Comments on: Bit and Pieces From the Fatosphere http://manolobig.com/2008/04/06/bit-and-pieces-from-the-fatosphere/ Fashion, Lifestyle, and Humor for the Plus Sized Woman. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:45:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: La BellaDonna http://manolobig.com/2008/04/06/bit-and-pieces-from-the-fatosphere/#comment-14118 La BellaDonna Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:25:30 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/04/06/bit-and-pieces-from-the-fatosphere/#comment-14118 Ladies, it does look as if <b>Dress by Design,</b> mentioned this week in the blog, might be what you need. And for those aspiring to sew, there's no reason you can't copy something that fits you, once you actually have it, and make copies of it yourself. I really, really, really suggest the <b>Dress by Design;</b> better fewer clothes that actually fit, than a batch of "almosts." Ladies, it does look as if Dress by Design, mentioned this week in the blog, might be what you need.

And for those aspiring to sew, there’s no reason you can’t copy something that fits you, once you actually have it, and make copies of it yourself.

I really, really, really suggest the Dress by Design; better fewer clothes that actually fit, than a batch of “almosts.”

]]> By: Chiken http://manolobig.com/2008/04/06/bit-and-pieces-from-the-fatosphere/#comment-14008 Chiken Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:53:46 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/04/06/bit-and-pieces-from-the-fatosphere/#comment-14008 De, I have the EXACT same problem as you, and I feel your pain. 36DDD is almost big enough, so I sometimes just buy that size and pretend it fits because it is soooo hard to find something that really does. And I do not have a single buttondown shirt in my closet. So sad. De, I have the EXACT same problem as you, and I feel your pain. 36DDD is almost big enough, so I sometimes just buy that size and pretend it fits because it is soooo hard to find something that really does. And I do not have a single buttondown shirt in my closet. So sad.

]]> By: De http://manolobig.com/2008/04/06/bit-and-pieces-from-the-fatosphere/#comment-13943 De Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:53:35 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/04/06/bit-and-pieces-from-the-fatosphere/#comment-13943 First, how come, even though I've NEVER been there, when I try to go to 'the f-word'...it says I'm BANNED??! That's all that comes up "you are banned." Nothing else on a white page. :( Secondly, I am quite busty and usually cannot find anything at Lane Bryant that WILL cover my chest appropriately without being miles and miles too large everywhere else - I wear a 20 for my chest and a 16 for the rest of me! And I've never found a button down blouse that won't gap and also won't be two sizes too large. And the last time I was there a saleswoman even started to ARGUE with me about what size my chest is. I finally lifted my shirt and asked if it looked like my bra fit me*. She said yes, so I said "PLEASE READ THE TAG". When she saw that it said 38G she understood why I kept telling her that the DD bras just wouldn't fit. "Oh, you didn't look that big." Well. that's why I TOLD you. Going up a bandsize and down a cupsize also is useless, it doesn't make a bra fit! GRRRR. *I was in the dressing room mind you, not on the sales floor... First, how come, even though I’ve NEVER been there, when I try to go to ‘the f-word’…it says I’m BANNED??! That’s all that comes up “you are banned.” Nothing else on a white page. :(

Secondly, I am quite busty and usually cannot find anything at Lane Bryant that WILL cover my chest appropriately without being miles and miles too large everywhere else - I wear a 20 for my chest and a 16 for the rest of me! And I’ve never found a button down blouse that won’t gap and also won’t be two sizes too large.

And the last time I was there a saleswoman even started to ARGUE with me about what size my chest is. I finally lifted my shirt and asked if it looked like my bra fit me*. She said yes, so I said “PLEASE READ THE TAG”.
When she saw that it said 38G she understood why I kept telling her that the DD bras just wouldn’t fit.
“Oh, you didn’t look that big.”

Well. that’s why I TOLD you. Going up a bandsize and down a cupsize also is useless, it doesn’t make a bra fit! GRRRR.

