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So does every other designer
I don't actually think that's true. Most middle- to high-end designers don't go above a snug 14 (which is the average dress size for a New Zealand woman). If the garment is made of a stretchy fabric and you're on the borderline you might be able to squeeze into it, but otherwise fuggedaboudit.
(The designers at Moa also do a range for rounder folk, which I appreciate. Some of their clothes actually go over my boobs, which is... unusual.)
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@Damian When I first saw this post I was thinking it might be about, you know, that St Patrick's Day is a bit wack really.
It'd be quite nice to drop it in favour of a new faux celebration for an unrelated country. Personally I'd like Modova if possible as it has a nice Tintin'y ring about it. August 27th people, put it in your calendars.
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Yeah Danielle's right. Oddly, the same thing's started happening in menswear of late too. As the ultra skinny jeans came back in for guys a few years back, I started noticing with certain labels, who catered for that sort of look, I was needing an XL, where normally I'd be a medium or maybe a large (anyone who's met me knows I've hardly got a bouncer's proportions). But as Little Brother has found out, if you make clothes for young styley kids who have no money, you go out of business.
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@ Jackie (and anyone else interested)
Haven't been myself, but have seen the clothing on, there is The Carpenter's Daughter (TCD) shop at the end of Mt Eden Rd,turn left, down a bit (opp Stacks Furniture) on Mt Albert Rd. They cater for the fuller figure.I suspect you may like it.Worth a try.Also over Mt Albert Rd along Dominion Rd on the right was a womens shop for the fuller figure and seen that stuff on a friend and it was really fine. -
@Sofie - I know you're just making a recommendation, but isn't the point that fashion labels should really be catering for the general bell-curve (I guess in more than one sense) of the human population? I'm 5'9", which is average height, but I wouldn't expect to have to go to one of those 'big and tall' shops if I was an inch or three taller. The Carpenter's Daughter and 'Precious Vessels' (love that one, its by-line is 'clothing for significant women' should ideally be reserved for people who are in danger of having to be surgically removed from their sofas...
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@Peter - you're on. And yes, it was really hard, trying to find a place to get pissed on a Tuesday and getting the balance right between places that were completely dead, and places that were teeming with idiots in green hats.
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Bring back the dandy, I say, and open up the range of options for menswear. No matter whose watch it is.
Then Black magazine (whatever that is) has the look for you.
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I know you're just making a recommendation, but isn't the point that fashion labels should really be catering for the general bell-curve (I guess in more than one sense) of the human population?
Yep and we do have some in NZ. Moa has 5 designers and they do consider the hour glass figure,( ok, bell curve) also Trelise Cooper caters to that , and the jeans you mentioned have always come in super taper, 3 different lengths and way up there in the waist department. The 508 that was around several years back was a levis design catering to a NZ customer and was only made here which was an international label considering our nations needs. My mention of a couple of alternatives to that was because there are labels out there that are catering and if everyone started doing it.... then common as muck and in a dog eat dog world, fashion labels seem a perfect example of wanting to be top dog so perception wins and that is slim. just sayin'
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Hi Sofie - Carpenters' Daughter and Precious Vessels are faves from time to time, and I have patronised Extra Elegance (that one on Mt Albert Rd) - and there are alternatives out there. I like my body, and I would quite like it if designers liked it too. I don't despair or feel bad about myself if I can't find my size, and years ago, when I had alot of disposable income, I used to make it very plain to the salespeople that I was very sad they couldn't help me spend the thousands I had to spend each season. (I used to enjoy that, truth be told). I do think, however, that it would behove more mainstream designers to make their clothes in larger sizes. I mean if Caroline from TCD can cater to women her size and larger, I don't see why Liz and Neville can't make beautiful clothes for the significant women in NZ!
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I like my body, and I would quite like it if designers liked it too.
I guess I just thought of the likes of TCD as designers and they did like your body which is why they make what they do. I do not see them as being any different from other designers.. Perhaps it is just that we always hear about Cooper, World, and Sylvester etc. as being NZ's lot but it's just not true, It takes all sorts on our wee planet just gotta find what best suits your way of life and at least (almost)everyone in NZ has choice but what do I know?
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I'll take you clothes shopping with me one day, Sofie. A lot of women over size 18 get very depressed about the whole thing. If you are under a certain size, you get to go into any shop at all, and know that there will be things that will fit you. I, on the other hand, can go into only a few places to find clothes that fit and it is likely that they will be miles apart from each other. I spend alot of time sitting on designer chairs in Ponsonby Rd when I'm with certain friends. There is choice - it would be nice, however, if it were a lot less limited.
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I would add, of course, that there are far bigger problems that we all have to overcome everyday. Clothes, from my perspective, rate fairly low on the things that make you fret scale.
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Of course, wearing it with matching trousers and a tie makes one look as if one were Roger Stirling heading off for a three-Martini lunch: but I'd much rather that than look like I was heading off to a team meeting at Wernham Hogg,
Tom, we addressed this issue in Emma's comments and concluded that dressing like Roger Sterling was a fine thing, and wearing a tie facilitates Joan Holloway-types literally pulling you off to lead you astray.
As to this whole plus size thing, oh, I'm too drunk to care much. Except to say that I hate that the exchange rate is so bung, because at least torrid.com acknowledges that you can be fat and also like to display your curves.
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I'll take you clothes shopping with me one day, Sofie.
Thanks but no thanks girl. I worked with fashion in 3 malls in 2 countries over 14 years and I swore I would avoid the likes of clothes shopping for the rest of my life.:)
Clothes, from my perspective, rate fairly low on the things that make you fret scale.
Innit.
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Damian, I believe you're being called a friend o the tories (comment#1).
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Damian, I believe you're being called a friend o the tories (comment#1).
Surely the commenter isn't referring to Julie Christie of Touchdown TV?
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Probably, but I couldn't resist. :)
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God knows - Julie Christie doesn't exactly have "a position" at TVNZ, she runs a production company. But I'm not going to fret about the opinion of someone called "Socialist Craig". Because, of course, I heart Tories.
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Because, of course, I heart Tories.
Yay...
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jb,
I'd look to see what Gareth Morgan's doing and get in his slipstream
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