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	sneer 2009-06-04 10:25 pm UTC (link)
	Many of these people consider size 8 "plus-sized," so yeah, they're kind of not so much with the being in touch with reality. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eilisliana 2009-06-04 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	I'm 10/12 so yeah I don't exist in their world. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rachelmap 2009-06-04 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	I'm size 22, and they can kiss my extremely large ass for my money. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eleutheria 2009-06-05 02:52 am UTC (link)
	I'm a 24, and yeah, ditto. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	risha 2009-06-05 03:30 am UTC (link)
	I'm a 28, and agreed. I manage to dress cute anyway. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	munchkinott 2009-06-05 12:15 pm UTC (link)
	Same here. I'm scraping 6ft too. Basically, no one tells me 'you CAN'T wear that!' as I could snap a designer/socialite/fashion columnist like a TWIG! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	risha 2009-06-05 03:18 pm UTC (link)
	Good point. I'm just a smidge taller than you. Want to go to NYC and loom over a designer for fun? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	munchkinott 2009-06-05 04:43 pm UTC (link)
	Only if I can wear my 4" heel oxfords, Matrix trenchcoat with the collar flicked up & sunglasses. smirks (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	risha 2009-06-05 06:29 pm UTC (link)
	Sounds good to me. slips glasses on (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	munchkinott 2009-06-05 08:02 pm UTC (link)
	Can we avoid looming over Vivienne Westwood though? She's a Bit Awesome and most of her catwalk/haute stuff revolves around giving skinny chicks false arses n' boobs. ^_^ (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	risha 2009-06-05 08:41 pm UTC (link)
	I can be magnanimous in this case, and anyone else a Bit Awesome. I don't know much else about him, but apparently Isaac Mizrahi called a designer "sizest" on the Fashion Show this week for bitching about a size 16 client. That gives him a pass from me. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

munchkinott
2009-06-06 01:32 am UTC (link)

Wow. I LIKE HIM FOR THAT! *_* Oddly, while poking around for names to go on the Non-Looming List, I've just discovered Lacroix's haute & international retail wing's gone bankrupt. D: My ONLY item of proper designer goodness is a tiny Lacroix coin purse (heart shaped, matte quilted gold lame and OMG SO PRETTY - as someone who doesn't do pretty that's one hell of a compliment) I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO ASPIRE TO AFFORD TO HAVE MORE NOW! *sob*

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	risha 2009-06-06 03:24 am UTC (link)
	Aww, I'm sorry. :( Look at the bright side - your purse is now a collector's item! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	irised 2009-06-07 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	I'll cheer you on! 8D (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tree 2009-06-05 09:57 am UTC (link)
	16 here, the fat end of what regular clothes shops will put on the shelves. :( (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gunshou 2009-06-05 12:34 pm UTC (link)
	14; I hear ya. XP (Reply to this)(Parent)

	vzg 2009-06-25 11:59 pm UTC (link)
	16 as well and very glad for Torrid, without which I would wear nothing but t-shirts. ...though I pretty much do that anyway, but still. I could keep deluding myself and shopping at places that have mannequins with waists thinner than my leg, but I'm happy to shop at a big girl's store for clothes that look good on me. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	judyhazeleyes 2009-06-04 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	... hay-zooooooos. That's just criminal. (Reply to this)(Parent)

tachikoma01
2009-06-05 07:25 pm UTC (link)

I've noticed that many 'trendy' stores that cater to youth: H & M, Hot Topic, the high end of Macy's, Delliah's, ect consider a size 12 to be an "XL" and the largest size they'll carry in their stores.

Yet last study I saw, 12 is the AVERAGE size of a woman in the US.

So basically, almost any store aimed at the young and trendy crowd has decided you have to be in the bottom 50% of the population size-wise to shop there.

[I remember being so excited about a Torrid opening, because I thought I could get neat gothy-clothes and My Little Ponies shirts for larger girls, only to find out they don't carry what Hot Topic does only in bigger sizes- they carry clothes that scream 'Hi, I'm a fat gawth' and are still cut in hourglass shapes, which many bigger girls AREN'T.]

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	dragonfangirl 2009-06-06 07:16 pm UTC (link)
	I sympathize, although for all their faults, I still respect Torrid for at least trying, and not just declaring that all fat chicks must wear sweatpants forevah lest anyone look at them and mistake them for someone pretty. (Reply to this)(Parent)

vzg
2009-06-26 12:02 am UTC (link)

Aw. Maybe my local Torrid is different? Not that they don't have a lot of darker clothes and whatnot, but they also have a lot of color.

Although to find clothes I can wear there I have to try on everything. Almost everything they carry is cut differently, and while some stuff fits me like a charm (I bought my absolute favorite pair of pants ever there), other stuff is both too tight and too loose at the same time.

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