tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416833806445731623.post1888230498187936334..comments2023-04-26T04:38:35.862-05:00Comments on Schoolmarm Sense: Notes to the Fashion Industry: Or, Why I love SewingChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12834762246711795107noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416833806445731623.post-35376821482927507872008-01-15T21:02:00.000-06:002008-01-15T21:02:00.000-06:00Macy's should know better than that.Macy's should know better than that.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12834762246711795107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416833806445731623.post-45380708965593896922008-01-15T11:32:00.000-06:002008-01-15T11:32:00.000-06:00I am so grateful that one of my mom's friends had ...I am so grateful that one of my mom's friends had the patience to teach me how to alter the majority of the clothes already in my closet.<BR/><BR/>While I've been losing the "spare tire", there are certain, ahem, features that aren't getting any smaller. Meaning, I still have to shop in the plus size for tops, but end up with boxy (not foxy) looking shirts. However, I can dart and shorten to an appropriate length.<BR/><BR/>I hear ya on the lack of variety in plus sizes, Amy. I just went to Macy's with my sisters this weekend. I saw lots of cute stuff...in the misses. Roughly 25% of that was translated into plus sizes. The rest of the plus size tops look like they were designed by Omar the Tentmaker. They had no shape and were not flattering at all.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12321214585428808525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416833806445731623.post-73427967858755307202008-01-14T18:25:00.000-06:002008-01-14T18:25:00.000-06:00Yes, fortunately in recent years plus sizes have b...Yes, fortunately in recent years plus sizes have become a little bit more accomodating. Petites and talls slightly so. <BR/><BR/>The great pity is that the selection is still lousy compared to what one finds in the Junior or Misses departments. The stores will carry maybe half of their designes in specialty sizes, so we still have to shop all over the store just to find an outfit that works.<BR/><BR/>Why do we need separate sections for all of these "special" sizes, anyway? Why not simplify and have all of the different sizes and cuts in one area?<BR/><BR/>The sewing machine is still way better. I can spend a quiet Saturday afternoon in my craft room and from cutting to hemming make myself a pair of slacks for work in less than 5 hours. A trip to the mall would take me at least that long, would be terribly tiring, and would probably yield nothing.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12834762246711795107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416833806445731623.post-13024245144938774612008-01-14T16:11:00.000-06:002008-01-14T16:11:00.000-06:00The back waist of a pair of jeans should not leave...<I>The back waist of a pair of jeans should not leave enough extra space for me to carry a sandwich. </I><BR/><BR/>Ha! You're absolutely right.<BR/><BR/>Likewise, plus-sized girls are young too. Many of them have to work jobs where professional (or at least business casual) clothing is required. Often, our only two options in clothing are dressing like a lady of negotiable affection or dressing like we're 80.<BR/><BR/>I don't want to dress like a grandma until I *am* a grandmother (and even then...not so much).<BR/><BR/>Thankfully, I *do* have Lane Bryant to fall back on...Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913350782739004678noreply@blogger.com