Re: Clothing Commiseration

May 26, 2001

Virtually all of my clothes for the past ten years have come from Making It

Big, a mail order company in California. They use large models for their

clothes, which helps see what they're like. And I'm 5'10 " and their stuff

fits great. They're especially good for office wear, but I also like their

jeans and I use their sports bras as my everyday bras. Visit them online at:

http://www.makingitbigonline.com/

L.

Dr. K

6/26 (I hope!)

>> Sympathy here! I am a size 28-30 and have trouble finding clothes

>> that fit. My biggest problem is I am 6 feet tall and while things

>> may fit width-wise, they are almost always too short. Pants always

>> look like capris, long sleeves are 3/4 length on me!

>

>Hey Terri-- I am 5'2 " and have just the opposite problem! Pants are always

>

>6 " too long at a minimum, and lately, dresses are practically dragging

>on the

>ground.--and Sleeves! always too tight in the upper arm and hanging over

>my

>finger tips. Proportions are inevitably wrong for me-- I wind up looking

>like

>I am wearing my father's clothes, especially in suits. My local Lane

>

>has turned suddenly into land of the Trendoid-- way too weird colors and

>

>fabrics (Can't say I ever looked good in shinny lime green polyester)--

>And

>since I am 49 and work in a law office, it does me no good what so ever.

> My

>best choices have come from the catalogs-- at least it saves wear and tear

>on

>my knee joints-- Lane , Romans, sometimes Regalia but it tends to

>be

>too polyester double-knit, Junonia, and Silhouettes-- got to be picky and

>got

>to check brands-- but after a very long time, I have gotten so I am seldom

>

>mistaken about what will work and what won't-- I even get my shoes thru

>

>catalogs-- double wide and in festive colors, even. (Teal, not lime green,

>

>please)

>I am surprised, though, that Portland isn't more productive than the Oregon

>

>Coast for shops.

>I have a friend who is probably a woman's size 18 who has a lot of luck

>at

>local independent boutiques -- but most of them don't get anywhere near

>the

>26 and up sizes. If I had more time, I would sew my own stuff more often

>

>than I do -- Nan E. (who really likes cotton and cotton blends above all

>

>other fabrics, except silk).

>

>--------------------

>In a message dated 5/25/01 11:48:44 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

>

>bunsofluff@... writes:

>

>Sympathy here! I am a

>size 28-30 and have trouble finding clothes

>

>that fit. My biggest problem is I am 6 feet tall and while things

>

>may fit width-wise, they are almost always too short. Pants always

>

>look like capris, long sleeves are 3/4 length on me!

>

>Hey Terri-- I am 5'2 " and have just the opposite problem! Pants are

>always

>