Jean Shopping.... oh kill me now.

Single and Picky commented on my last entry about where to find jeans.

As I'm typing away on my reply to her, I found myself deciding this should be a new entry.... more so cos I got carried away. So here we go.

I usually shop for my jeans at Reitmans, $36 - $70.
They have a petite plus section that does NOT have flowers and bedazzle shit all over their clothes.
I've always wondered why plus size stores do that? Draw more attention to the fact I'm girthy??? Lame.

When I was size 16 and below, I LOVED the Gaps boot but jeans in petite. About $90 but so worth it.

Another friend swears by Lee's Jeans. She wrote a blog about being short and girthy etc, finding jeans to be attractive and fit over her mum belly, and still be age appropriate and stylish etc.
A PR Rep for Lee's Jeans contacted her, then sent her a few pair to try out, and write a review.
She LOVES THEM. Well two of the three pairs. And although they sent their petite size to her, she still had to get them hemmed a little. But regardless she loves them and spends her money on them.

I have a round ass, booty, junk in the trunk. Call it whatever you want, but no matter what my weight is, I have a round ample ass and curves. So searching the perfect jeans can result in a lot of bitching and feeling horrible about yourself cos the sizing of some of these jeans I swear to gawd were fitted on a child, not a real plus size woman. Add being short, its a whole other ball game.

Ya I watch What Not To Wear, and I have learned a bit from the fabulous Stacy and handsome Clinton.
However, I do not live in New York City, I live in Vancouver and being plus size, its fairly limited to where I can shop for pants.

I know of three stores that are reasonably affordable for most people. 
Reitmans, Additional Elle, Penningtons. 
Down fall of that, they all carry the exact same stuff!!! Fail.  Additional Elle is advertised as a high end plus store. It's not. They just hike up the prices for the same items that are carried elsewhere with a different tag on it.   I work in fashion, (no I'm not a designer) but I am behind the scenes, and see the results of our trips to Europe for sample buying, and what we do it afterwards. It's all the same stuff.

Hey Designers!!!
Please design plus size jeans using plus woman. And not the women who are 6 feet and a size 10, that is not a plus size, that is just proportionate for their height and weight. Preferably not in traditional sizes but by waist and length. Life would be grand.

Not sizing out a 16 then adding 2 inches to every size moving forward. That is not the reality of real women's body types or shapes. And please please please bring back a lighter colour denim. Ya ya we know dark denim is flattering, but it also limits our options for pants to wear and different looks if everything pass a size 14 is dark. Plus size women want variety too. Who knew?

You already do that you say?
Well maybe, but not past a size 14. Oh and while you're at it, cos we have girthy thighs, please re-enforce the thigh part of the jeans to last more than a few months of regular wear. Love SJD. aka, Just Saying.

Remind me again when being any double digit in clothing became a plus size and then to add insult to injury, became a crime.  I understand that designers love to use 00 size models cos the clothes fall better with fabrics etc. However realistically, the real women out there range in many many sizes, and most of us can not afford to spend $170 for a pair of pants even though they will fit properly.
I will pay up to $100 for jeans if they last, fit, etc..

Places to shop for Jeans or dress pants for plus size women.
Reitmans.
The Gap.
Lee's.
Forever 21 (if you can find your size).
Cleo's (petite store for 5'4 and under)- Although I don't think many exist anymore.

Now bra's on the other hand. This is a task hard enough that I'm usually short of throwing myself on the ground, kicking, screaming and crying. Bra's are ugly. They're more like armour than a sexy piece of under clothing to support our puppies from being all jiggly. We want lift, solid support and pretty fabrics and colours. Black, White, Nude, are all fine for the basics.  In addition to feeling like rocks stars that we are, we also like to feel like women with sex appeal when we put on our under garments.

Where can you find a PRETTY bra that has FULL SUPPORT for well endowed and/or plus size women.

If anyone out there can recommend where to shop for great quality bras and jeans in a plus size, hit me up!
I want to hear from you.

For the record these are my stats:
Height - 5'2 (American or oversea readers will have to convert this yourself into cm).
Bra - 40DD
Pants - size 18
Tops -  L, XL
Shoes & Boots -  7.5-8
Weight -  just shy of 200 lbs. (Again convert into stones or kg).
Surprisingly I carry it really well for my size, thank gawd for curves to proportion it all.