Help, I can't find any jeans to fit. Obviously, at 5'2, I don't expect to buy a pair off the rack and not have to hem them.

I'm at this in between size, 14W is too big, a 14 regular is too tight, (cuts me in the coochie), a regular 16 is too big and too long. I'm thinking if I could find a pair of stretch regular 14's. Any suggestions on where to look. I hate trying on clothes in the store. Friday, I tried on 5 pair of jeans, and none of them fit, talking about pissed.

I'm not complaining, but everything is too big, I bet I tried on everything in my closet yesterday trying to find one outfit I could wear. Thank goodness it was a warm day, reached for a pair of capris I'd been wearing all summer.

I hate shopping in stores, I know that's hard to believe, coming from a woman. I much prefer shopping on line, you just click a size instead of having to look at every tag on the rack, just much easier, but I send more stuff back now than I keep, because sizes vary so much.

I need suggestions for jeans to try and/or online stores you can recommend that have sizes pretty true to size. I love Silhouettes, their prices are great and the sizes very ample, but they have very few 12w things, if any.

Instead of Ebay, maybe one of our talented members could start a thread where we could auction or sell clothes between us, wouldn't that be neat, a LBT auction thread.

You should try Target. Im a fan of Targets Mossomo jeans. They are stylish and they have anice fit. Well im not sure if they are for shorties (im 5'7")

Kim

St John's Bay from JC Penney also has a stretch version - love those.

Got my "trouser jeans" from Lands End today, and I love them! A little wider at the bottom than I'm used to, but they're super comfy. Their other jeans are very heavy. And, I fit in a 22. Yeah!

A clothing designer once told me that the wider leg at the bottom creates a smaller look towards the top!! So a tapered leg or straight leg for a heavy girl is a big no no in the fashion world for what its worth.... ha ha. Needless to say, almost all of my jeans have a slightly wider bottom portion of the leg.

Also, a shoe with a chunk heel makes you look longer and slimmer.

Its so frustrating isnt it? I cant help you all the way from Melbourne but when you find a good fit you stick to it. We have an el cheapo, really tacky, nasty store here called Chain Reaction but boy, they do the best large size jeans - lowish rise, nice bootleg, no nana jeans to be seen. All the way up to size 26. I usually buy an 18 from there, which is obviously the most popular size so when I see them, I buy 2-3 pairs. They're not expensive at all either, which is great.

When I was a teenager, I was a size 16 (US 14) and I couldnt wear jeans for years and years. You just couldnt get them in that size. It sure is better now.

Ordered two pair from Avenue AND a few other goodies, should be here any day now.

Thanks for all the advice. I'll be checking out Walmart and Penneys. I don't like Target they give ya too much trouble when ya take stuff back. My middle name is returnit.