The Trouble with Women’s Clothing – A Rant

Happy Monday My Lovelies!

So I was listening to Jeff Lewis Live (on demand, of course – get it? 😆) and they were talking about a woman who wants to petition for more boob space in dresses without sizing up the dress. Of course I had to check it out https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/4405812/woman-in-stitches-fit-one-boob-in-dress/

After laughing along with her, I started to get annoyed for her. You see there are huge problems in the women’s clothing industry. First, there are no universal sizes; a size 14 in one brand is a size 10 in another 😡. Don’t even get me started on the idea that 0 is a size. Or that that certain sizes run 10-12 or 14-16, but no 12-14  the in-between size, where some people land.

Then there’s the boob issue (as evidenced in the video). Obviously they come in varying sizes, but most tops/dresses do not account for that, forcing you to buy above your size (which usually ends up engulfing you 🙄) and getting it altered to fit. Or if you get something that fits your boobs, it usually shortens the length of the item because… big boobs 🤷🏼‍♀️.

And forget about button ups if you have large boobs as a gap will always appear (hell if you have boobs at all a gap may appear). Unless you buy it at a plus size store, which usually leads to the shirt being boxy and making you appear larger. As a plus size curvy gal, I want clothes that hug my body, yet move with it, not a boxy one size fits all people not “normal” sized.

As if that isn’t enough, let’s talk about pants and jeans! Women get bloated regularly but do our pants have any give? No! So, unless you have a long shirt to cover up the top of your pants so that you can unbutton them to breath, you’re stuck in agony until you get home (🙄🙄). And that’s not all 😁. As a plus size curvy gal, I struggle to find jeans that fit. Recently, I went to buy jeans and tried on a pair of 16 women and 16 women curvy. The 16W didn’t come close to fitting (yes size 16) but the 16W curvy fit so I bought 2 pair, only to find out that after about two wearing’s, they stretch out so much that they practically fall off of me.  Same size – one too small, one too big 🤯.  

And these are not just a plus size gal’s problems. It cuts across the board unless you have the body of a model.

So if the woman in that video starts a petition – I say we all sign it!

But until the clothing industry gets a grip and stops doing a disservice to women of all shapes and sizes, I’ll have to just suffer through (insert my patented dramatic sigh here 😆).

Rant over 😁!