Exactly my point Liz. It doesn't seem to have gotten QUITE that bad here in the UK yet (although my Mother In Law does her best to prove me wrong - she's a size 26 - by buying the most GODAWFUL clothes they can put on the rack) but they still don't make the clothes I want to wear in my size. I want to wear colourful, young looking tops and sweaters with fun jeans and corduroy. I want to wear shorts that aren't so short that they ride up on my thighs that don't happen to be stick shaped. Nor do I want to be condemned to the 'Capri Pant' that encases my legs as if they are things to be hidden. Regardless of my issues with my size (which I am even now working on) my legs have always been my best asset. They still are and I want clothes that will show them off without making me feel like a sausage. I don't want to wear clothes designed for the 35-50 set, I'm 24 for fuck's sake. A young mother who still feels 17 in a lot of ways. Where are the fun clothes for the bigger woman?
Note to self, must go along to the website for this catalogue and order one before I blow my top!
