some designers are offering their clothes up to size 20 or more...but it's the sexy stuff like low rise pants and peekaboo tops. I love my mom, but I don't want to see her butt crack or belly hanging out over the top of her pants like a muffin.
Can't someone just make modest clothing that has some interest and design to them?!-
Something classy, stylish, yet not "trendy"
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Anok - yes! My momma needs some style!
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busylizzy, have you checked out my blog? There's plenty there for all styles, and all sizes.
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din, I checked out your blog - yes, I think you have found some wonderful alternatives! They aren't my style at all, but it's nice to see something other than...well...what's being crammed down our throats at the local old Navy
I actually wear stuff like this:
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Thank you. Your style is ...eclectic. I'll study it a bit and see what I can come up with for an upcoming post! The boots are what's throwing me off.
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LOL! Yes, my best accessory is a pair of well worn boots. Furry for winter, and Doc's for summer
I do occasionally wear a pair of Chuck's. -
I used to wear these in the 70's in London (minus the tattoos, didn't have those), GREAT look. I bet I would enjoy seeing your clothes anok.
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I am not at all plus size but used to have a hard time finding clothes that fit me well. I too used to get guys pants anok just to get them to fit. They seem to think that if you are 5'11" you shouldn't be as skinny as me. I tend to like the hipsters though and find that if I go to the juniors section in Kohl's that I can get my size in tall. I don't really like most of the clothes in the women's section anyway.-
That's funny, they figure if you're as short as I am, you shouldn't have any hips!
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Nope, but my friend does, he's into this hip hop scene where he's always wearing an oversized shirt and baggy pants. :-) But it looks great on him though... -
I'm not plus sized today--I think I am in good shape and my doctor confirms this--although I am not skinny by any means. I'm curvy--just like my husband likes me. I am 5'9" and weigh 145 lbs.
However, I have been both large and small. I was tiny all through my junkie years but when I quit doing heroin, I did nothing but cry and eat frosting out of a can for about a year and ended up gaining about 60 lbs, so I had to shop for bigger clothes, which was very difficult. My heart actually goes out to women who have to deal with that.
The most interesting thing about being bigger was the terrible way I was treated--by both men and women. People would give me dirty looks if I was eating in a restaurant and sometimes say things that I could hear. It was very hurtful.
About 2 years into my recovery, I started working out, which I continue to this today. I lost all that weight and people started being much friendlier to me. Interestingly enough, women were meaner to me than men were. -
i love wearing extra large t-shirts on shorts, you know, like a rapper... -
Check out AlwaysForMe.com - they have a beautiful selection of plus size swimsuits, cover ups, summer dresses and activewear. They have the best designer names but their cutest - trendiest styles are their exclusive line Always For Me Chic. -
I like the range of clothes you have showcased, some I can get away with for my age
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