Dear Punk-ass

They do make larger clothes in other than black and navy but style stops short around size eight, euwwwweee, too hefty for the salon. And the clothes that are other than black and navy seem aimed to attract various bugs. There is an underlying thing here that if you are chunky at all you have no brain cells, much less any development of taste re style or history of design.

Sputter, she sputters at punkass.

Dear punk-ass mister cool who was riding my ass while I tried to get into the exit lane, and then had the nerve to look over at me as if you'd seen a servant eating off the good china as you passed in your red whatever cool car that was with your sunglasses and dressed up to look like you're supposed to be somebody. The fast lane is four over to the left. Take your suave punk-ass over there and try riding up the ass of that tanker truck. If my little girl wasn't in the back I'd have tapped the breaks just to watch you spin out.

In the meantime, Wilfred Waffletum has stature..

MMS...have you checked out Coldwater Creek? Their clothes are well made, stylish, moderately priced, and come in sizes 4 to 3X. And in their stores, all the salespeople are at least 40 so they know a thing or two about what we like.

MMS, and how about Torrid? They're definitely going where no plus size store has gone before.

www.torrid.com

Sadly, I spent an hour in a coldwater creek store in (wait, thinking...) a city in Idaho, forget the name, when up there to be at my aunt's memorial..

I tried on a bunch of stuff and looked more porky than usual.
This isn't a dig at them, as I generally liked the clothes... just that they didn't work for me.

MMS - Jessica London, or Chadwick's if you're not a plus -- they're both online, good prices, decent selection (but still no bracelets, waah).

I believe we have found the sisterhood of the large feet. I wear a size 12 shoes, an 11 if it's wide and generous in size (which is sometimes the case). Am gonna visit the men's for snow boots. Hopefully I will not look like I am about to go out and work on the telephone line. Argh.

Dear punk *ss idjits in the supermarket today,

While I realize a lot of you are students who are new to the area and hence do not know where the Rice-a-Roni is, plus there were some folks who had some issues and of course there but for the grace of God go I, so I am glad to wait for them, the bottom line is --

for those of you who are blessed with full understanding, take the flippin' cel phone outta your ear and turn your cart so that it is parallel to the aisle instead of perpendicular. That way, people can get by. Do not stop to have a long, meaningful conversation in the cereal aisle unless you get outta the way of those of us who wish to start our shopping on Saturday and end it on Saturday. Do not take the cart around aimlessly in the front of the store where everyone and his brother are waiting on line because there aren't enough registers open. The place for meandering is the back, away from checkout. This is how we ended up with massive Star Market gridlock early this afternoon.

Oh, another thing -- bring a list next time, so that you actually have a clue about what you're getting, and don't need to call your roommate as you pass the frozen peas, to get her opinion on whether they're a good idea. Just buy the freakin' peas. Or not. I don't care. I just don't want to hear your loud, 40-minute conversation wherein you and your new roomie bond over various shared remembered frozen pea experiences. Give it a rest.

Yours in shopping hell,

Heehee..... gawd I hate the return of the students....

I just love this thread!

SO GLAD to "meet" other big-footed women! When I look at shoes in stores, I feel like the ONLY woman with big feet in the world. The word "Aberration" springs to mind.

Sleeve and leg-lengths are ALWAYS too short, and with slacks, of course, we're not ALLOWED, for some reason, to know the inseam measurement.

Like Shewolf said, what's wrong with, like, actually labelling slacks with waist and inseam measurements like menswear? Is the mystery part of the fun of shopping? These days I just hold them up, see how they go just below my knees, and go on to the next pair.

Most pants look on me like those young-boy "shorts" that end at mid-calf. That is, dorky. I suppose I could just wear 'em and pretend they're Capris, eh? What do you think, MMS? "Like my new Capris?"

And don't even get me started with Fuzzand, who at 6'5" wears a 36" inseam and Size 15 shoe. They used to carry these (OK, 2 pairs of each) at Sears and JC Penneys, but no more. Don't know why they stopped selling them. So we made the 35-mile trip to the mall thinking those 2 pairs might still be there, and found we'd have to order them from the catalog Anyway.... oh, great, thanks...

