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I usually wear men's clothes, and Wal-Mart specials, and Salvation Army treasures. smile Today, it was my mom's b-day, so we went shopping. I found a little black dress that made me look soooo hot, and a pair of chocolate brown stretch jeans that looked awesome. I was extra happy, cause the dress was marked down from $59.99, to $9.99!!! SCORE!! Where do you find good clothes that fit, that aren't overpriced because they're 'plus sized'?

Torrid. It's a store like hottopic, only for plus sized ladies. biggrin I think Mia Tyler models for them. 3nodding (and might I add, she's hawt.)

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Shopping for clothes is one of the things I hate the most in life.

Therefore, I wear my clothing until it falls apart.

If I'm absolutely forced to go shopping, I'll grab cargo jeans at wal-mart, white wife-beater shirts, and flannel overshirts.

Walmart does tend to have fairly low-priced clothing for us bigger people, which is a good thing.
I just get embarrassed when I'm shopping.
I refuse to use fitting rooms.
If it doesn't fit, I'll bring it back the next day.

Fitting rooms are almost a phobia of mine >.<

Yeah, I forced myself to look in one of those stupid triple mirrors. Normally that sight would send me flying back out of the fitting room going 'Nonononono!!!' but since it didn't look too bad, for once, I had to buy that dress. that, and being fifty dollars cheaper than it started. xd

Hmmm..i'm definitely a Wally world shopper..and Big Dogs has some pretty cool stuff..but I love dogs and all so yea...man are there sweaters comfy!

Agreed...I love that store. My sis might be getting a job there. DISCOUNT!

I usually shop at Torrid for shirts and Kohl's for pants.. I LOVE their pants.. mainly 'cause they're long enough for me.. it's hard to find that.. since I am 5'11"... Torrid's pants are usually too short on me, which really sucks.. this reminds me, I need to go there for some clothes this weekend 'cause I have some career day/ scholorship interviews.

Okay, I just looked at Torrid online. They had NOTHING that is actually designed to flatter a larger woman. It may fit, but that doesn't mean it looks good. Any woman with large shoulders should really not wear things that are strapless or have teeny tiny straps that make their shoulders look like they are wearing football pads. Or anything remotely resembling a horizontal stripe. Which is what half to three quarters of their stuff is. It was designed by skinny people, who don't understand the concept that larger women don't want to look 'just like them' , they want clothes that look good on their bodies. Being big is great, but you should still dress to make yourself look as good as you can. If you want to emphasize how big you are, okay, fine. But most of the large women I know, myself included, want to look good by not emphasizing anything other than the color of our hair, eyes or complexion. A wide stripe across my hips does not make me want to buy something from them. It just doesn't look good.