I love this comment, too. It cannot be overstated how often plus size women have to make the choice between searching far and wide for something we actually like or settling for what's available when we need something. And, as hard as it is to build a wardrobe up to a size 24, it gets even *more* difficult after…

God, yes. I agree with just about everything you said, here—especially the part about how hard it is to find basics! I spent literally my ENTIRE ADULT LIFE (I'm thirty-five) looking for black pants that actually fit me properly. I finally found them last summer, and it was like I heard a fucking choir of angels…

Exactly! I used to like Lane Bryant a lot, but once they were bought by Charming Shoppes, I think they went downhill both with looks and quality. I'm pretty lukewarm about nearly all their offerings, so I don't feel any need to spend as much for them as they want. I'd rather take my money somewhere else and get one…

I agree. That's my price point, right now, so I would like to see more options there.

I think part of the problem with this, though, is that plus size women have already been relegated—for decades!—to buying things we don't really like and don't really want and don't really fit correctly because we need clothes and that's what's out there. And we know we'd better snap it up while we can, because even…

I just shared your site with a plus-size Facebook group I'm in. There's definitely a shortage of options past 3X, even with companies who claim to cater to "every size", so it's really refreshing to see designers venturing out there :)

I was going to say something about this, as well. There's a HUGE lack of good low- and moderately-priced plus size stuff, and a big gap between girlish and matronly. Personally, I like a lot of Torrid's stuff (though if you think they're fake punk now, you should have seen when they first opened) and I like to stay…

Her hair looks fabulous there.

I think a lot of salespeople DO get that (coming from another former/sometimes salesperson, here), but that they DON'T always get it at the corporate level. Or even at store-management level, sometimes. It's always been a struggle for me, dealing with how much the expectations my bosses had for how to interact with…

Not to mention that, since it's an old joke, his character could conceivably have heard it somewhere by the age of ten.

Exactly! I only really became aware of the contrast in hindsight, and it's startling.

Of course they were. So was Britney, as well as most other female pop stars, especially those who start as teens. It's aspirational. Record companies want girls to buy the music because they relate to and want to emulate whomever the flavor-of-the-moment is. But the point boosyurnsy made—that I was attempting to…

Agreed. And, as someone who grew up in the '80s and '90s, I can't help contrasting the obvious sexualization of Britney Spears with the way Tiffany and Debbie Gibson, who were the same age when they hit the scene, were marketed. These were regular teenagers who looked like regular teenagers on their album covers. …

I remember hearing something, at the time that song first came out, about how she'd shaved her head to avoid being sexualized like her contemporaries. I kinda liked that about her. It seemed like a bold move at a time when even established pop stars were upping the sexual ante. But the irony is, the short haircut…

That is EXACTLY what I pictured, too.

That was my thought, too, though you've illustrated it (or David has illustrated it) much better than I :P

Oh, for crying out loud. She sounds terrible.

Ah, evening things out makes sense.

Jeez. Poor guy!

Oh, man, that's terrible. They've already done so much damage :(