MISSING: High-end, plus-sized fashion for suburban women
by Patrice Poltzer
Nov 06, 2007
Found in Chicago's Medill Reports
Lizzie Pugliani, 27, loves shopping for fashionable clothes.
Like many women her age, the olive-skinned, fashion-savvy brunette scours the fashion magazines reading up on the latest designer duds and runway trends.
But there is, literally, one marked difference between Pugliani shopping for designer clothing and other young women shopping for designer clothing. The Park Ridge native is a size 14.
And in the world of high-end fashion, that size is virtually nonexistent.
"It is extremely frustrating because you are limited," said Pugliani. "All the stuff you see in magazine, you just know it’s damn near impossible to get really fashionable items in my size."
What also has been damn near impossible is locating a suburban boutique that carries high-end, plus-sized clothing. If such a shop is out there, there are plus-sized fashionistas looking for you!
And while stores such as Lane Bryant, Nordstrom and Torrid offer high-quality, plus-sized clothing at reasonable prices, where are all the hipster, one-of-a-kind boutiques for plus-sized women who want to drop some serious cash on clothes? (more...)
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It seems to me that the fashion industry would be rushing to fill this gap, and that boutique owners would be shifting to accommodate the New Normal. We represent a dilemma, ladies!
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Plus Size Shopping Glut in Suburbia
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I can totally sympathise, albeit in a different way. I find getting jeans that fit me a complete nightmare. It seems that shops only stock ONE size and everyone else can just forget about it as far as they are concerned. It is so frustrating and limits me to the generic highstreet brands, where I'd much rather wear the cool 'designer' stuff, but it just isn't in my size! It's not fair!
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