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amother

Sunflower

Sun, Mar 10 2024, 10:15 pm

try impact fashion for size inclusive options and great customer service

amother

Pink

Sun, Mar 10 2024, 10:17 pm

amother Forestgreen wrote:

I was at Beautiful in Monsey today. The owner is a doll of a woman and helped me so much. I'm also pregnant, and hate the regular maternity stores especially at plus sized. She gave me a few beautiful dresses to try and I went home with a something I actually feel good in. I highly recommend this store.

Agreed! Had such a nice experience there last summer. Wonderful store

amother

Pink

Sun, Mar 10 2024, 10:33 pm

amother OP wrote:

When you're severely overweight clothes shopping is a drag. Inventory is more limited, and you have to go through so many try-ons to find something you look passable in. You feel like poop remembering the good old days when everything you put on looked pretty darn good and the hardest part of shopping was narrowing down what to take home and what to leave behind. You stand there critiquing ever lump and bump on your oversized body. You wonder what's wrong with the people designing clothes for your size - they all seem to be some sausage casing for you to squeeze into in an attempt to dress like your skinny friends, or they are moomoos that make you feel like a beached whale.
But today insult was added to injury. Three of the four stores I went to shop in informed me they are no longer carrying plus sizes.
So yay, no I move from a bad shopping experience to a no shopping experience. I get the joy of doing all (ok most) of my shopping online so I can try on a hundred things at my house and after I'm thoroughly depressed I can have the task of packaging up and returning by mail 98 of those 100 things. Woohoo!
Thanks, world.
Rant done.

I have never seen so much negativity on the site as I have anywhere else about body image. Ladies what do you expect after having babies and living full lives? We have emunah for everything else but somehow being above a size 10 is a death sentence. It's really sad and depressing!! Why are we defining ourselves about how we look in clothing? I am literally baffled at how the frum world is so so obsessed with this. Okay end rant.

Now you asked for stores so here you go-
D-rama
Mayas place
Fame
Swuun
Impact Fashion
Mimu maxi
Snoga athletics
Japarrel
Solika
Pashmina
Beautiful boutique in Monsey
Sorority in Lakewood
Oasis in BK
There's one in BP I forget what it's called

If you're on Instagram look up my friend Alyssa Goldwater. She is a plus size queen with amazing fashion sense and many reels on this topic/stores and her own journey.

Alwaysmiling

Sun, Mar 10 2024, 10:48 pm

amother Pink wrote:

Agreed! Had such a nice experience there last summer. Wonderful sore

Another vote for them! amazing service and clothing.

amother

Forestgreen

Sun, Mar 10 2024, 10:51 pm

amother Pink wrote:

Agreed! Had such a nice experience there last summer. Wonderful store

I never even knew about this store! So happy I went.

amother

Candycane

Sun, Mar 10 2024, 10:56 pm

Can people post links please for short obese women? The links posted upthread all have fitted waists which I can't do.
I live oot so can't go to the stores.
Thanks

amother

Grape

Sun, Mar 10 2024, 11:06 pm

https://www2.hm.com/en_us/prod......html

https://www2.hm.com/en_us/prod......html

Got both in a XL. (I'm a 2x in target brand). Looks great. No shell needed

amother

Pink

Sun, Mar 10 2024, 11:12 pm

amother Candycane wrote:

Can people post links please for short obese women? The links posted upthread all have fitted waists which I can't do.
I live oot so can't go to the stores.
Thanks

See my post above about the stores

amother

Sun, Mar 10 2024, 11:25 pm

amother Grape wrote:

https://www2.hm.com/en_us/productpage.1213391003.html

https://www2.hm.com/en_us/prod......html

Got both in a XL. (I'm a 2x in target brand). Looks great. No shell needed

I love these dresses. Not sure they will suit me though. I feel like those flowing dresses make me look even bigger. See, this is what I'm talking about.... I want to go try them on in a fitting room. Not order, try on, and hope I ever find time to go to a post office and return.

amother

Springgreen

Mon, Mar 11 2024, 8:47 am

Junee in monsey just moved all their plus size stuff up to the second floor.

amother

Springgreen

Mon, Mar 11 2024, 8:58 am

Beutiful in monsey is great store but I can't afford to shop there for everyday stuff. If I have a close simcha or some other major event I would definitely check them out and I always find there.
I usually end up order stuff by shein and returning 75% of stuff.

Separate ANNOYING thing about frum clothing being SO OFF WITH SIZING
I remember as a pre-teen/teen crying in the dressing room that I need an XXL when in Macy's I was a M or L
As an adult it is upsetting and when I get home from a shopping experience I am in a terrible mood. . But I can't handle it for all the self conscious young teens who haven't yet learned to be comfortable in their own skin and they need a 3x or 4x when they are really an xL

amother

Forestgreen

Mon, Mar 11 2024, 12:46 pm

amother Springgreen wrote:

Yeah it's pricey, I got for a wedding. But for weekdays, h&m & even Amazon have beautiful stuff. Macy's too.
When I was a very "normal" size I never shopped in Jewish stores because I felt so horrible about the sizing. Like at h&m I would've been a small / medium and Jewish stores x large 😐

Bnei Berak 10

Mon, Mar 11 2024, 1:01 pm

Can someone please explain why Jewish stores have teeny tiny sizes?

amother

Brunette

Mon, Mar 11 2024, 2:12 pm

Bnei Berak 10 wrote:

Can someone please explain why Jewish stores have teeny tiny sizes?

Chinese sizing runs small, narrow and flat.
Also, the less fabric, the less costs on their end.

amother

Pearl

Mon, Mar 11 2024, 2:21 pm

groisamomma wrote:

Do NOT let your self-esteem depend on frum sizing! I’m an 8 in shirts in the real world and I wear Junees XXL 😂. For Point shirts I come in at a L or XL, I can’t remember. Polka Dot sizing is a comedy show, I’m a 1XL as of last summer.

The sizing is a joke. Please don’t let it get to you!

Thanks for the info. There's a polka dot outlet sale in RBS tomorrow (never heard of them until today) and was considering going. I'm a nonjewish XL so I guess I'll just forget about that.

Do they sell Daniella Faye where you live? Her stuff are not frum sizing and she goes to 3XL. I know she's been shipping alot to stores in the USA....

amother

Pink

Mon, Mar 11 2024, 2:52 pm

amother Pearl wrote:

I recently moved from rbs. I found some beautiful things at tamari and they had 2x and 3x. Not cheap but worth feeling good!

amother

Pearl

Mon, Mar 11 2024, 2:59 pm

amother Pink wrote:

I recently moved from rbs. I found some beautiful things at tamari and they had 2x and 3x. Not cheap but worth feeling good!

I am happy with Daniella Faye and lord kitsch, much cheaper. Sometimes Mila fits me too.

amother

Pink

Mon, Mar 11 2024, 3:10 pm

amother Pearl wrote:

I am happy with Daniella Faye and lord kitsch, much cheaper. Sometimes Mila fits me too.

Daniella Faye is definitely not cheaper than what I suggested. They sell her stuff there lol

amother

PlumPink

Mon, Mar 11 2024, 4:52 pm

amother OP wrote:

I feel you, oh girl I feel you.

amother

Butterscotch

Mon, Mar 11 2024, 5:48 pm

amother Brunette wrote:

Chinese sizing runs small, narrow and flat.
Also, the less fabric, the less costs on their end.

Chinese sizing is based on the average sizes of Chinese people. It really doesn't make sense to use it for clothes marketed primarily toward Americans or Europeans.

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