We always get the JC Penney "Big and Tall" catalog, but there's WAY more Big than Tall in there, for some reason. And actual "Tall" slacks cost $5-10 more than "ordinary" sizes. It's not THAT much more fabric, folks!

Ah, LittleK, silk slips! Wouldn't that be a dream come true? You can find silk shirts by the pound, but I have never seen a silk slip that wasn't vintage or antique. Sorta like comfort is illegal!

MMS, why not make jewelry for big women? Watchbands, anklets, bracelets made to fit real people!

In my experience there's a lot of TALK about how they're making clothing to fit real women now... but very little ACTION.

And barf green! And hot pink! I've seen some stores where those seem to be only colors they sell. I tell ya, that barf green doesn't look good on ANYONE! Neither do those huge flower prints! Gads, you look like a sofa in those!

I think there's an undercurrent of hostility in the land o' fashion.

Dangit, I'm gonna make a topic on this.

I think you could replace "undercurrent" with "Tsunami" and be pretty close.

Heck yeah, make a topic, and put all my posts on there!

Er, where would such a topic go?

I just made it, it's in this forum, called sisterhood of the big-footed, uh, something else, too lazy to check, but it's right here.

I'll check in after pubby.I have a thing about ladies garments.

Well, if that "thing" would be Itchy, Uncomfortable, Irritating, Painful, Sweaty, and Annoying, I can understand perfectly.

Dear punk-ass suburbanites who DROVE into the city to see the game - you should all be made to manditorily pull aside when a legit city dweller passes on her way to do business.

Coldwater Creek? humm, we don't have one of them around here.

We have all made a wonderful point on the clothing. Now, if we could just get lucky enough to come across a designer that would listen.

Larger Bracelets...thats what I was making..I had a ton of it made up, sold the majority of it while I was in school, it provided myself with gas and lunch money...cause I was cheap..lol As long as I got what I had in them back, I was happy.

So..whats the deal with the larger woman being recognized by the world? Why is it the fact that the clothing designers do not understand that if you are a larger women, it doesn't mean you are as big around as you are tall? Thats what frustrates me so much..is the bigger the size, the shorter the clothing.

Shoes: Uhhumm, Jespah!! I know the feeling about wondering if you look like a telephone linemen..lol What mens shoes I have settled on, was after a long haul of trying on many many MANY pairs to find one that was flattering.

Colors: I hear ya loud and clear on flowery print! I wouldn't put that across my body if it was to save my life!

I like prints, but there's a place for them, and across my ass and breasts are not it!

Maybe one day, we'll get lucky enough to get our point across.

http://www.coldwatercreek.com/


There's a page to find where the stores are on that link, but you can also shop by catalog or online.

Thanks Osso, I just browsed through there, quite nice!

I love the dusters......thats my kinda shirt. Long...and open.

Link

That Ruched Satin Blouse is my kinda style and color!!

I like a lot of things in there, looking at the website today.
When I visited the store in Idaho (I remember now, it was in Sandpoint) it seemed to be filled with dresses that gather under the bosom, that can give a woman with some heft quite a pregnantly elephantine aspect.

I'm exaggerating, it wasn't entirely filled with those dresses, but between those and some other items I tried on, nothing made me happy. But once in a while I notice a friend's outfit looking great, say so, and she'll say, oh, it's from Coldwater Creek.

Ha, that dress reminds me of the sort I used to wear! I used to make them... sleeveless, with a bias tape around the neck so they had no facings (cooler), and a gathered, high waist with a long skirt. If the waist were a tad higher we'd call it an Empire Waist.

So I happily took my dog to the vet one day wearing one of these dresses. At the time I weighed about 150 lbs., having quit smoking, and I gain weight, it seems, entirely in my belly.

So the vet assistant says something about me being PREGNANT (which I was NOT), and laughs and says my belly will just be getting Bigger and Bigger....

I almost wish I could have seen my own facial expression at the moment! Must have been really funny! I said, "I'm not pregnant," in a rather pissed-off tone. I felt crabby and self-conscious for rather a long time after that.

I still like those dresses though, for sheer comfort.