Horizontal stripes and the fat person. Yeah you heard me right .  

It's true, there are those out there that aren't over-weight at all, just have a different type shape. I had an aunt (she passed away over 30 years ago) her shape always reminded me of a big water barrel with a couple of two-by-fours for legs. She wasn't over-weight, just shaped real odd. I think if the weight had been distributed evenly all over, she would have looked perfect.

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yeah that's the same as me - if my arms and legs had a bit of the fat from my stomach, i'd look fine! i don't really really unproportioned or anything, i just look like i've accidentally put on some chub. it won't go though, i've tried to get rid of it! problem is, that dress is one of my favourite items of clothing!

You know, I have wondered the same thing. I work at a department store and sometimes I'll go out into the food court to eat lunch. I watch people and what I have observed is that at least 75 to 80% of the people are over-weight.

The women appear to more over-weight then the men. Usually the women carry the weight in the butt and legs, where the men all have the big belly hanging over the waist-band of their pants.

I've also noticed that most of the women are dressed poorly. When I say poorly I mean in overly large shirts and baggy pants or shorts. I get the impression they're dressing for comfort,not to impress the public and I can't say I can blame them given the limited fashion choices out there.

I have a couple of soft cotton tops that I only wear around the house because the stripes run horizontally, they make me look bigger than I am. The are so soft and comfortable that I even sleep in them sometimes.

I would give anything for the stripes to run vertically so I could wear them to work.

you are so correct with the statement, 'there is plenty of people who make clothes for fat people, but none that make anything good.'

I wish I could design clothes for this particular genre. I have been there, I understand!

Maybe you should. Get a sewing machine, and some material.

Did you ever hit the nail on the head with that statement.

There's plenty of people who make clothes for fat people, but none that make anything good.

What I don't understand is why. The majority of the population is over-weight, with poor self-esteem because of the weight. Imagine the boom in the clothing industry if they really applied their fashion skills toward helping the over-weight woman find the right style, design and cut for her and a bigger selection to choose from.

Maybe its because honestly no one is happy with being fat. People always say "I'm happy with who I am, I'm beautiful." But really who is happy with feeling like a sack of potatoes, having trouble moving, breathing, the rolls, the cellulite? So they're always thinking these are temporary clothes, someday I will be able to fit into something smaller. So the fat clothes aren't given much attention, because they are like photographs of bad memories. They put more emphasis on the smaller clothes because its where people want to be. They will cherish the little black dress they worked so hard to fit into. Just a thought. Someone should make some nice clothes for fat people though, they have a hard enough time with their bodies, their clothes shouldn't bring them down even more.

Like I mentioned above, I work in a department store and the area we have for our plus-size women is very small.

Now, for the woman that is bold and wants to please herself and the rest of the world can go hang, I'm glad the 'wrong-way-stripes, tiger-stripes, leopard spots, ginormous floral prints, and polka-dots are available. (No, I'm lying to myself, the wrong-way-stripes should never be allowed on any smock-like top, sized over extra-large.)

That being said, those choices should not be the larger choice and that's the problem, those hideous prints and styles probably take up 75% of the space.

I wish I had the money and talent to do something about it. I know there are specialty shops that cater to plus-size women but they aren't main-stream.

Amen lol.

I have come to the conclusion that only about 2% of plus-size women aren't fat at all, just very tall and full figured.

The rest of us are just fat, pure and simple. We eat to much for the amount of calories we burn.

Now, have you ever taken a look at the bathing suits out there. I've seen two-piece suits, 3x and up with tiny triangles of cloth to cover those huge drooping boobs and spaghetti straps to hold up the whole mess.

I mean PLEASE!!! If a fat woman is going to take on a two-piece bathing suit, at least give her a top with the strength and coverage of a good bra, there, now there's a place to go with all those floral prints.

lol, I laughed when I read And what's up with the teeny tiny little capped sleeves?

I can't count the times I've had women digging through our plus-size summer dresses complaining about the same thing.

Here are your choices ladies, you can look like a big orange hibiscus with bat-wings or a walking kaleidoscope.

By the way, you get the best response on this one.