Evans have just sent this out for their new collection

[paranoidmother]

here Personally me wearing any of these outfits before i've slimmed to a size 4 is never going to happen.

I'm definately the right size of person for evans to sell to but this is not going on my wish list, the thought of wearing domino leggings or any leggings and what I would look like in them is horrid.

Sorry for the small rant but what do you think about it all?

I think Evans design for really tall size 16-18 women (ie not fat at all). So shorter people of that size (ie me) just look bloody ridiculous

some of them are Bitof Fun but sizes up to 30 in lots of stuff . I'm huge and it generally looks fine on me.

I have two of these www.marisota.co.uk/productcache/FSP/BO8583/MK756ML.html.gz in differnt colours (though not so long on me as I am tall) and they are great for beach/office home. COtton lined, nice shape and can be dressed up of down. and cheap

Marks and Spencer online sale in their plus range is my saving grace-I bulk buy from them every sale and there is some lovely stuff - none of it in store though!

Those Domino leggings are not going to suit many people...

Evans is not designed for tall women at all sadly. I am 6ft1 and their trousers flap around my ankles, their cropped trousers barely reach past my knees and their knee-length shorts are very short shorts on me and thus look ridiculous...

And Beth Ditto is definately not tall, is she?

My word there is some hideous stuff on there!

Makes me determined to drop several dress sizes once this baby is born...Used to be a 24, but that was back when the '7' range at Evans was pretty good. Managed to get down to a 12 for a few years, but crept back up to a 16-18 before I got pregnant with DS1 and have been a 22 ever since . Hate that the only 'high street'shop available to me is so rubbish!

Evans is vile. I generally buy from Simply Be but even then I have to trawl my way through loads of tat.

And Evans tall range is ok for tall people (well tallish) but the normal range definitely isn't. I can rarely buy jeans there - they only ever have the longer lengths in a size 30, not sure why... (Croydon store is fairly crap) I can do a really good rant about the fact they only do the shoes in EEE fittings, so despite the fact they actually do size 9's they're too bloody wide.

Granted, the tall range fits fine, but they only do such a limited range in tall there is generally not a lot (if anything) I like.

Simply be does not inspire me either. I ordered from them once and found the clothes to be so cheap and flimsy, and so badly fitting that I have avoided them ever since.

Apart from the domino stuff (WTF?), the jumpsuit, and the face print dress (ugleeeeeee), I actually think it's quite cool. I guess you have to think about how you might wear some of it with other items - leggings, t-shirts, etc.

It is, admittedly, more "suitable", I think for the 16-35s, though IMHO it's confidence that determines the success of most clothes.

Thing is, I think Ditto's got the right attitude. A person can't hide the fact they're overweight: you can dress to flatter your figure, but you can't magic it away. Why not wear "statement" clothes? Skinny girls wear outlandish things all the time, and look cool; why shouldn't larger girls too? Why is a sense of humour or quirkiness not allowed if you're overweight?

I tend to admire a "look", rather than the shape of the person, IYSWIM. I'm always staring at people when I'm out, eyeing up their style, their flair, etc. How successful they are usually has little to do with their size.