This extra weight has forced me to face the old dreaded chore of clothes shopping. Ask any fat girl, and she will confirm that shopping is usually something she hates to do. Every fat girl is shaped differently; we all have our lumps, bumps, and curves in different places. Mainstream off-the-rack clothing for plus-sized women definitely doesn't seem to understand this!
As for me personally, I have long, thin limbs and a shorter, fatter torso. I'm larger around, but my breasts are pretty small for my frame. So finding bras, shirts, and jeans that fit is a sheer nightmare! If the jeans fit around the waist, they're too loose and baggy around my butt and thighs. If they fit snugly and flatteringly to my thighs and butt, they won't close around my tummy. When looking for a bra, I need a larger band with smaller cups- good luck finding THAT! And don't even get me started on how the plus-size clothing looks compared to the average or junior clothing.
Junior clothes = Pretty Little Liars.
Plus-size clothes = Annie Wilkes from the movie 'Misery'.
In short, it's a kerfuffle of an ordeal, and I often will leave the shop with nothing but a few drab t-shirts in XXL. It's puzzling to me why more clothing designers and producers aren't designing CUTE clothing for plus-size women- after all, WE are the majority!!! The average woman in the United States is a size 16 (and many of us are larger than that!). You'd think they'd look at us big girls as cash cows (no pun intended), and start doing something about it.
Until they do, the search for stylish fat girl clothes will go on.
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