*I was in the dressing room mind you, not on the sales floor…

]]> By: Jennie http://manolobig.com/2008/04/06/bit-and-pieces-from-the-fatosphere/#comment-13881 Jennie Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:30:13 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/04/06/bit-and-pieces-from-the-fatosphere/#comment-13881 Isn't it amazing how much we have learned to hate our bodies? I blame the separation of fat and thin. There is Lane Bryant next to the 0 thru 5 store (ok it's called 5-7-9 but lets get real...these are now considered fat sizes!) VFB I've always wanted your problem! So much easier to nip in a waist than to explain why there is 5 extra yards of fabric where boobs are suppose to be. And I really, really , really like my undies to match my bra. Being a tiny boobed (36 or 38 B) apple with a size 16 to 18 pant, this isn't possible unless buying the "nude" bra and approximately same colored support panties at a W*** or K* Mart. Or more fun, running between the plus department and misses department at a mall store. I want pretty matching lacy stuff! Dammit! And if a man wants to date a BBW, it's often for the assumption of Big Boobs! You never hear of the guys discussing the "awesome fine pot belly on that chick!" ? Isn’t it amazing how much we have learned to hate our bodies? I blame the separation of fat and thin. There is Lane Bryant next to the 0 thru 5 store (ok it’s called 5-7-9 but lets get real…these are now considered fat sizes!) VFB I’ve always wanted your problem! So much easier to nip in a waist than to explain why there is 5 extra yards of fabric where boobs are suppose to be. And I really, really , really like my undies to match my bra. Being a tiny boobed (36 or 38 B) apple with a size 16 to 18 pant, this isn’t possible unless buying the “nude” bra and approximately same colored support panties at a W*** or K* Mart. Or more fun, running between the plus department and misses department at a mall store. I want pretty matching lacy stuff! Dammit! And if a man wants to date a BBW, it’s often for the assumption of Big Boobs! You never hear of the guys discussing the “awesome fine pot belly on that chick!” ?

]]> By: VerseFameBeauty http://manolobig.com/2008/04/06/bit-and-pieces-from-the-fatosphere/#comment-13854 VerseFameBeauty Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:44:39 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/04/06/bit-and-pieces-from-the-fatosphere/#comment-13854 Wait, there's another side to that coin - what about us big girls with really huge boobs? I wear a 40JJ (no, that doesn't really exist most of the time), and I can't really fit in LB's I-cup (largest) bras, which incidentally are not available in stores. (Though I have a lot of B-cup big girl friends, which is why there are usually not many in stores-- they sell out like whoa.) I also wind up having to buy tops and jackets in a 22 or 24 when my waist is an 18 or 20, which inevitably makes me look HUGE. Don't even get me started on the empire-waist tops, *all* of which have the seam going right across, not under, my chest... unless it's a 28, in which case the shoulder seams come halfway to my elbows and I could almost wear the top as a dress... or a $40 sleep shirt. ::sigh:: Also, good recent blog post from the "fatosphere": http://alardoffmymind.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/the-wondrous-world-of-sex-with-non-thin-women/ Wait, there’s another side to that coin - what about us big girls with really huge boobs? I wear a 40JJ (no, that doesn’t really exist most of the time), and I can’t really fit in LB’s I-cup (largest) bras, which incidentally are not available in stores. (Though I have a lot of B-cup big girl friends, which is why there are usually not many in stores– they sell out like whoa.)

I also wind up having to buy tops and jackets in a 22 or 24 when my waist is an 18 or 20, which inevitably makes me look HUGE. Don’t even get me started on the empire-waist tops, *all* of which have the seam going right across, not under, my chest… unless it’s a 28, in which case the shoulder seams come halfway to my elbows and I could almost wear the top as a dress… or a $40 sleep shirt. ::sigh::

Also, good recent blog post from the “fatosphere”: http://alardoffmymind.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/the-wondrous-world-of-sex-with-non-thin-women/

]]> By: Krista http://manolobig.com/2008/04/06/bit-and-pieces-from-the-fatosphere/#comment-13831 Krista Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:06:14 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/04/06/bit-and-pieces-from-the-fatosphere/#comment-13831 I am one of the small boobed. Sigh. Trying to find bras is a pain in the tush, and a large majority of LB tops fit me oddly. On the other hand, I have the shoulders of a line backer, so sometimes when I find a shirt that fits me in the shoulders, it hangs off me like a tent. I need to learn to sew... I am one of the small boobed. Sigh. Trying to find bras is a pain in the tush, and a large majority of LB tops fit me oddly. On the other hand, I have the shoulders of a line backer, so sometimes when I find a shirt that fits me in the shoulders, it hangs off me like a tent.

I need to learn to sew…

]]> By: Jen http://manolobig.com/2008/04/06/bit-and-pieces-from-the-fatosphere/#comment-13822 Jen Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:37:27 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/04/06/bit-and-pieces-from-the-fatosphere/#comment-13822 You forgot to talk about this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=540732&in_page_id=1770&ct=5 You forgot to talk about this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=540732&in_page_id=1770&ct=5

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