Go for it Joannah!
Seems you could start your clothing making business right here with
this group. They would appreciate your skills in quality workmanship,
as well.
Susan
"Slow down. The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel
too fast and you miss all you are traveling for". - "Ride the Dark
Trail" by Louis L'Amour
On Feb 27, 2006, at 7:41 AM, Joannah Hansen wrote:
I've thought about it, often.
Joannah.
~*~ Practice random acts of kindness, and senseless acts of beauty. ~*~
--- Susan Data-Samtak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ladies,
It seems that with all this talent and frustration, it is time for a
true "real size" and quality oriented person to start a business that
caters to the "one- size doesn't fit all" group.
If women knew there was quality and fit, as well as style available,
don't you think they would respond favorably and make someone happy as
well as rich?!
Ebay comes to mind as an inexpensive marketing tool to reach the
masses.
Susan
"Slow down. The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel
too fast and you miss all you are traveling for". - "Ride the Dark
Trail" by Louis L'Amour
On Feb 26, 2006, at 8:55 AM, Joannah Hansen wrote:
One of the things that frustrates me, is that clothing
designers/manufacturers ( at least here in Australia ) generally don't
seem to realise that plus sized women are *not* all the same SHAPE.
The mainstream plus size fashion available here seems to be designed
for the women who because of their weight are 'tubular' or
straight-up-and-down. ( I know that there are some companies in the US
who have designs that suit different shapes - don't you love the Web?
) This is why I tend to live in trousers and stretch fabric shirts. If
I manage to find a button up shirt that goes over my bottom half, it
is usually far, far too big around the chest and under the arms. ( I
am much larger around the bottom than the top. ) With t-shirts,
strangely enough, this doesn't seem to be a problem.
And even when ( if get my act together ) I get back to the size I
should be, I'll be a size 16-18, 70-80kgs, and will probably have to
resort to size 20 for long sleeved shirts. ( I am tall, long armed and
long legged. As a girl in highschool, I had to wear boys white
long-sleeved shirts - eg mens business shirts -for my winter uniform,
as the ones for girls weren't long enough in the arms for me. Oddly,
this didn't bother me as much as the fact that at about age 14 I had
to get boys black lace-up shoes - the ones I liked which were styled
for girls weren't made to womens' size 10. I still have shoe
issues..... )
Another favourite gripe of mine is the higher-end Australian plus-size
designer whose sizes are 1-2 sizes smaller than reality. And this
woman is a plus size herself now, which is why she started her fashion
business.
Joannah
~*~ Practice random acts of kindness, and senseless acts of beauty.
~*~
--- "Five Rivers Chapmanry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Kimiko,
Ah! Another square peg! How delightful!
You're on the petite end; I'm on the Rubenesque end. When I walk
into a Penningtons or any other plus size store, I get so frustrated
with
the designers of these clothes trying to shove large ladies into
mini-skirts
and tubular trousers, skirts and dresses. Have they ever looked at the
women
for whom they're designing? We're not tubular! No way. No how.
Consequently
a woman comes out with clothes that are either too baggy or too tight
so
that she looks either like a clown or a tart. Neither of these are
looks I'm
going for.
And if I purchase a blazer for $100.00+, I want it to be lined,
thank you, with more than a serged seam and buttons that fall off
after the
first wearing, and not to be made of polyester so that when a hot
flash hits
I don't feel like I'm wearing a plastic bag.
Consequently the current 'dress' jacket I'm making myself has been
on the embroidery frame for several months now, based on an early 18th
century men's frock coat, but with straight sleeves, made of ivory
silk/wool
twill and embroidered with rust/orange and real gold. It will take me
the
rest of the year to finish, but when I do I will have an original
garment
that will be timeless and last me at least a decade, especially given
the
few number of special functions I attend.
And then I'll spend most of April in the studio making myself a
series of new summer dresses (I've lost 30 pounds and am counting)
because
the old ones are either worn or too big. Simple cottons, a bit of
beading, a
bit of trim. Voila.
Then come September I'm probably going to have to make some new
winter trousers and shirts, with the hope I've lost more weight and
will
need a new wardrobe. And these will wear very well. Unlike the stupid
cords
I purchased from Penningtons. Argh.
Regards,
Lorina
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