Where my money will go.

Last Saturday I went to Torrid and had a blast. This Friday I went to Re/Dress for shopping and a book reading and had a wonderful time.  A few days ago I found out some retailers were going to stop carrying plus sizes.  Ann Taylor would stop selling their size 16 in stores (BFD, They practically out of business anyway), Bloomies would carry less in their store and so on and blah blah blah.  Department stores have been having less and less plus sizes in their store. For the costs savings? Probably not.  Stores such as Macy's started removing plus sizes long before the recession. I think a lot of fat people don't shop at many of these stores because they have no idea they ever even had plus sizes.

Truth is, I think they don't want fat people in their stores.  Fatties are for the discount stores, they aren't chic.  And retailers aren't interested in changing.

So I say, don't cater to us.  That's right, Bloomies, Old Navy, Macy's, Ann Taylor, please continue to cater to the small (pun intended) supermodel population.  I'll be at Re/dress, Torrid, Lane Bryant, Marshalls, Igigi, Lee Lee's Valise.  They can have all my hard earn money.   

I'll sit back and laugh while I watch the stores that won't cater to 66% of the population struggle to survive. 

Comments

[CTJen]

You're awesome. :-)

[JeanC]

My sentiments exactly. If they don't want my money, then they can't have it, not even for non-clothing purchases at the big department stores.

A couple weeks ago we finally wandered into the Torrid up in Spokane. Even tho most of their fashions are too young for me (I'm 47), I was able to find a couple of cute tank tops (on sale no less) and saw they had a number of items I would have loved to have gotten if the budget had allowed at the time. We also discovered they have hosiery that fits, so now I know where I can get stockings :)

So my money goes to Torrid, Fashion Bug Plus and Shopko (lots of great casual stuff for a decent price). Unlike Target, our local Shopkos have plus sections overflowing with items, while the last time I was in Target, the plus clothes were down to two racks :P

[Kari]

I came across this post on the FatoSphere RSS feed-thing and...

I read this and found it hilarious. I mean, you're absolutely right. In a few years (or even months!), Ann Taylor and the rest who cut back on plus sizes are scratching their heads wondering HOW in the world Torrid and all those other "fat brands" are doing so well. Then they'll do another "trying a plus-sized line" again. Who knows if history will repeat itself then.