And what bloody world do they live in?

[reynardo]

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 the tiny 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.

Comments

[sclerotic-rings.livejournal.com]

The Czarina's even taller than you (she's a solid six feet tall), and she has the same exact problem here as well. Apparently tall women are acceptable, so long as they have the dimensions of Celine Dion.