http://fatchic.net/2007/02/21/what-is-age-appropriate/ Plus size clothing finds for fabulous women Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:19:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://fatchic.net/2007/02/21/what-is-age-appropriate/comment-page-1/#comment-13734 Marilyn T. Fri, 09 May 2008 02:05:56 +0000 http://fatchic.dianarajchel.com/2007/02/21/what-is-age-appropriate/#comment-13734 Most "fat womens" clothes tend to be dowdy, thinking larger women don't care about fashion. Nothing is further from the truth. Teens and young women want the same flared leg jeans their skinnier friends wear, not the high-waisted "mom jeans" or other matrony stuff. Even though I am 51 and wear a size 16/18, I still want to look fashionable. So I avoid the "fat woman" look like the plague. I wear fitted, not oversized clothes. The retail industry is still slow to catch on that people over size 12 account for a sizeable clothing market. As the population ages and waistlines expand, the retailers who consider plus sized clothes a stepchild of their regular fashion market are going to have to change their attitudes. In the future the demand for plus sized clothing will be so high that will become available in all walk-in stores, not just available in a small department within a department store or through a select few retailers like LaneBryant, Catherines, Avenue, etc or available only online for other retailers. Most “fat womens” clothes tend to be dowdy, thinking larger women don’t care about fashion. Nothing is further from the truth. Teens and young women want the same flared leg jeans their skinnier friends wear, not the high-waisted “mom jeans” or other matrony stuff. Even though I am 51 and wear a size 16/18, I still want to look fashionable. So I avoid the “fat woman” look like the plague. I wear fitted, not oversized clothes.
The retail industry is still slow to catch on that people over size 12 account for a sizeable clothing market. As the population ages and waistlines expand, the retailers who consider plus sized clothes a stepchild of their regular fashion market are going to have to change their attitudes.
In the future the demand for plus sized clothing will be so high that will become available in all walk-in stores, not just available in a small department within a department store or through a select few retailers like LaneBryant, Catherines, Avenue, etc or available only online for other retailers.

]]> http://fatchic.net/2007/02/21/what-is-age-appropriate/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Full Figure Plus » Blog Archive » Links for 2-22-07 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:45:27 +0000 http://fatchic.dianarajchel.com/2007/02/21/what-is-age-appropriate/#comment-5 [...] Diana over at fat chick does some exploration into An Epiphany about Age and Age Appropriate for Plus Sizes [...] [...] Diana over at fat chick does some exploration into An Epiphany about Age and Age Appropriate for Plus Sizes [...]

]]> http://fatchic.net/2007/02/21/what-is-age-appropriate/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Glen Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:25:32 +0000 http://fatchic.dianarajchel.com/2007/02/21/what-is-age-appropriate/#comment-4 I agree that for plus sized ladies and in some cases men that the clothing industry wants us to disappear. Its only been in the last few years that trendy fashionable clothes have started to come out, but there is still a long way to go. I agree that for plus sized ladies and in some cases men that the clothing industry wants us to disappear. Its only been in the last few years that trendy fashionable clothes have started to come out, but there is still a long way to go.

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