My thoughts on the State of Little Big Girl Shopping

Here's my thoughts on the state of the "little" Big girl Fashionistas and their constant struggle to shop like the rest of the world. i.e Chicks under 12 and I'm not talking age or shoe size.



The sad truth is that most mainstream manufacturers/department stores don't care about size 14 and up, even though that is the average size in the US today. (And I’m not counting those matronly plus size clothes lines). There is a whole world of us out there that needs to come out of the closet so to speak. I can’t tell you how hard it is to find a decent fashionable pair of jeans (hello "real" Seven for all Mankind and Citizens), a sexy blouse (Lafayette 148 is way too expensive for multiple purchases) or a cute dress in my size (OK maybe Lord and Taylor has the edge on that one). But I'm in what called no woman’s land. I’m size 14-16, and I want to dress contemporary. However most of the clothes I like stop at size 12 or 14 (or 12W I like to say). Then in some cases the manufacturers may produce those sizes, but stores like Macy’s chose not to carry them. They will only sizes 2-12 or 4-14 to keep the # of units per style on the floor smaller.

So where do we go to shop?? There is no place right now. It’s something my “Fellow Fashionistas” don’t want to discuss because the usual response you get from people is "you’re such a pretty girl, why don’t you lose weight". Well the truth is I am happy, healthy, in shape and comfortable with my size 14. Isn’t that what we should be striving for? I think the fact that I have to lose weight or gain it to fit into the Plus size "boxy" clothes which don’t fit me anyway is not the answer. But that can spiral off into a whole other conversation. The truth is that contemporary companies need to extend their sizes up to 16 to cover the average girl. They need to start respecting the women with the power to spend money on the same styles that our smaller sisters are representing themselves in. We have to let people know through our economic voice that we want a change, then maybe the Macy’s of the world will carry the sizes we need and we can shop at any store we want to. Or maybe we all should band together and start our own companies to fulfill the need. Well…a girl can dream cant she??

Click below to see the article that inspired my riff...

http://www.thatblackgirlsite.com/thatblackgirlblogs/appalling-a-size-16-sister-is-told-to-go-to-the-black-macys-to-find-a-dress-in-her-size#comment-983

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