To state the bleeding obvious:

[puddingcat]

I am not a cylinder. Now can clothes designers please start allowing for this? Also, please could "Petite" ranges start allowing for short backs as well as short arms, and then realise that - on a short torso - boobs will be comparatively closer to the waist than on a long one?

I *did* get a suit, but only because it was half price (hence £63) at Principles, and so I don't mind that it isn't ideal. It's not as if I wear one every day, after all.

This has clarified why I hate being a size 14 as well. When I'm a 12, I'm a sensible shape. I fit into clothes, I'm in proportion (mostly) and don't find that things fit one part of me and not another. When I put on weight, clothes sag, and gape, and pull, and aren't the same shape as me any more. All but one of the pairs of trousers I tried on were too tight on the waist and loose over the hips (or vice versa), and all looked like "old fat person's clothes" - cut to drape, and skim across the lumps, and hide cellulite. They were one step away from elasticated waists sold at the back of the Sunday colour supplements.

At least I found 3 nice jersey tops (Per Una & Planet - when did I become middle aged?) and some nice knee boots with a sensible 2" heel (in Clarks, ferchrissakes - there's no hope).

And, for some reason, I'm now so cold that my nipples hurt, and I'm having to warm them up with a nice cup of tea. Nothing like sharing the pain :D

Comments

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

GRR. All the problems you describe are ones that can be fixed with a couple of quick sums in the cutting out stage. The clothing industry is a big pile of crap. The end of my queue is a long way away, but you can be on it for something, if you'd like.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

I agree. The things I've had made *to fit* are so much more flattering and comfortable (thank you, claire_wain). I'd make things myself if I had more space, but cutting out's difficult in a shoebox house.

Thanks for the offer; let me know when the queue end approaches and I may well tak you up on it.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

I will put "unspecified Jenny thing" at the end, and when it gets within 3 items of the front I'll ask what you want; by that time, the back will probably be three years away! It never ends argh!