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valkryorI'm still here. Just not feeling very posty...although there's this one thing that does bother me....
Today, I went looking for a belt. I wanted functional and fun. The only thing that would fit was one of those "cardboard" belts (you know, two thin pieces of leather with what can only be cardboard stitched between them) and I declined, because that wasn't what I was looking for. But what really cuts my grass is this...why the fuck can't a woman who has a larger than the 44" that makes up the XL category of belts not be able to find something in a shop that has lots and lots of belts? Why should I be forced to go to a store out of my way to find something that should be fairly accessible? Why has the fashion industry completely forgotten that the average dress size is now 16 and no longer 12 and that larger clothes is a good thing?
Poopie.
So it's either off to King Textiles to see if I can get the bits and pieces to make a web belt, or back to Addition-Elle (which is relatively close to the hospital) to see if there's something there that's not too expensive that I like. I feel trapped by the lack of choice, but there are very very few options.
Don't get me started on bras.
Today, I went looking for a belt. I wanted functional and fun. The only thing that would fit was one of those "cardboard" belts (you know, two thin pieces of leather with what can only be cardboard stitched between them) and I declined, because that wasn't what I was looking for. But what really cuts my grass is this...why the fuck can't a woman who has a larger than the 44" that makes up the XL category of belts not be able to find something in a shop that has lots and lots of belts? Why should I be forced to go to a store out of my way to find something that should be fairly accessible? Why has the fashion industry completely forgotten that the average dress size is now 16 and no longer 12 and that larger clothes is a good thing?
Poopie.
So it's either off to King Textiles to see if I can get the bits and pieces to make a web belt, or back to Addition-Elle (which is relatively close to the hospital) to see if there's something there that's not too expensive that I like. I feel trapped by the lack of choice, but there are very very few options.
Don't get me started on bras.
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Date: 2005-07-15 01:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-15 01:35 pm (UTC)*giggle*
[rant]Apparently plus-sized women aren't supposed to wear belts because if you wore belts then you'd tuck in shirts and heaven forbid that the world has to see the shape of a plus-sized woman.[/rant]
I personally never wear belts because it's so rare than any of my pants even have belt loops. I also never tuck my shirt in because it doesn't look good on me.