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Fat person's grumble about shops which supposedly sell clothes for fat people
Right. I'm a large, overweight, on the big side, plump, podgy, rotund or whatever you want to call me, fat person.
In spite of that my size tends to vary a bit (or sometimes more than a bit) what with my water retention problem and the never ending battle to try to lose weight, which may at last have spotted a faint light at the end of a very long tunnel but that's another story. So my waist measurement is not a static one. I like to wear clothes. It beats being starkers, especially when starkers and my size is not a pretty sight. So when I need to buy something new what do I do? Do I head for New Look or Dorothy Perkins? Well, no, not unless I'm accompanied by one of my daughters who is expecting me to buy something for her I don't. I make a bee-line for Evans. You know - the shop which caters for the larger sized female. Humph! is my reaction to the current offerings. Humph! I say again. Why do I say humph you may ask yourself. Well, I could have done with something like a pair of stretchy jeans with an elasticated waist for mucking about in when up at t'caravan. I've had them before from Evans and currently have a very comfy pair but sadly they are wearing out and I could do with some more. Do they have any? Do they billy thump! They have fitted jeans in rigid sizes which are either too tight and I feel like I'm cutting my circulation off or so loose around the waist that one step forward and they fall down round my ankles! "What happened to the ones with little elasticated sides?" I ask the waif like sales assistant. "Not fashionable." is her response. Fashionable? Fashionable? When you're my size you don't look for fashionable you look for wearable! OK, so moving on I abandon those and settle for combats with a tie string waist, at least those will stop up. Now, how about a t-shirt or two or a nice tunic top - something which comes down over the hips and covers all the unsightly bulges created by tieing up my middle like a sack of spuds? Nope, they are all short, not only short in the body but very short in the arm. Now us fatties do not tend to have pretty upper arms. Believe me you really don't want to see my upper arms flapping about when I wave to someone. You would much rather have them discretely covered to just above the elbow. Lower arms, well they look more or less human but the upper arms are best kept well out of sight. So why oh why don't they have longer length sleeves instead of these things that barely cap the shoulder? You guessed it - FASHION! So, what have they got in a longer length top? Well they've got this latest trendy fashionable design which is a larger sized version of the ones my 16 year old skinny daughter looks terrific in - draped over a bosom the size of mine the thing balloons out and I look about 8 months pregnant!!! Who designed this latest range I ask myself? Do they actually manage to sell many? What happened to the stuff that actually looks good on fat people? Ah! I geddit. It's all a cunning plan. Now I can no longer buy decent clothes at Evans I'm going to have to lose weight! :D |
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Willow, I am overweight too...or maybe I'm not really overweight, but just short for my weight (which, I have to say i don't know...because I NEVER step on the scales these days) I too, have tried to get some jeans.....I bought some elastic waisted ones at TJ Hughes......let me see, it must be almost 5 years ago.....they have gone very faded and look shabby now.
So off i go in search of something wearable........all the trousers, jeans, cut off seem to be low rise.......now a fat belly and low rise do not go well together. I quite like my flab to be covered.......so T shirts are too short, low rise pants combined with short T shirt......erm a bare middle on a 60 year old.....not really the fashion(or comfort) statement that you want to make is it???????? As for those 60's print smocks...well,yes I was pregnant in the 60's and wore something like those....I really don't want to go there again. So I'm with you Willow....whinging! |
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willa, matalan do some nice clothes for us larger lasses, dorothy perkins also do bigger sizes too, i was in there the other day buying some tops (£3 each in the sale) peacocks do some nice larger stuff aswell, unfortunately we bigger women have to shop around, and since i love shopping i enjoy myself finding clothes :D
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Its not just u girlies u know, its same 4 us blokes 2.
Trousers n shirts have always been a problem but lookily there is that large mens clothes shop in rishton.;) Asda have a good range 4 t-shirts up 2 xxxl n pretty cheep 2.;) Ive been told ebay is good 4 larger clothes. |
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I know my daughter got some nice things in New Look at Manchester, but it is a right hike to have to go there....wouldn't you think some enterprising manufacturer would come up with some fashionable stuff that doesn't look like a boy scouts cast offs.
