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Venting .....

Posted: Apr 27, 2010

After watching all of the publicity about the Lane Bryant commercial, which personally I thought was a LOT less revealing than the Victoria Secret commercials, I just have to say that it absolutely ticks me off to look for a dress or an outfit. Okay, grant you, I am FAT, not hugely so but still, I accept it, I am fat, working on it, but still fat. Recently I have been trying to find a dress to wear to a wedding and I have to make sure that I take my blood pressure meds before I do (yep high blood pressure probably because I am FAT) because it sends my blood pressure through the roof when I go to look at PLUS SIZE clothes and they have these STICK-THIN models in them!!!!! Give me a break please! I want to know how someone like ME is going to look in it and when I do find something that I like, go to try it on WOW what that does to the ego because of course that image of that stick-thin model in the same outfit is in your mind, regardless if you want it there or not.

Anyway ... moving on to the treadmill after I have my snickers (joking of course) ... vent is finished. Thanks for listening!!! :)

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Ive had a similar, but opposite experience. -sm - Rocky Raccoon

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I'm pretty slim, and had the opposite experience to yours one day looking for a gown/dress to wear to a very dressy party. I was at Ross, and I usually have excellent luck there. But, at least in the "Fancy Dress Section" of the store, there was hardly anything in my size. All the really cute dresses were WAY TOO BIG for me. There was an incredible variety from which to choose in the Plus Size section, but in the size 9/10 section, it was pretty well picked over, only the goofy-looking stuff was left.

What about mail-order? I've seen lots of great things online, and as we all know, you can get pretty much ANYTHING YOU WANT on the Internet! ;)

Good luck!

Lane Bryant Ads - old, fat MT

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I think they just object to seeing full-figured women. I find clothing shopping the most humiliating thing in the world. I'm a 12-18 depending on the clothes. So I'm too big for the cute slim clothes and not heavy enough for the Lane Bryant stores. I live in T-shirts and yoga pants and if there is a special occasion I don't know what I'll do! Good luck to you I totally understand.

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