To think clothes shops should have more plus sizes available?

[somekindoflife]

I am going shopping soon with one of my friends and she is plus sized (about a size 26.)

It's going to be difficult as she has to get most of her clothes online which means a normal activity most people enjoy is in a sense denied to her.

Most shops only go up to an 18. AIBU to think they should introduce a range of plus sizes?

It is just supply and demand. There are usually very few/no sizes 6-8 clothes in shops as well. I just accept I am a 'non standard' size and of course most of the stock will be aimed at the majority of women, therefore sizes 10-16 will prevail.

It does not make me feel 'a normal activity most people enjoy is in a sense denied to me', I do think that is a touch OTT & victimy. There will be some clothes for your friend, just not as many, same as for me.

It is hardly the end of the world, now it is so easy to shop on line and as mentioned up thread, if you want the shopping experience there are lots of shoes, handbags, scarfs, accessories etc to peruse.

Do people really enjoy shopping that much that they see it as a leisure activity?

osmi would love to know where you shop I NEVER find 10/12 clothes in sales it's all size 6 and size 16

I don't think very large clothing should be easily available in every store in my head it would give morbidly obese people less of a reason to get rid of the weight.

The same as super tiny clothes im a size 12/14 and went into usc the other day and virtually everything wasin a size 6 or 8 and even size4..
I remember when I was younger that size 8 was very small and I dont remember ever seeing size 6 clothes!!!?

I do think that only being able to buy large clothing online doesn't encourage weight loss either and walking round the shops is healthier.

I guess theres no win really

Blooming - do you really think most people would say "oh I can get big clothes no need to worry about my weight?" do you think most obese people are happy like that?

Why not just make large people wear special fat shaming uniforms and have done with it

We need to remember that shops are out to make money. They don't, and never will, use moral practices, do stocking larger clothes for the sake of including obese people ain't gonna happen if they aren't making money. Similarly if loads of plus size clothes flew off the shelves then they'd sell lots and wouldn't give a shit of it was 'condoning obesity'. Shops are not our friends people!

They are friends of obese people if they sell.em clothes and dont care about trying to fat shame them.

Fanjo I think you're missing the point and taking this all too personally, people are saying that it's supply and demand and that it's not ok to be morbidly obese. No one has said the OPs friend is a bad person for being fat and deserves to be punished, they are just saying it's unhealthy and she can do something about it. What's wrong with that?

I don't understand why people are ascribing a moral value to shops either stocking or not stocking large sizes. They can obviously do what they like. Anyone who thinks nice plus size clothes are a disincentive to lose weight is severely lacking in imagination (or possibly intelligence) though.

There is a similar lack of understanding whenever someone starts a thread on vanity sizing. There's no "official" or "correct" size 12, shops may size as they please!

Personally I hate shopping and buy all my clothes (size 14) on-line.

I am not taking it personally.

Am not morbidly obese.

Who's fat shaming?! Unless all the plus sized clothes are embroidered with fat insults nobody is being fat shamed.

I'll say it again - shops are out to make money. Not many people are a size 26 so they aren't gonna make many size 26 clothes

Some comments on this thread were disgusting

I can only see one post where I thought the comments were harsh.

You don't think people basically saying shops shouldn't cater for larger people because they shouldn't be that size and it normalises it aren't fat shaming?

I fully appreciate the supply and demand aspect, but to suggest places shouldn't offer things as some sort of moral stance against obesity is wrong on many levels.

I have the opposite problem. I'm tiny, 4'11 and a size 6. I have to buy clothes online or buy from the kids section. I'm not underweight, I'm just naturally very petite.

I've just come to accept it. I'm not the "norm"

I find it hard to feel sympathetic to the being no size 26 clothes in stores. It's only very recently that I've been able to contemplate buying trousers and long skirts etc on the high street as I have long legs. I was unable to buy any long length maternity wear at all.

Supply and demand, pure and simple.

No I don't mean it like that.

Its hard to get whats in my head out without it sounding wrong.

Hence why I said there is no win..

my post about the small clothes kind of gets to the point that even those who are size 12/14 16 have less clothes made for them now times are changing. Give it 20 years and someone will be posting aibu to want clothes shops to stock size 16?.

I can't see a win.

And let's be honest its not that larger sizes aren't available anywhere I agree with what other posters say they are out to make money why stock sizes they won't sell... and why would anyone want to encourage shops that only cater for morbidly obese people? the same way no one would encourage a store for those with anorexia etc being that large is an eating disorder I wouldn't want to encourage it.

not that I think those of that disposition want to be overweight.

Although again some people do! Anyone see that program fat birds and there feeders? There happy to be large health riskingly so.

But again im not sat here saying "I think fat people ahould have only horrible clothes made available so that they lose weight" am I..

It's very hard to get clothes on the high street outside of sizes 10 to 16. Very annoying as I am 5'1" ish and size 6 but with my business head on, I just have to recognise space is at a premium, they need to fill the floor with the clothes that are most likely to sell. So as annoying as it is, most people are not size 6 or 26 so why would they chew into their profitability. Still annoying though!

Why is it wrong to point out that someone is dangerously overweight? I've never understood that? It's not normal or healthy to be that large.

And do you think people don't know that Rhine? Why do you need to point it out to them?

I might e considered unreasonable, but I don't think clothes should be made available in bigger sizes. If they weren't available then people might not get so big! Our nation is getting bigger and bigger and it's horrible. Our kids are the first generation who will not live as long as their parents.

I have wide feet, I can never find shoes in styles I like that are wide enough for me.

This means that a normal activity most people enjoy is in a sense denied to me.

AIBU to think shoe retailers should introduce a range wider sizes?

I'm a lovely warm, generous, kind person who would do anything for anybody don't I deserve nice shoes.

Suzannewithaplan yes you do deserve nice shoes! Wide feet is genetic and there is nothing you can do to change that! But my daughter has narrow feet and struggles to find nice sandals. Shoe manufacturers cater for average feet!

Why is it wrong to point out that someone is dangerously overweight? I've never understood that? It's not normal or healthy to be that large.

Not at all and you are a truly wonderful, caring and remarkable person to point it out to them. It would be shocking if they hadn't realised until you came along, who knows what would happen, they could blithely continue on their way without ever knowing. Well done. If I had a badge saying 'citizen of the year' I would award it to you. Keep up the good work.