I think it is an age thing too.....I have found it incredibly difficult to lose weight as I have got older.....and i know why....we lose lean muscle....and that is the only thing that burns calories.....so diet alone certainly does not work....and also as i have got older I have found that joints are pretty unforgiving of anything but the most gentle of exercise.....I think that swimming is about the best to keep the pressure off the joints. |
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I'm a bit fat willow but us men 'well not me', usually wait till Christmas or Birthdays before I decide what new stuff I require. Tin pot guaranteed :- underpants, socks (that don't fit), hankerchiefs now I ask you? what man worth his salt uses 'hankies' when you have the sleeve:D.
Seriously I do feel for you and anyone with a weight problem, my ex used to go to a shop in Blackburn, she called it "the fat shop", all I know was that it was bloody expensive, as I had the privelege of paying her 'clobber' bills. Best of luck with the diet. Ian. |
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I am size 16/18 but a few years ago I did reach 20 for a few years, so I know the problems you face.
Ebay was mentioned earlier in this thread. I have had a few BRAND NEW WITH TAGS bargains -so there is no harm done having a look there. I got a 3 piece lined, tailored suit with tags on and pockets still stiched for £15 incl postage. |
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I think that "fat shop in Blackburn" is probably Evans! :D
I'm going away on Saturday for several weeks so will have to give eBay a miss until I get back - by which time I hope to be a slightly smaller Willow! |
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Well, Willow, when you do come back smaller....you'd better be prepared to share your diet secrets with a few of us. :D
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just to ad to the moans. Try being small and pot bellied like me. All pants seem to be made for giants. It's OK when your small and thin, you can go for the children's section.
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I'm only 5ft 2 so I know all about being a little squirt! :D Isn't it frustrating not to be able to get things off high shelves?
Yes they do seem to assume that larger people = taller people. |
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I think this is an age thing, more than a size issue Willow.;)
When you start searching for jeans with elasticated waists, the next step will be ordering snuggly, velcro fastening shoes 'which are as comfortable as slippers', which are advertised in the back of the Sunday papers.:D Jeans were never designed to feel comfortable, just hard wearing, and I think your choice of combat trousers is a good one.:) |
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Have you not got access to a sewing machine?
You could run a kaftan top up, similar to this, for a couple of quid, quite easily. No pattern cutting required, if you made it in a T-shaped kimono style. You could decide on the length of sleeves/body, and could make it in a fantastic fabric of your choice. http://www.one-world-is-enough.net/a...ideredtops.jpg If my sewing in a straight line was still an option, I'd have happily made one for you in no time.:) |
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Willow , have you thought about wearing a Sari , one size fits all and it seems more and more women in the UK are wearing them. ;) ;)
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P.S. I wasn't being cheeky with the kaftan top, they are very fashionable at the moment, and are easy to make.
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The only bit that took any time to do was the binding round the neckline. I may resort to creating some of those again if I can't find anything worth having in the shops. I just got bored with them all and they ended up going to a charitable cause in Cambridgeshire (don't ask) Quote:
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1185439471 First of all the bared shoulder (and in many cases also bared midriff) is not an option for me as it falls far short of Mormon standard. Secondly I would get myself thoroughly tangled up trying to wrap myself up in 8 yards of material. and thirdly, it's hardly practical for camping in muddy fields. :D I'm going to serioiusly create some batwing blouses and/or kaftan tunicy things when we get back I think but in the meanwhile I shall soldier on through my several soggy weeks of camping with these combats and t-shirts that I have and for the evenings the brilliant scrunchable skirts suits that I got off Morecambe market years ago and can't be beaten for non-creasability and ease of washing and drying. Even that flippin stall didn't have the sort of practical things I like last time I went there! It's a conspiracy I tell ya!:D |
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i have a problem buying trousers,jeans and shoes,im not overwight but im not slim either,im a 12/14 in trousers and at 5ft3 i can only shop at newlook and next for jeans/trousers im a 28ins leg,and most shops only do 30 - 34 inside leg,and getting a size14 they must think your 5ft6 it seams to be that most shops only do a certain waist and leg size,my shoe size is 7 but i cant buy long or knee high boots because i have short legs and big feet,its like putting wellies on that go over my knees,its about time that the shops learned that we all come in all shapes and sizes and we are not the standard manaquin/model size and shape
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A sari must be hell when you go to the toilet.........I can envisage half of that material draping itself neatly into the pan.....and me, later that day wondering why I smell of wazz!
