Hey blogging world!
Sorry that I haven’t spoken to you in a long time but I have been pretty busy
and now that summer is over (yay!) I can finally sit down and talk with you or
type I guess is the better term. I want to talk about a curvy girl dilemma:
clothes. I am so tired of trying to find clothes! Clothes that flatter me and
that don’t make me look like I am wearing a pillow case!
My favorite
store is Target. I would live there if they allowed me too, but there is one
thing Target and I don’t see eye to eye on is their ‘plus size’ department.
Ugh, every time I go to the little corner of the store I feel like I am going
behind the “red curtain” at a movie rental store. It’s embarrassing! I can see
rows and rows of clothing for people size 12 and below, but the rest of us
almost seem to be in ‘time out’ because we don’t have bodies of twelve year old which to fair is what Target’s clothes are cut like, straight and skinny.
Well news flash that is not me, and many other women on the planet. You can’t
just throw us in a corner, that’s not fair! I deserve to wear pretty clothes
just as much as my thinner girlfriends, and it’s very difficult for us curvy
girls to find them. Other department stores like Walmart have more of a plus
size selection but it’s not very stylish, sometimes I can find something, but
not too often. Kohl’s provides wonderful plus size clothing, stylish, well made
and cut and flattering, but not always convenient for someone on a budget. So
department stores are kind of hit or miss.
Now I want to
point out that they are clothing stores that are just for plus sized women and
on one hand I think that’s great. It’s a store trying to make women feel
beautiful and try to provide a worry free environment. That’s wonderful, good
for you! But I do have issue with the fact that curvy women have to go to a
separate store to find clothing, and again I bring up the ‘red curtain at movie
store’ comparison.
All I am saying
is if you are going to claim to have a plus size department, go the extra mile
you have for your ‘regular’ clothing department. In fact I say we just get rid
of the separate departments and just have everyone’s sizes in the same place.
Would it really be so hard for Target to offer those cute screen t-shirts in
something bigger than an XL? (Oh and if those XL’s are really XL’s then I am really
Kate Moss!) Come on stores, get with it! Because I would love to not have to go
anywhere else but Target, hell when they started putting Starbucks in their
stores I about died, but when I can’t find anything that I would consider
wearing out with the three options you give me, I have no choice. Oh and larger
underwear sizes please! I’m not talking about the Hanes or Fruit of the Loom
packages of undies, I’m talking about the lacy numbers. Believe it or not curvy
women have partners that I’m sure they would love to strut a lacy number for.
Or just for themselves! Wearing sexy under things makes you FEEL sexy and gives
you confidence, I know it sounds weird but it’s true, even if no one is seeing
it, you are and feeling good in it and that is all that matters. And its lace,
basically air, so making a few more bigger sizes won’t hurt, in fact it will
help. So that’s my ranting and raving for today. Talk to you all soon, and
please enjoy your holidays, don’t feel guilty for being happy!
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