Overheard at a Plus-Sized Woman's Store

[Banrion]

Banrion--Try Lucky Brand, on some of their pants the XL inseam is 36". I think Silver also has them with a 36" inseam. That's about the length I want if I'm going to wear anything but sneakers or flats with my pants!

And I know the feeling, I usually spend at least $60-70 on pants, if not more.

I get work pants from www.longelegantlegs.com and occasionally spoil myself with a pair of jeans from them too. I actually ordered 3 pairs yesterday since they have some pinstripes for $59.00. I have ordered from them several times and always been happy. I will definately check out those brands above.

[myswtghst]

But I digress. Sorry.

Yeah, I think the entire thread has digressed.

And Banrion, thanks for the suggestion.

[zzapp the witch]

Try being a size 14 with a 36 in. band and an I cup size (that means I measure 36 inches around my ribcage, and 45 inches around the boobs). I have to special order my bras, usually over $50 apiece, and whenever I go shopping, I have to take everything home and throw it on the sewing maching. If it fits the boobs, its a huge bag around the waist or (usually the case) too short. Even long shirts are too short cause of all the curve around the boobs. When I buy patterns that have a specific cut around the breast area, I have to break out the tissue paper and redraw those parts to fit me.

On the upside, I'm a regular people watcher at a bar where I have permission to slap any guy that walks up and asks me the are they real/fake question. And yes they are. Real, that is.

[Lehk]

I think HT is getting too emo and fake.

they should partner with gillet to make HT brand razors

[LemonZest]

Um...all card agreements I've read state that the card must be signed or it is considered not valid for purchasing purposes...very few places accept cards with CID (or any variation thereof) in place of the signature.

Precisely!

Where I work part-time, the OP (which I realize is not you, Dreamstalker) wouldn't be permitted to complete a sale using that card.

Either the card is signed and you can present government issued ID with a matching signature, or you are welcome to complete your transaction with cash, and cash only. Once we've turned down your CC (for being unsigned), we won't even take a cheque from you.

The owner's feeling is if you won't follow the clearly stated on the card instruction that the card is not valid unless signed, he doesn't trust you to have money in your checking account either. We flat out do not take debit no matter what, end of conversation....we're not set up for it at all.

There are very few things our owner is a hardass about but properly signed credit cards are a major thing with him (and bless his heart, using your cellphone in the store, unless you're conferring *quietly* with someone on the other end about their Rx you're picking up or something similar, is another!)

LZ

[Jpurple]

so I really hate it when clothes shops assume that all women are small and skinny with no bust and hips. I'm sure there are women like that.

Yeah, 80% of women my age in Thailand- they look like teenaged boys. It's really disheartening, because I know I'm not horribly big by North American standards, but trying to find clothes and shoes here is really hard (I'm 5'6' and 140 pounds- not exactly an Amazon!) Finding an un-padded bra is quite the ordeal- being that I actually have breasts and seriously don't need a padded bra!
Back home I just wore men's Wranglers for jeans- it was much easier than trying to find women's jeans that fit in the waist and hips.
Good luck to all you hard-to-fit ladies!

[AFpheonix]

they should partner with gillet to make HT brand razors

With little messages on them like "I make puppies cry" or something?

[zzapp the witch]

BTW for hard to fit women needing bras, etc. that actually fit, try www.braexperience.com and www.creativewoman.com.

[Seshat]

Or in Australia, try http://www.lisaslacies.com.au/, http://www.bellaforma.com.au/ and http://www.bodywise.com.au/.

Those are where I (a G cup) get my bras.

[Dragon_Dreamer]

Try shopping for a prom dress, and having to buy a size 8 because of your chest, but have to have the waist tailored down to a size *2.* Yes, I was a skinny 16. :P I'm now closer to a size 10 all around.

As for Hot Topic, I avoid that place. Only "teen" place I go to is Limited Too, for the occasional Neopets plushie. Clothes, I get at J.C. Penny, Sears, and my favorite, 5*7*9. I bought a black dress at the latter when I was 18, and it still fits and goes with everything, yay.

(For those unfamiliar with 5*7*9, it's a shop for petite women, and the majority of its stock is in those sizes. I'm 5'4" so sometimes finding stuff that'll fit right elsewhere is a pain.)

... Someone with a larger chest than me? (I'm an F.) Woah. For the record, J.C. Penny has started carrying larger, *non-underwire* bras. I lurve them! Supportive without eventually leaving me with deep puncture wounds! I've had WAY too many underwire's just poke right through the cloth and into my flesh. One went in deep enough (about half an inch to an inch) that we had to cut off the longer end and let a doc remove it. Owie.

[CancelMyService]

Not to ruin anyone's fun but neither Hot Topic's wikipedia entry or their offical site mention being owned by the Gap. In fact, all I've found is Hot Topic is a publically traded company.

[rdp78]

I just started using a small tape measure to measure clothes and it's been a little easier to figure out if something would fit especially if you go to Goodwill since sometimes the tags are ripped out of the clothes.

[Sliceanddice]

i think they where started by gap then sold or something.
i love t----d btw

[tollbaby]

Apparently the wires come out of the bras when you wash them in the machine. If you hand-wash them, it doesn't happen (or so said the lady at Additionelle when I complained that ALL the new bras I had bought had come apart the very first time I washed them). I said, "well if you're not supposed to wash them in the machine, how come they have machine washing instructions on them?"....

She said, no lie, "Everybody KNOWS you don't wash bras in the washing machine. Do you wash your panties in the machine too??!?!?" errr yes, lady, I do. If it comes with directions for washing in the machine, then I toss it in the machine and follow the damn directions! argh.

[katie kaboom]

She said, no lie, "Everybody KNOWS you don't wash bras in the washing machine. Do you wash your panties in the machine too??!?!?"

uhhh, yeah...... don't most people?? i don't know about you but i have never washed my underwear or bras anywhere but in a washing machine. Damn that newfangled technology, i guess we're still supposed to be beating our clothes against a rock to wash them.