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I don't think I'd ever master all that 'pleating with your fingers at the front' business. :D
I must add though that although my pics show bare shoulders they are usually worn over the top of a cropped blouse type thing which covers the shoulders and tops of arms but leaves the midriff bare - it's round the back then where all those nice spare tires tend to be on show. |
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:D just noticed the google ad which popped up in relation to this thread.
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I once worked for a consultant surgeon who made derogatory comments about my lack of stature........I told him that they don't make diamonds the size of house bricks, and that many a big apple is rotten......that shut him up!
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I have the dreaded ducks disease too......you know, where your BTM is too close to the ground.......I always have trouble getting the right leg length in trousers.....I need a 27in....sometimes I will go for cropped...which are full length on me.
If I sewed together all the material that I have cut off trousers over the years I am sure there would be enough to supply all the sails for a good sized yacht! |
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Some of the Indian Doctors that I worked with used to wear long sleeved T shirts under their sari's....especially in winter.
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I was talking about the lady doctors. :D
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I wonder if male doctors wore sari's whether they would wear underwear under it?? lmao......... its like the scotch mans kilt lmao |
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Im a variety of sizes. Im a bigger size at the top (its another reason for not wearing dresses!!!) lol But what gets me is i can go into M&S and buy stuff from there - one size but if i go to Tesco or Asda or even New Look i have to buy a size bigger. Found its just easier at M&S.
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Which brings us right back to my original grumble about the distinct lack of long sleeved t-shirts! :D |
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LMAO....... we're good aren't we. Full circle in 24 hours and 1001 issues coverd lmao :D |
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Simply Be - A fashion catalogue that offers a wide range of fashion for all occasions in sizes 16 - 30. Sorry if its like everywhere else is and concentrates on fashion. I dont have a problem with clothes, its Bra's thats my problem. I'm fussy they have to be underwired and not the lacey cupped ones. Now if you were up to C Cup you'd have no problem, you could go into New Look etc and find a nice £10 - £15 one. But no, as I am a 34 FF I have to go all the way to Manchester and spend £40 - £60 on one from Bravissimo. And trust me i've looked everywhere nearer!! |
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M&S go up to FF for larger sizes but I don't know if they do for 34.
It's not easy buying bras even for 'ordinary' sizes. Daughter wanted a 34c but all 34c are not equal, not by a long way. |
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The local pervs would be raiding your washing line!:D |
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Theres a shop in Darwen called Sarahs sizes which caters for the bigger lady. I'm told that if she doesn't have your size in then she will have it made for you. Not too sure how true this is as I haven't been.
I'm going soon on the recommendation of my workmates so that my mother can get some new clothes. If you want the details then please pm me :) |
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Darwen? That's like a foreign country to me! I don't drive so I very rarely venture further than Blackburn. :D
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its not just big people who have the problem, what about tall kids!!??
i cant find clothes for my daughter who always has to buy womens clothes which are too 'old' for her, ..(shes only 13), where is there a shop that caters for kids who are over 5ft 5, my daughter is 5ft 10+, with a 34 in leg!!!,and she probably hasnt stop growing yet!! :eek: maybe I need to squash her down to normal size??:(;) |
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There is Panther but again the nearest is in Manchester.
Long Tall Sally-The Best Selection of Clothes for Tall Women One of my friends buys her clothes from there as she is 6ft 1in. I've tried in M&S Stores but to no avail. Will try online though they usually have more selections online. |
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I haven't looked to see how expensive the clothes are but Dawn French has a larger ladies clothes shop and they do mail order
Sixteen47 - Beautiful Clothes in plus sizes from Dawn French & Helen Teague |
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Might be nice if you were going somewhere special, but just had a look and they are a bit expensive.....well, for everyday stuff...but for that special occasion when you are prepared to shell out a bit more...... OK.
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I have seen some nice material on Accy market which I shall be considering purchasing when I get back off hols to make some blouses. Still stuck for jeans but I am going to write to Evanses too when I get back and point out some of my grumbles about the lack of elastic waists and enough material to cover large tums.
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Sorry .. wouldn't normally comment on people's spellings at all, just had this picture in my head of you trying to 'saw' through a piece of material on yer dining room table.. :D |
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tesco's much better than asda for larger blokes (like myself) clothing |
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So you're into nicking underwear from washing lines are you, what bra size fits you best? :p:p:p |
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