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Well, I know next to nothing about shopping anywhere but in the US, and my cheap-ass self mostly shops at Wal-Mart/Target/Fashion Bug simply because I don't leave the house often enough to justify fancy clothes, but I totally agree with you about all the nice clothes being made for thinner women.
My pet peeves with shopping for clothes as a size 24:
-- All I want is a pair of shorts that aren't printed with cabbage roses or technicolor-yawn Hawaiian prints, goddammit -- I KNOW my ass is big, and I don't want to make myself look like a fucking reupholstered sofa.
-- I want dresses that show off my figure, like Beastiepoo said, and not look like Omar the Tentmaker put them on clearance. I have a small waist, and I'll be damned if I'm going to cover it up.
-- I want a swimsuit that doesn't have any of the following: a skirt or goddess help me, a SKORT; big-ass bows on the boobs or butt; no polka-dots, I am not your maiden Aunt Esther; more of the aforementioned godawful Hawaiian prints. I work out three times a week, in the pool, and I want a nice, simple, athletic-style swimsuit that doesn't make me look like I'm wearing a fucking Victorian bathing costume. If people get upset by the fat chick showing some skin, they can fucking well look away.
-- I want lingerie that doesn't look like I'm about to take out my teeth and hop into bed with my senile husband...most nightgowns I can actually look at in a physical store around here are of the cotton housecoat and muumuu variety. I f I want something sexy, I have to order it online and pay about $30 more for it than a smaller woman would. And I don't always want something sexy -- most of the time I sleep in tank tops and boxers! There are tons of cute tank/boxers pajamas out there for smaller women now, but my fat ass has to settle for crappy men's A shirts and boxers from a big men's store.
Arrrgh...I'm getting all wound up now. I don't mind being big, I LIKE the way I look...but my life would be a whole lot easier if I could just go naked all the time, because finding clothes that I can wear that don't make me want to barf is just way harder than it needs to be...
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