I have a terrible case of the blahs coupled with 'I don't wanna' which makes it difficult to function at work. The only thing that is keeping me moving is Pandora.
So this means I've been reading a lot of online 'news' articles because it seems that the tops stories this week are about Kardashians, Cleveland or Boston. The other thing that I've come across is the latest debacle over clothing sizes, this time at Abercrombie and Fitch and their refusal to make large clothing options for women because they cater to the popular kids. To counter what CEO Mike Jeffries had to say a petition has been started. I really want to gloss over the details because unless you are living under a rock you should have heard about this already. (36000+ hits on a Google news search).
I am not a small girl by any means and I have been painfully aware of this since I was in fifth grade and one of 4 people in my classroom that weighed over 100 pounds. Yes it was mortifying to be ten and not really be aware of size like that. I still can see my fifth grade yearbook picture clearly in my head without even knowing when the last time I saw it was. I carry a lot of weight in my face even now you can tell if I've been neglecting to hydrate by how puffy my cheeks are. My hair is pulled back in a pony tail and the collar on my tshirt is very close fitting on my neck, the shirt itself was probably pushing the limits for size. As you look at the entire page of faces mine pops out immediately, maybe it is large or maybe they tightened in too much on my face but it looks terrible to me.
That really wasn't where I meant to take this post but we'll call that background for my feelings. Pretty much for a long time there have been things that I've know without a doubt that I can't wear or will not look good. Even at 14, 5'4" and 125 pounds I thought that I was huge. I was in a size eight jeans and hated everything about my body. I carry the majority of my weight between my belly button and my knees so buying jeans is a terrible experience. I will probably wear Old Navy jeans until I die because they fit.
Personally I don't want buy clothes from Abercrombie & Fitch even if they came in my size. I'm okay with not being able to wear their clothes. There are a lot of places that I'm okay with the fact that I can't wear them. What I'm not okay with is going to plain jane stores like Wal-Mart or Target that are supposed to cater to everyone and not being able to find clothes. It is worse to go into one of these stores and see racks and racks or extra-small and small clothing and even more racks of those sizes in clearance. The even bigger kicker to me is when you ask why there is a disproportionate amount of small clothing they will tell you that there isn't the need for that many larger sizes. I really wanted to pull out the have you seen the people who shop here? Have you seen the website 'people of Wal-Mart? Have you looked at your fellow employees? Now I'm not calling anyone fat here but when a smaller person can shop anywhere why would they shop at Wal-Mart.
From what I see at Target they have larger clothes more during the summer and between fall and spring semesters. Being in a college town I'm sure that has to do with the freshman 15 more than anything. I've been to other Targets and had no problem finding clothes that would fit me on the clearance rack. The thing I hate the most about Target clothes is when you find a style of shirt that you like and want to buy in multiple colors that is when I've had the most problems. My favorite basic white tee is from the clearance rack at Target where I bought four or five. I wish though that it didn't look so terrible when I wear a nude colored bra underneath it, you would think that I had a black bra on. I know better than that too. (Well now I do.)
I've had a long day and this is starting to ramble a long. I have to call it quits for today.
I don't care if some clothing stores refuse to sell larger sizes, because usually their clothes run small anyway. They will find a way to alienate those who wear larger sizes by making their clothes smaller. The whole that a size eight is not always a size eight, some times it is a six or a ten or heaven forbid it could be a four, and you find yourself stuck in a dress in the dressing room crying and praying that you can unzip it on your own without destroying it. There will always be a way for manufacturers to get around what society wants. Bend the rules. Give people what they want but not what they ask for just to appease them. We're all just mindless sheep to these companies and they will bend to pressure but still do what they want.
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