> Nowadays plus-sized women get to shop for real clothes, designed for > their size, and to feel good about themselves in day or evening > clothes. > ----------------- > > On which planet is this?
Planet California? Here there are specialty shops like Lane Bryant. ( http://www.lanebryant.com <http://www.lanebryant.com/pagebuilder/> sorry - I find they won't ship to Oz) And friends of mine several sizes larger than I am have found plenty of acceptable stuff in other places online. These friends (one is 5'8") used to complain and don't now. Obligatory Historical costume note: In the 1960s, Lane Bryant only had fat-lady tents (and dowdy old-lady stuff). 60s comedian Allen Sherman characterized a plus-sized woman as "Lane Bryant size", in one of his songs, because everyone knew that's where you had to go for plus-sized stuff. Nowadays Lane Bryant has relatively-stylish plus-size stuff (14-32) even 30-somethings would wear, including office-wear and lingerie. -- Carolyn Kayta Barrows -- Blank paper is God's way of saying it ain't so easy being God. -- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
