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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:40 pm
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I went shopping today, and I was in between the size 10 and 12 in the Gap, so dissapointed, I went to Urban Outfitters. Turns out they don't stock anything over 31" (Size 12). And I could barely squeeze into that, no, wait, I COULDN'T GET IT PAST MY KNEE'S. I had to leave. sad
I felt so fat. I'm not even that big either! I just take a larger than average pant size, which is really annoying because all my friends are 0-8's. Why can't I just fit into the pretty, cheap jeans. ;_;...I'm not good enough for the market's standards, it seems. All my friends could've bought jeans there, and when I came out of the changeroom they were like "That's terrible! Oh, there must be some here somewhere!" And the saleslady told me earlier they only stock up to 31" so I said no, no there isn't. And argh it makes me so limited in my fashion choices.
Has anyone else here gone into a seemingly normal store and not been able to find anything their size? emo
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:24 am
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I have been there too, and I know how you feel. It's even worse if you're 100 pounds overweight (which I used to be) and trying to find exercise gear. There are places to get it, but they're very rare. I get all of mine from http://www.ladiesonlysports.com which has a section of plus sized exercise gear. Not only do they go up to size Large, they go up to XL, 2XL, 3XL... some of their stuff goes all the way up to size 8XL! ANYONE can wear these things. They're great. Especially the Enell sports bra. Oprah uses that one, and if it's good enough for her, it's good enough for me.
Honestly, though, I do know how embarrassing it can be. It's because we think "I'm too fat to shop in normal stores." What we should be thinking is, "Over 60% of people in the US and Canada are my size. 'Normal' sizes ARE my size, so if this store doesn't have them, they're losing what should be more than half of their money in sales to people my size." Then, armed with the knowledge that we are the majority, walk up to the store manager and say, "You know, this store is only catering to 40% of the population, and could be making a lot more money if it stocked larger sizes. When do you think you'll have size 16 available?" Don't make it seem like it's a failing on your part, that they don't have your size. It's their failure, not yours.
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:00 pm
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:04 am
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 6:48 pm
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 12:00 pm
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 5:05 pm
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