Clothes shopping weirdness...can you relate?

[lizonaplane 1,603]

I can totally relate to this thread! I was a 3x, but maybe I was a 2x and I just got used to things being big? Now I'm a large... and I only have a few things left from when I had lost 100lbs 7 years ago. However, I have decided not to buy anything except food and COVID supplies (I bought masks and tests) for the month of January, so I'll have to wait a few more weeks.

I wish we had a good re-sale shop near me, but the thrift shop I found doesn't have changing rooms so I find it very frustrating to shop there. I should look around more. I've been trying to get things from my local buy nothing group, but I haven't gotten anything good yet.

I don't understand the juniors vs. misses thing. I always thought that juniors was for teenagers, so the styles were very "young" and the fits were not curvy, but I see a lot of people on this site saying they are wearing juniors clothes, so maybe I'm wrong, or it's changed since I was a kid. I am sort of a conservative dresser; I tend to wear Talbots, LL Bean, Chico's, J Jill... or, maybe I'm just old!!! Maybe it's just that I'm used to these stores because they all had plus sizes? I look around the mall and I feel like most of it is just junk and pretty trashy looking.

What are some other US brands that are high quality?

[MandoGetsSleeved 411]

@lizaonaplane I am in the same boat as you - Talbots is my favorite store for business wear and shorts (I might have a shorts fetish!) - I also shop at a lot at Loft and have currently found a love of Neiman Marcus (but $$$) - I've fallen in love with Equipment brand silk blouses recently. I've started using eBay, Poshmark, and ThredUp to get some really nice things at a reasonable price since I hope to continue losing (see most recent rant on that...).

[GreenTealael 24,660]

On 1/18/2022 at 11:27 AM, pintsizedmallrat said:

Why is it that it seems like every plus sized clothing line assumes in addition to being heavy we’re also all 5’10”?

Yes!