BBW as seen by fashion stores
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 01:10 pmWhile shopping and online-shopping lately, I've been seeing more and more stores with sections which pregnant women and fatties are herded off to, and those sections gave me valuable insights into the demands and needs of plus-size customers.
Fat women,
Fat women,
- Don't like clothes, or shopping, anyway, so there's really no need to waste a lot of space on them.
- Are never shorter or taller than the norm.
- Don't need a large variety of clothes, if their condition is temporary, and if it's permanent, they obviously don't care about looks and just need something to cover themselves up.
- Don't need clothes accentuating their body shape. Instead, clothes for those should still look like those for normal woman, just larger, or wide, tent-like, and flowing to hide their shapes as best as possible.
- Don't need a large variety of colours.
- Don't need clothes in vibrant colours, as fat and other undesirable people don't like to draw attention to themselves.
- Really love huge patterns.
- Don't need swimwear, obviously. Unless it's the temporarily-undesirable variety - there should always be one swimsuit for those.
- Obviously have money to spare judging from all the food they're always eating, so it's fine to charge €10 extra if the clothes are over the fatty limit.
- Don't need bigger bras than normal women.
- Don't need a large variety of lingerie, or particularly pretty lingerie. Changes in colour are enough, as any change from those white cotton panties is probably exciting enough a change for a fat person.
- Don't wear belts.
- Don't need office wear.
- Aren't really interested in stylish or modern clothes, because it's not as though they pay attention to looks in the first place.