I have something to get off my chest.

And it belongs to you.

No, not you.

The other you.

You know who you are. Yeah, you.

Is it because I

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  1. Dawn@LightenUp!

    Fantastic! Being from the mouthful side of the boob fence, I had no idea this was such a problem. Tell ’em, Wanda!

  2. Joyce Scarbrough

    Look at the bright side, Wanda. Maybe somebody will take you on vacation with them if you’re wearing a shirt from the appropriate region and their GPS is out!

  3. OH, yeah, and the big busted women on programs like The View (just to name one) do so much to help our cause. The fashions for those of us who are “amply endowed” obviously are designed by the men who want to “let it all hang out.” And if you are lucky enough to find a blouse (or even a dress) in a solid color, the style has to be one that years ago would only have been worn by a pregnant woman. EMPIRE WAIST! Indeed! Ha! I hear you, and I agree with your take on it! Makes me ALMOST want to start sewing my own clothes again. ALMOST, but not quite!
    Janet

  4. Sing it sista! I had a similar rant a few years ago about the bathing suit makers of the world. They just don’t get it. But they will…..muh ha haaaaaaa!

  5. Laurie Fabrizio

    I am on the same side of the fence as Dawn. Can’t they make tops that make us look like we have a bust? 🙂 However, my daughter has the same issue you do. Being a big busted young woman in your early twenties is not all it’s cracked up to be. Buying tops that don’t let the girls loose, is a nightmare. The styles and designs just make it worse. She doesn’t want to walk around looking like a GPS either. I feel your pain.

  6. Jay Hudson

    I don’t profess to know much about how clothiers arrived at the measurements they use to define women ,but I know a size 7 is labeled L for large,and that is no where near the size of the average woman. I would say that should be marked as Small,and 12-14 as M for medium. 16 to 20 would be about right for the L label.
    My supervisor has always had trouble finding clothes that make her happy too. They either don’t fit,are the wrong style,color,material, or something in between.
    She made a beautiful dress for old-timers day long time ago in another life when we actually attended church regularly, but being Baptists…well…you know how it is,a ball game, or a race,or maybe even a picnic and the day is over.
    I have suggested several times that she make clothing for that niche market, the REAL average-sized woman.

    Jay

  7. Jay Hudson

    I don’t profess to know much about how clothiers arrived at the measurements they use to define women ,but I know a size 7 is labeled L for large,and that is no where near the size of the average woman. I would say that should be marked as Small,and 12-14 as M for medium. 16 to 20 would be about right for the L label.
    My supervisor has always had trouble finding clothes that make her happy too. They either don’t fit,are the wrong style,color,material, or something in between.
    She made a beautiful dress for old-timers day long time ago in another life when we actually attended church regularly, but being Baptists…well…you know how it is,a ball game, or a race,or maybe even a picnic and the day is over.
    I have suggested several times that she make clothing for that niche market, the REAL average-sized woman.

  8. Anna

    Well ladies, consider the number of well endowed women in the world and then consider how many of a style of dress or blouse is made at any one time. You’re probably still wading through those items made back when big women were all the rage. Now those skinny girls are trying to catch up with all the breast enlargements going around and have yet to buy up those not-so-flattering items of clothing (or they’re so flippin’ rich they can afford their own tailor). My mom taught me how to sew from a pattern but sadly I was too interesting in horseback riding at the time to know how to alter a pattern else I’d gladly sew something up for you. Of course, the fact that I live way the hell and gone out here in the middle of nowhere is another obstacle. Good luck in your search.

    Oh my; I just had an idea. How about dying the shirt the desired color?

  9. Jo Worsham

    Sorry, I can’t relate. Strapless prom dresses had to be glued to my body and I always prayed for a really cold prom night. .. goosebumps would help. Eyeshadow was later artfully applied to resemble shadows of cleavage where there was none. Kleexes helped fill out the empty spots in my life. Maybe I could write a piece about “wide bodies” unite. Try buying a bra when your chest measures 40 and your cup size is AA. What we need are real life designers who design for real people, not Barbies.

  10. Sharon

    Go, Wanda!! Great story. Loved that line “conviction would fly out the window faster than my bra being unsnapped.” I agree totally. My biggest problem is that I no longer have a waist. At the last office job I worked at a large woman was always fashionably dressed. I wish I knew where she bought her clothes. It definitely wasn’t Wally World.

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