My Main Shopping Plus Size Issue (What I Wear)

I love Chastity Garner. She is one of my favorite fashion bloggers.

I love her book, "The Curvy Girl's Guide to Style". It is a Must-Read. Last week, she released an open letter stating she will be boycotting Target stores for their lack of plus-size options in their designer collaboration sections. HERE is the letter. Of course, some think her boycott is petty. Some that are plus size, also. I saw one lady say “You can't get upset because they don’t want to make larger clothes”. *sigh* It’s not about forcing designers to make plus-size clothing. It is about inclusion and respect.

I, a plus-size shopper will not shop in places that act like their plus-size clothing is a secret. I’m not talking about stores that don’t sell plus-size clothing. They don’t bother me because I know where they stand. Everything I wear is not plus size. I wear a 7-1/2 Medium shoe. I can’t get and will buy a shoe anywhere. I’m talking about stores that say they sell plus-size clothing but you can’t just walk into their stores to purchase anything plus size. You have to go online or to their outlet stores only to purchase anything plus size. Old Navy was the first retailer that lost my dollar. They moved their plus-size line out of its stores to their website only. This

dress I bought in 2009 or 2010 is the last anything I bought from Old Navy. Yes, I, An Avid Online shopper will not shop at a store that has physical stores, that will force me to only shop online. The store H&M has Never seen any of my money. Maybe it is my area but the only place that has the plus-size line is the H&M outlet store. So, why does a store with more than online shopping options do that to a section of clothing buyers? They claim that their plus-size consumers were for the most part purchasing clothing online or in the outlet so that is why they only sell those lines in those places. Doing acts like this says to me that these stores want Fat Folk’s Money but Not in Their Stores. I may be wrong but that is how I feel. Well since, my clothing is not welcomed in the stores, those stores are not welcome to my money. Stores like these have even made me research every store that announces that they are starting selling plus-size clothing to see if that is in-store & online purchases or outlet/online only. If a store does not respect me enough for me to be seen in their store purchasing items, they don’t respect me.

I understand Ms. Garner’s plight. It won’t be hard for me to join her boycott, I’m not a major Target fan. It’s never the first place I think of when buying anything. Why should plus-size styles be limited in their stores? Like I said it is about respect. When the male underwear section is bigger than the Plus Size section, that is not respect. But if they won’t respect pleads for acceptable designer wear then make them respect the $$$$ that they will be missing from their stores

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