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Old 16-02-2010, 19:54
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Fashionable clothes, particularly of 'trendy' brands tends to be designed either to fit a stick insect or someone of really 'average' proportions.

I'm not fat, or chubby, infact I am very slim but I have quite long legs, 34 inch in fact, and trying to find a trouser length in my size from the high street can be a nightmare - I have around a 30-32 waist and trying to find trousers other than a 30 waist 30 leg or 32 waist 32 leg is often impossible!

Not all of us have standard legs!

Likewise I have quite long arms and so although a top might fit me across the chest and around my tum the sleeves are often a little bit too short!
Yes, I hadn't noticed any of the trendy shops stocking anything over a size 14, and yet I see some really large people walking round in trendy clothes and often wonder where they've got them from.
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Old 16-02-2010, 19:57
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It's a bit of a cliche I suppose but sometimes catalogues specifically for people size 14 and over (like Simply Be, or similar) have some nice things, I've been told
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Old 23-02-2010, 09:05
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Lovely clothes. Trendy, but not fashion victim, well made and well priced. One of the shopping channels stocks them (Ideal World, I think) and they always look great on the models. And as they're a range for larger sizes, they get the grading right. So often when ranges upsize, they increase the width but not the other measurements proportionately, so the waist doesn't sit right or the armholes or sleeves are too tight.
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Old 23-02-2010, 21:18
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ASOS have launched a new 'Curve' range, I know that because they twittered about it.
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Old 23-02-2010, 22:59
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ASOS have launched a new 'Curve' range, I know that because they twittered about it.
Isn't theirs about 6 different white t-shirts and nothing else?
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Old 24-02-2010, 07:50
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Try River Island, great clothes which are also fashionable plus they go up to XXL for men and size 18 for women.

http://xml.riverisland.com/flash/content.php
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Old 24-02-2010, 12:54
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It's a bit of a cliche I suppose but sometimes catalogues specifically for people size 14 and over (like Simply Be, or similar) have some nice things, I've been told
I think the person after our help is a bloke?
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Old 24-02-2010, 15:53
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I think the person after our help is a bloke?
Yes I've only just realised hehe
Burtons do quite good sizes for bigger men, I have got my dad a few birthday shirts from there
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Old 24-02-2010, 17:31
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ASOS have launched a new 'Curve' range, I know that because they twittered about it.
It's funny how quick you are to defend yourself, are you worried people will think you are fat and you buy from their yourself?
*No offence, I'm just wondering.
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Old 24-02-2010, 20:42
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It's funny how quick you are to defend yourself, are you worried people will think you are fat and you buy from their yourself?
*No offence, I'm just wondering.
I don't think so. Asos have been talking about this range on Twitter for a very long time and then finally released it and announced it on there. They weren't pushing it on their website anywhere near as much as they have been on Twitter
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Old 27-02-2010, 16:53
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Finding jeans to fit you when you're below average height is near enough mission impossible.

No, I don't want to have to cut the bottoms off and re-hem, thank you very much
I know exactly how you feel. I'm 4'10
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Old 27-02-2010, 17:53
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I think the person after our help is a bloke?
Ohh, shut me up then. I assumed they were female
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