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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
05/05/09

In reply to Plus-Sized Clothing Line Faith 21: Huge Fail?
I don't know the comparative US sizes, but my arse are those models are plus-sized! They are, like, size 12-14 NZ/AUS at best!
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SemolinaPilchard
05/05/09

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I passionately hate almost every plus-size line. Especially Lane Bryant...ugh. They design clothes for 40 year olds. I'm 20 years old and a size 18 and I don't think I should have to be punished. Torrid actually has decent plus-sized clothes but it's way too expensive. Or maybe I'm just cheap ($70 for a dress? No thanks). Old Navy has actually gotten a lot better.
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Tart of Darkness
05/05/09

@SemolinaPilchard: I hate to break this to you, but I'm well over 40 and consider Lane Bryant's clothes too matronly. I don't know who their market is!
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sequined
05/04/09

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I might be a moron, but why are their three sizes "XL," "1X," and "2X"? Isn't the one "X" in the "XL" the single "X" suggested in "1X"? Am I missing something?
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tscheese
05/04/09

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I wish the waist were longer (and that the waistband were a bit wider as well) on the kimono dress. Drop the hem to just below the knee and I'd buy TEN (one for each washing.)
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tscheese
05/04/09

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I might be one of the few folks who actually wished that plus size clothing was proportioned the exact same as misses', but just scaled-up. A pair of pants in 16W is going to have the same general dimensions as a pair of 16 misses', but legs tend to be cut wider and rises are more generous, and this is one of the problems I have with plus sizes. I can't really wear stuff at Lane Bryant and Avenue because it seems like sizing and proportions OMG ABANDON ALL REASON!!11 the minute you dare to step away from the misses' section.

I am not a small human. I am juuust this side of six feet tall. I will never be a small human, and I'm fine with that--I'm strong and bodacious and unstoppable. I just wish it were easier to clothe me.

If the average model is like six feet tall, and the average American woman wears a pant size that hovers between regular and "plus", depending on whom you ask, then pretty much all clothes should fit me perfectly, right? RIGHT?
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ImproperDancing
05/04/09

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I would rock that pencil skirt outfit SO HARD.
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NewsBunny
05/04/09

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I am a size 18 35-year-old who is having a hell of time trying to find skirts and dresses that come to at least the knee.

I don't want mid-thigh. I don't want to expose how my thighs...um...BLOSSOM above my kneecaps. I want knee, or calf, or ankle.

Ankle I can find. Mid-thigh I can find. In between -- terrible.

So I either look like a fucking Pilgrim or a teenaged hooker.
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Eric Northman is mine
05/04/09

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Yowza, really Forever 21 this is the best you could come up with? I feel like most lines that offer plus sizes think they can forgo quality and style just because they are providing larger sizes. Regular or Plus, no one needs that much polyester in their wardrobe.
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rainy_day
05/04/09

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Oh, Forever21 gets no props from me for their faux plus sized line.

Also, they donate TONS of money to family-first style organizations.
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Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.
05/04/09

@rainy_day: They're a really unethical corporation on a number of fronts. I usually avoid them (and Heritage- owned by the same people)
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Sister Toldja
05/04/09

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Isn't having a whole seperate line just gonna make the teen shopping experience more polarizing and awkward for the girls? Especially since the clothes aren't really plus sized, now we are telling "slightly thick" girls that they are too chubby to shop with their friends? Not that the size 28 girls deserve such indignity by being legitimately large women, but I feel like this will just more stress and frustration for the girls in the middle. Bah humbug.
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thesciencegirl
05/04/09

@Sister Toldja: Seriously. The only thing worse than not being able to shop with your friends in the same stores is having to skulk over to the brightly labeled plus-size section.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
05/04/09

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That black floral "not flattering on the model" reminds me of a Betsy Johnson I once made the mistake of thinking I could wear.

Nothing else to add (especially in the wake of the "protecting designers' property" bill getting ready to go to Congress).
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Sister Toldja
05/04/09

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This is a hot mess. This looks like they collabed with the God-awful Ashley Stewart or Lane Bryant designers!

I wear a misses 10/12 and a usually junior 13/14, and I can't fit most regular Forever 21 stuff (mostly due to boobs). I would have liked it had they just made the same stuff they already have in larger sizes and maybe a few pieces cut special for the "big" girls. But this shit is wack! Horrible about the boobs, empire waists (which make you look preggo half the time)....rubbish!

I want skank clothes too, dammit!
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Liz11685
05/04/09

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I'm not a fan of a lot of the things, but some of the things (That plaid top with the ruffles and the pencil skirt!) are going to be in my wardrobe post-haste. I just wish I could shop for them in-store rather than online. They haven't put the collection into a store in my city yet.
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Helen Skor
05/04/09

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I like the fact that they understand that not everyone who is curvy wants to hide their entire body (I'm quite proud of my great boobs and fantastic legs - my mid-section however . . . ew), but it really irks me that they don't seem to understand the concept of "plus-sized." I was so excited about the new line - thinking that FINALLY there would be some cute, trendy options out there that wouldn't break the bank - and then this is what I get? Seriously?! First of all, it's not even plus-sizes. It's extended sizes. Secondly, this stuff is not flattering on these models - how am I supposed to pull it off?

This is just one more slap in the face of women who are overweight (or even just a bit curvier than "normal"). A friend of mine is a district manager for the DC metro region, and she is going to get an earful from me the next time I see her!
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inabook
05/04/09

@Helen Skor: i feel like agressively unattractive clothing is trendy now, for college kids at least. :-(
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MissTicklebritches
05/04/09

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Of course, the black top on the very first page (next to the sundress) isn't available online. It's blousy and I could wear a bra under it. Color me annoyed.
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