another reason why i need to go to England

[fabricdragon]

http://www.bigfatblog.com/uk-clothing-utopia-smallish-fat-women

yet another reason i want to go to England.... their mainstream stores carry what we would call PLUS sizes!!! in their regular clothing!!! in four pants lengths!!!!

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[miri_me]

It does depend where you go - some shops, an XL usually works out at about a 12-14 (US 10-12?), with that being the largest they do. Those shops are a little bit depressing..!

And "petite" is usually 5'3" and under (some shops, it is 5'5" and under); not everywhere does the vast range of sizes... But even supermarkets will do three lengths of trousers and I think go up to an 18 to 22 in most things (and I'm pretty certain I've seen larger tags than that for some things).

For a good few years, too, it was very hard to find trousers that were designed to actually come to higher than the widest part of the wearer's hips - this has improved in the last year or so, thankfully! And apparently our clothes are still considerably more expensive than yours?

But if your clothes are cut straighter than ours, EEK :-/ Because I thought clothes over here were cut pretty straight!! (Even as a teen, my waist size was a clothing size smaller than my hip size; my bust was another size up again...)

[fallconsmate]

my daughter has that issue too, a small waist and bigger waist and bust.

she finally asked one of her co-workers with the same dimensions where she got HER jeans...and got recommended to a shop that caters to more african-american women. they have jeans that have the greater waist-to-hip spring, so you dont end up having your waist cinched in so much.

i have the WORST time with pants length, my issue is that i'm short (5'1) but petite jeans hit me at ankle length since my legs are longer. but "average" drags on the ground. yuck, i'm telling you!

[miri_me]

That's a good idea :-) I'll keep a look-out for people with similarish builds to me and interrogate them :-D (Funnily enough, I was having this conversation this morning, but about hair and make-up, earlier today! But I don't think anybody had ever suggested finding somebody with fundamentally similar structured x, but kempt, and asking them what they do/use/where they shop before!!)

I have to say though, having stubby legs isn't much fun ;-) I'm 5'2" and petite trousers are a good length; sat down, I don't look so short, because my body's near-average length! How about pedal pushers in tall lengths?

[fabricdragon]

a friend has the issue that she is a classic petite in the waist to ankle, complete with petite rise in teh crotch...
and a average to tall on top.. witha super long waist. i mean LONG waist.
so she gets looked at funny in petite shops (she doesnt look petite) and in tall shops( she isnt tall) but thats where she has to shop./

[pickleboot]

the only place i consistently find clothing that fits is in the uk. i send my mother in law a list of what i need every season and she does her best to get me what i need. it is amazing. i have the best stuff from per una, the "designer" line at marks. and i have always had great luck shopping in southampton when we visit them, and brighton, too. chichester as well.

i rarely shop in london, to be honest. now i am a more conventional size- a medium us on top, a 12-14 us on the bottom, but even at a 22-24us top and bottom my mil had no trouble finding amazing things for me, but she is a large woman herself, as is my sister in law, and both enjoy shopping for me as i am the only one that likes dressing up in the family!