As a plus size woman I have something controversial, potentially shameful to admit

[Notbeinfunnehbut]

…I don’t hate cold shoulders!!!
on tops , dresses,
I sometimes quite like them!
plain,floral , palm leaf tropical patterns in every colour 😧

runs and hides 😆

I shall hide with you! I like them!
Not the palm tree prints though...

I agree with everyone.

And tiny pockets on the boob. Just why?

This funny. I hate cold shoulder tops. I am 56 FFS.

Lands End do v neck tops up to a size 26 with a lifetime guarantee. Anything not to your liking? send it back.

I am fat and doing something about it, however I do have thyroid disease but eat like a horse! Great skin though.

I'm fat and it aint nothing to do with food.

all about the booze

I agree completely! I am eternally on the look out for these!

Is it time for llamas yet?
Or Alpaca My Suitcase type tops?

Can somebody PLEASE explain what this has to do with being "plus size"?

I agree, they are really old fashioned now, didn't last long, it's all puffy sleeves now.

So what do people do with these "passé" clothes? Just never wear them again? Throw them away? Give them to a charity shop so poor people can look "passé"?

I'll admit I don't give a shiny shit whats "in" or "out" and wear what suits me, look after my clothes and keep them for years, but I'm genuinely curious what people who actually care about this stuff do with clothes that they've basically worn for a season.

Absolutely, and while they're at that, make jeans or jeggings with a high waist AND long legs. Most womens trousers go to a 29 inch leg, occasionally 31 if they even do long. My legs are 34inches and I want a bit longer than that.

I know long tall Sally exists but the prices are out of my reach usually.

Can somebody PLEASE explain what this has to do with being "plus size"?

Isn't it because plus sized women already have a much reduced choice of clothes (because many designers/shops stop at 14 or 16)? So if you're smaller you have a much wider range of non-cold shoulder tops whereas we have to make do with the same old shit season after season by lazy designers who just think we will wear butterflies and appliqué for the rest of our lives.

Yep...drives me nuts.

I also - and this may or may not be controversial - really like a 3/4 length sleeve but they seem to be as rare as hens teeth too.

I have a few cold shoulder tops lurking in my wardrobe...one is lovely, the others are probably destined for recycling.

Intrugueddotcom who put 50p in the dickhead?

I don't want cold shoulders, I want nice shirts or plain t-shirts that aren't made of clingy material or oversized. I don't want wacky prints or slogans. I am not a wall.

Former plus size here and I prefer plus size fashion ,😳😳 I wish they did smaller sizes the youngish fashion is too revealing of the bits I don't like. 🤣

Cold shoulders are awful. The tan lines for starters. And they make me look like a rugby player.

I have a couple of the black longline V neck holy grail tops, but to be honest they aren’t that flattering. They make my body look long and legs look short. But they are super comfy. One was from George and one from Simply Be, both from a couple of years ago.

@NashvilleQueen I see your tiny pocket on the boob and raise you the double tiny pocket - one on each boob. Tried a top on recently with this and had to discard because it looked like I had square nipples.
Cold shoulder tops not my thing but I’m SO FED UP of finding a dress and it looking so lovely at the front, turning it around and finding a massive hole in the back. I can’t go braless!!!
I know they’ve also been mentioned before but the bloody adornment that goes onto T-shirts drives me mad as well, I don’t want sparkles or stars or words, I just want plain!

M&S had a massive range of plain basic T-shirts recently. I got a longer length black one there.

I am a size 8 but I love a cold shoulder. I wore them to get all 3 of my covid vaccines and they are quite handy. My DH told the nurse proudly that this is my 'special' vaccination dress, he thought it was designed for people to get injections!

I have a skinny friend that lives in them.
They look shit on the slim too
Awful, awful trend

Have a look at places like Yours and you will be overwhelmed by cold shoulder, shitty slogans, diamanté shit and fucking butterflies.

And all the tops will be too short because they also assume plus size women are short too.

Most T-shirts in Evans are like a fucking crop top on me.

Thank god that things have got better. I'm actually getting some nice summer
stuff in Next and Sainsburys. Plus more brands are doing plus size so I can wear jeans again as Evans etc never fitted me.

yes why don't they do tall AND large ranges? I saw a size 4 36" leg pair of jeans recently. surely women are more likely to be size 20 with 36" leg?

agree high round necks are awful, the boob pocket... why? maybe for us to keep a snack which we're obviously constantly eating. The slogans "This girl can".

I'm not plus sized but I'm short and middle aged - fashion designers really hate us.

I'm with you on hatred for the cold shoulder - it serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever and isn't particularly flattering on about 95% of women. Also NO, NON and NEIN to the deep V - if you're short like me then a deep V finishes below your bra line and exposes your bra-encased norks to the world.

I love them, but then I think my shoulders are my best feature !!

@40andlols
You have just made me laugh out loud. Pocket for a snack!
Ditto double breasted jackets. Ffs I am double breasted.
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