Fat clothes for fat people
This post is a bit of a rant, but it’s something that’s bothered me for some time. Now that I’m married, I’ve found that Ligia has the same problem as me. We have a really hard time finding clothes that can fit us. It seems that clothing manufacturers out there have geared all of their clothes production toward fat people. I would even go so far as to say that we (and by we I mean thinner people) are being discriminated against. (I’m grinning as I write that…)
Every time we go to a department store, we can’t find clothes our size. For example, my pant size is 30″ waist x 32″ inseam. There is no such pant size in most places. I kid you not, try finding it. My shirt size is 16-16 1/2″ neck with 34-35″ sleeves. At that size, the shirt’s waist is gigantic. Somehow, they must think only extremely fat people wear those sizes. Have a look below to see how one of those shirts fits me. It’s absolutely ridiculous.
Ligia took these photos. As you can see, any way you look at it, there’s a ton of extra material around the waist, and on the sleeves. That material doesn’t belong there. I’m trying my best to manage a goofy expression, and yeah, I look pretty goofy…
I always have to find all sorts of creative ways of tucking my shirts in my pants, and I’m fed up with it. If I want well-fitting shirts and pants, I have to pay more. I shouldn’t have to pay 40-70% more for a piece of clothing simply because clothing manufacturers think everyone’s fat. Not everyone is fat!
Ligia has it even worse. She wears XS or size 2 clothing, but most of the time, those sizes are much too large for her in adult clothes. She has to go hunting around in the children’s department to find clothes that fit her. She’s a full-grown woman, past 25 years of age. She shouldn’t have to do that just so she can dress herself. We’ve honestly tried all sorts of stores. We’ve been to more expensive stores, including specialty petite stores, and still we have a hard time finding clothes in her size at reasonable prices.
I realize the trend these days is to get fat and fatter. We Americans have it too good. We’ve all got our particular excuses, but that doesn’t excuse our nation’s collectively huge waistline, and the lack of clothes in anything but large sizes.
Some people, like us, choose to remain thin, and it seems we’ve been forgotten by mainstream clothing manufacturers. We’re a persona non grata, an unpleasant reminder of what a waistline could look like. We have to shop in children’s departments to find clothes in our sizes and to get decent prices. Is it so hard to make clothes that fit us? It wasn’t so long ago when things were different. Clothing manufacturers, remember, it takes less material to dress us…
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Raoul, come down to where I live! I see your pants size everywhere! My husband needs those shirts with the very long sleeves as well, and the shirts are huge, even with a smaller neck size he wears. He’s tall, thin, and has long legs, which makes it very difficult to find clothes that fit. The big & tall places are overpriced and cater to big more than tall.
And don’t get me started on women’s clothing. I’ll just eat up all of your hosting space with my rant.
Is Kohl’s in your area? The ones where we live have a pretty decent range of sizes and their prices are very reasonable.
Comment — October 15, 2007 @ 11:08 am
You know, I’ve never tried Kohl’s. They’re about 11 miles away, but the next time I visit that area, I’ll drop by and see what they’ve got. Surprised about the pants. I would so love to see more shirts made for an athletic fit — narrow waist, broader shoulders. I can’t stand that extra material around my waist. I have one of those shirts and I love it. Paid plenty for it, but it fits me very nicely.
Comment — October 15, 2007 @ 11:25 am
Welcome to ‘merica! Y’all need to git some meat on y’all’s bones! Try a Baconator from Wendys!
If you have a French Connection UK, H&M, or Zara nearby, you may find clothing that is cut a little less generously.
I like your rant BTW.
Comment — October 16, 2007 @ 12:18 am
I agree with the above comment. You should try shopping in Diesel. I know it’s a tad bit expensive, but I swear they intend on making their clothes to not fit people. I’m a size 29 and when I try on a 29 it’s too small for me. It’s a 31 that I have to get because their clothes are so small. Try it out, the quality is very very good also.
Comment — October 16, 2007 @ 2:56 am
i’ve read a couple of rants online about people complaining about fat clothes, and have one question….where are these places? im a fat person, and have trouble finding anything larger than a 2xl, or bigger than a 40in waist. just a question. i need to start shopping where you all do!!
Comment — January 17, 2008 @ 5:18 pm
Adam, thanks for being a good sport about this!
We’ve got trouble finding clothes that fit us at most places. For example, department stores you’d find at most malls wouldn’t have clothes our size. But as you can see from the comments given above, there are plenty of places we just didn’t know about until now. Given that you’re a 2XL, I think you’d have just as hard a time finding stuff as we did. You’re at the other end of the spectrum (no offense intended). Not sure what stores to suggest for your predicament.
Comment — January 17, 2008 @ 9:44 pm
Raoul do you have ANY suggestions for me i am a 4XL please help me if you cant its okay but i would like some clothes
-THANK YOU
Megul
Comment — January 29, 2008 @ 4:36 pm
Megul, I’m not an expert on finding clothes that fit, as you could probably see from my post.
As I told Adam, I’m not sure what stores would have clothes in large sizes. My advice for you would be to keep looking, there’s bound to be a store out there. If not, there must be a website (an online store) that will have your size.
Comment — January 29, 2008 @ 11:22 pm
I feel for you man…I have the opposite problem…I am a “mild” plus size…I don’t have issues finding clothing, but I do have issues finding clothing where the designers don’t cut corners!!! arrghh..and my bf has your issue…I feel bad for people on all extreme ends of the spectrum…people need to start making clothes in all sizes…unfortunately for them it is not profitable to do that so we have to hunt more.
don’t worry…you could always try a winners…they categorize by size and it sometimes helps.
Comment — April 8, 2008 @ 11:45 pm
haha! nice. i found this amusing and funny. XD actually, i’m caught in the middle… i’m a big gal but find that clothes are either too big for me, or too small! ;__;
good luck finding smaller clothes! hehe~~
Comment — April 22, 2008 @ 7:19 pm
Ive been researching ‘vanity sizing’ recently (because I am a size 6 but suddenly size zeros are now falling off me - I HAVE NOT LOST ANY WEIGHT!) and through emailing several clothing manufacturers I have discovered that the vanity sizing issue has basically created a vacuum at the low end of the size spectrum. Womens sizes 2,4,and 6 are not even made anymore!! A current US 0 (according to sizing regulations from the 80s) is closer to a size 6 was in the 80s/90s. There is no way that a gal (myself) who is 120 pounds, 5′5, 36, 25, 37 should be buying loose fitting size zeroes!! Im average sized!
Comment — June 20, 2008 @ 4:58 pm
Perhaps the sizes you are looking for are manufactured, however, each store only stocks a few of each size. Maybe start asking the salesperson for information such as when they get seasonal shipments of clothes. Nicer stores salespeople will know and be able to help. While I agree that Kohl’s has a large variety of sizes, my guess is their salespeople will not be able to tell you as much as in a department store like Carson’s, Nordstrom or Macy’s.
Comment — August 3, 2008 @ 8:01 am
If you want to see Larger Clothes
http://superbattal.com/osc/index.php/language/en
Comment — August 5, 2008 @ 4:37 pm