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Plus size 32 upwards, retail websites, please?

33 replies

Gawjus · 28/08/2024 16:32

'Yours', Evans, Simply Be and Curvewow say they cater for dress sizes up to 36 but in reality 95% of their clothes stop at size 32.

I know about Ulla Popken.

Are there any other online retailers for ladies over a plus size 32?

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Bignanna · 28/08/2024 17:43

I don’t think there are any firms catering for this size. American firms must do. I think anyone this size would have to have them made. There are firms which make very large sizes for men, but it is more difficult for women.
Looking at Yours, a lot of their clothes do go up to 40.

veritasverity · 28/08/2024 18:30

Landsend (I think go up to 32)
Amazon essentials (I think their 6xl is a 32/34 equivalent (I buy 3xl and am a 22 on top, but like v. baggy tops) I've been very impressed by the quality of the hoodies, fleeces and t.shirts.

veritasverity · 28/08/2024 18:33

Doh, that'll teach me not to read properly, I'm afraid I don't wear dresses so don't know on that front, I have a couple of long denim skirts (again off Amazon) but I don't know what size they go up to).

Gawjus · 31/08/2024 23:17

veritasverity · 28/08/2024 18:30

Landsend (I think go up to 32)
Amazon essentials (I think their 6xl is a 32/34 equivalent (I buy 3xl and am a 22 on top, but like v. baggy tops) I've been very impressed by the quality of the hoodies, fleeces and t.shirts.

In my op I said I am looking for retailers who sell clothes over a size 32. Specifically I'm looking for size 36 to 40. This is for my neighbour who is not good at using the internet.

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balloonsintrees · 31/08/2024 23:46

Lane Bryant in US, pricy but clothes and underwear are amazing quality and last.

Lougle · 31/08/2024 23:56

Yours is likely to be the best bet.

Gawjus · 01/09/2024 17:31

Lougle · 31/08/2024 23:56

Yours is likely to be the best bet.

90% of their clothes only go up to size 32.

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Gawjus · 01/09/2024 17:32

balloonsintrees · 31/08/2024 23:46

Lane Bryant in US, pricy but clothes and underwear are amazing quality and last.

Sadly I am not in the USA.

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Jeezitneverends · 01/09/2024 17:33

Gawjus · 01/09/2024 17:32

Sadly I am not in the USA.

Have you checked if you can order Them to the UK?

Gawjus · 01/09/2024 17:39

balloonsintrees · 31/08/2024 23:46

Lane Bryant in US, pricy but clothes and underwear are amazing quality and last.

I just had a look and it turns out they ship to the UK.

So I clicked on a random dozen items and none of them were available in a size bigger than 32 and in some cases 28. The site has no way to "search by size" and when I searched for "skirt" it returned zero results, which cannot be right!

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InfoSecInTheCity · 01/09/2024 18:13

Curvewow has some c options in 34-36 best beyond that I'm struggling to find much of anything to help I'm afraid, looks like options will be very limited

www.curvewow.com/collections/all/cf-size-34-36

Mercurial123 · 01/09/2024 18:26

Universal Standard ho up to that size. Expensive but they have hood sales and ship to the UK.

Plus size 32 upwards, retail websites, please?
Mercurial123 · 01/09/2024 18:26

Excuse the spelling....

DeCaray · 01/09/2024 18:39

Presumably this woman is housebound for most if not all of the time?

Would they wear men's XXXXL clothing such as loungewear so that they are comfortable?

Gawjus · 02/09/2024 19:29

No she's not housebound. We live in a small town and there are no shops here that sell plus size.

She did explore men's clothes and has got some 8XL t-shirts but of course with the trousers they're not female fit (ie a woman has a smaller waist and hips and much much shorter legs than men). Also she would like to wear nice summer flowery dresses, skirts, pretty blouses etc.

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Antsinmypantsneedtodance · 02/09/2024 19:32

Gawjus · 01/09/2024 17:39

I just had a look and it turns out they ship to the UK.

So I clicked on a random dozen items and none of them were available in a size bigger than 32 and in some cases 28. The site has no way to "search by size" and when I searched for "skirt" it returned zero results, which cannot be right!

American sizing is different. A sise 32 USA is a size 36 UK.

Sizes are usually 2 sizes smaller. So a UK 20 is a USA 16.

Antsinmypantsneedtodance · 02/09/2024 19:34

Also theres loads on the yours website over a size 32. Just filter by size. 130+ dresses above 32.

Peabody25 · 02/09/2024 19:45

Next have got loads of Yours stuff on their website as well!

DeCaray · 02/09/2024 19:58

Gawjus · 02/09/2024 19:29

No she's not housebound. We live in a small town and there are no shops here that sell plus size.

She did explore men's clothes and has got some 8XL t-shirts but of course with the trousers they're not female fit (ie a woman has a smaller waist and hips and much much shorter legs than men). Also she would like to wear nice summer flowery dresses, skirts, pretty blouses etc.

I'm glad she's able to be up and about.

My suggestion would be to get a sewing machine and make simple dresses.

Lots of patterns on Etsy for her size.

heavytohold · 02/09/2024 20:01

It might be worth seeing if Torrid ships to the UK, I'm fairly certain they go up to larger sizes than most retailers and most certainly sell nice dresses/ blouses. May be worth a peek?

Gawjus · 04/09/2024 19:42

Itsallaloadofbollocks · 02/09/2024 20:30

Yours has a few flowery dresses in size 40. This also comes in other colours and patterns.
https://www.yoursclothing.co.uk/limited-collection-curve-white-pink-vintage-floral-textured-midaxi-dress-p

Yes, as I said about 10% of their range goes up to a size 40. But what woman wants to be restricted in choice to only 10% of one shop?

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toomuchicecream · 04/09/2024 20:32

https://www.ullapopken.co.uk/en/

Gawjus · 13/10/2024 12:35

toomuchicecream · 04/09/2024 20:32

LOL as I said in my OP "I know about Ulla Popken."

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