Dear Clothing Manufacture People

[missmiah]

I hate to break this to you, but fat does not equal suddenly struck blind.

When I was skinny, I did not enjoy running around in hideously colored fabrics that may or may not have been covered in questionable florals/unnatural animal prints/disgustingly cutesy baby kittens, puppies or teddy bears.

One might therefore infer that as a fat person, I might also be less than enthused when faced with a small selection of items in my size that all seem to fit the above description.

Seriously, I haven't been struck dumb. The fat cells are not going to kill my concept of bad taste. Why the hell would I want to wear something that is not only poorly shaped, but it also only comes in colors guaranteed to burn out someone's retinas?

Seriously. Omar the Tent Maker could do a better job, and he wouldn't charge half as much.

Can you tell I hate buying clothes?

Comments

[greek-jester.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain. I'm 4' 10.5", overweight, & too busty. I have to buy overly expensive clothes in classic styles & wear them until they fall apart, so vouchers for certain shops feature heavily on my Xmas/birthday lists. Shopping sucks :-(

[missmiah.livejournal.com]

I've recently made an effort to embrace the chest that I've grown into over the years, rather than running around in sports bras that tend to leave me "potato shaped". Unfortunately, now that I've got undergarments that actually support rather than just smush down, I've discovered half my shirts don't really fit anymore. There is suddenly a size difference between what I buy for the top half, and what I buy for the bottom.

Very annoying.

[greek-jester.livejournal.com]

Yes! That. Exactly. Although suddenly discovering I've got a waist was quite nice, even if it's rather a wide one.