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And what bloody world do they live in?
I'm a larger woman. I'm 175cm tall (5' 9" for those metrically-challenged, or 69" for the others). I weigh enough that I'm curved, but not outrageously. In Australia, I take a size 18 for most things, with the occasional incursion into something slightly larger for trousers and smaller for shirts. And it's a pain - you can shop at Woolies or Kmart for polyester joy or hit the tunic-and-Mama-Cass outfits at Maggie T, or track down the odd other one (like the new one that's opened in our shopping centre, that I must check out).
So when I heard on the radio that there's a shop that specialises in nice clothes for the taller woman, my heart went "Woot"! I hoped for something corporate-style, some nice flowing tops like thetiny baby sized girly shops mainstream shops show, and maybe even a denim pinafore.
So I hit the web site.
Most of the clothes are sizes 8-14. To give you an idea, Elle McPherson was a 14 when she still had curves. To be a size 14, I would be slim. To be a size below that, I would be dangerously thin. A couple of size 18 black trousers, and that's it.
While I accept that overweight is a problem, I don't appreciate the message here. They won't even get the publicity of being named here as a result.
So when I heard on the radio that there's a shop that specialises in nice clothes for the taller woman, my heart went "Woot"! I hoped for something corporate-style, some nice flowing tops like the
So I hit the web site.
Most of the clothes are sizes 8-14. To give you an idea, Elle McPherson was a 14 when she still had curves. To be a size 14, I would be slim. To be a size below that, I would be dangerously thin. A couple of size 18 black trousers, and that's it.
While I accept that overweight is a problem, I don't appreciate the message here. They won't even get the publicity of being named here as a result.
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My size is getting ebtter too, though expensive :(
Um, katies are often ok - there's one down here which also has a 1626 (which has just been renamed, btu I can't recall what to).
Also, Mum was telling me about a place called Towanda, but I have no firsthand knowledge of them (I think there's one in Sydney though).
As we can tell, I have some experience with the joys of shopping for curves...
Hope that helps some hon.
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