Fashion and size

[IDrinkaRum]

Norton - as my mother so lovingly says, when I'm dressed in my Torrid clothing, I look like a "hooker". Not sure if I should be offended or not, but there it is.

I hate belts too. They're either too small or too big. However, the waist goes down in the front and my shirt rides up so you can see about 2 inches of my tummy. Fortunately at work, I wear a blue apron so I can hide the tummy show for 5 hours. However, my tummy does get cold during my work hours.

I love Torrid. But as I said earlier in my post, my mom says I look like a hooker, and my younger sister who is also a mother would "never wear anything from Torrid in her entire life". *le sigh* I shouldn't let my mom & sister dictate my fashion sense, but since I don't have any ... I like to get advice. XD But yeah ... if my mom had her way, I'd wear nothing but pastels & with my really white skin, that's not a good thing.

However, why do clothing manufacturers always use the really loud obnoxious, no-one-in-their-right-mind would ever wear the fabric for the larger women and the nicer colors & fabric for the skinny ones?

[AdminAssistant]

I'd wear nothing but pastels & with my really white skin, that's not a good thing.

That depends on more than how dark/pale your skin is. I am very very pale, but my skin has a lot of pink undertones. I wear pastels all the time. However, bold colors - like bright red - look terrible on me.

There isn't a Torrid very close to where I am now, and honestly, it's just too expensive.

[IDrinkaRum]

AdminAssistant - I'm more of a Winter/Fall color person. I look great in Jeweled colors. (Royal Purple, Dark Green, Burgundy, Black, etc.) Pastels make me look all washed out.

As for Torrid - I buy most of the clothes I have from there when it's on discount. (Really deep discount). Though I do buy their flip flops even if they're not on sale.

[crazylegs]

I'm 6'8.

That in itself creates issues while trying to find clothes that fit.

I'm also (technically) underweight, at a BMI that can be under 18.5.

Clothes are virtually impossible to find, if I want a pair of trousers I have to be prepared to spend an entire day looking for them (Leg 38, waist 34) and make sure I'm mentally prepared for a fail when I try. Shirts aren't much easier to find either, M&S has a range of 'Two Inch Longer' however all the shirts they have are vertical stripes. Whats the pattern that makes you look longer and thinner? That's right you guessed it, vertical stripes.

Jumpers all end well above my wrist and gloves are another impossibility with hands my shape (very long, thin fingers).

Raincoats are incredibly difficult to find, the only way I can find one to wear is to purchase a large or extra large, this means that the shoulders fall sufficiently far down my arms to create a little more sleeve length so that my wrists aren't exposed.

All clothes manufacturers assume that if you're tall you must also be fat, including the local <Big & Tall> store, who then charge you for their poorly tailored clothes to be adapted to fit.

Most of my wardrobe is years old (5-6) as I detest shopping for clothes, I can see plenty I like but none that fits, or what fits but looks truely awful on me (straight cut jeans, aforementioned shirts etc).

I have found a make of jeans that fits but I now only have two casual trousers, a pair of jeans and a pair of brown trousers, there is nothing else that fits and suits.