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[puddingcat]

Sometimes (just sometimes), The Community That Shall not Be Named contains a gem. Todays was a link to this rant about clothing sizes.

I used to have problems finding things that went in enough at the waist; big boobs and narrow shoulders meant things that would fit at the front could be used as a rucksack in the back. Now (thank you, surgery & Mirena) I have a normal-sized chest, btu no waist. And shirts are all cut to fit women. *facepalms* Now, if I want a shirt to fit my ribcage, the shoulders hang half way to my elbows. (This is why I like corsets; reduced lung capacity - easily offset by heavng chest-style breathing - in return for having a waist again.)

I think the best example of the vanity sizing comes if you watch "Pretty Woman". I remember us all being horrified when Julia Roberts said she was a size 8, then relieved when we realised US sizes were one (ONE) below the UK equivalent. We could believe she was a UK10; she looked slim, but healthy.

Now, without having changed her actual dimensions at all, I'd be surprised if Ms. Roberts' clothes are sized above a 4.

This is why designbyclaire should be getting all your custom; she makes clothes that fit, and are better made than pretty much all High Street stuff, too!


(Am at home today; woke up with raspy throat, blocked nose & thumping headache. A dinnerplate sized pizza has helped somewhat.)

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[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

That's why I have given up buying tops. None of them fit. None of them come down far enough and none of them are made for people with actual muscles in their arms. If I had breasts it would be even worse.

Trousers are the right bitch of my world. This ridiculous trend for low-rise and skinny trousers is the bane of my life. I am - how shall I put it - if I was a man, it would be called well endowed, and any women's trousers that are not baggy are actually quite painful to wear. Worse, my thighs are a "size" bigger than the rest of my body, which either makes that problem worse or means I buy size-bigger trousers that try to fall down unless I wear a belt. And then none of them have a waist in anywhere near a sensible place, which means you freeze your kidneys in the winter and all my colleagues would get to see my pubes in the summer, which I am guessing they DO NOT WANT in the spirit of the lolcat.

Trousers and tops are right at the top of my to-sew list, as well as things other people have been waiting years for.