Have u ever noticed???????

if u'll open. i'll do the modelling for you:) (free free free)

BTW,Rainbow..if you r really interested, "revolution" in dxb hv large sizes,in fact cater only to large sizes..am talking from sizes 18 to maybe 26...the clothes r from casual to party and immensly reccomendable..if i had the get up and go, i wd open a branch here...LIVE and LET LIVE

LOL...I can imagine wht she must hv felt like, and then at the end,gone to the mens section to hunt for something passable,so tht she doesnt hv to be barefooted! LIVE and LET LIVE

try to find in Malaysia bra cup D or E

also notice the salespeople expressions, HUH :D

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"they switch male/female dresses." You mean they switch Thobb with Abbays

Ban Spoon Feeding not Me

Wild child,

I was with a friend in Japan who was trying to buy shoes, but in the entire country, there was not a single shop that would sell shoes for her GIANT feet.

She was a size 7.

On the upside, Rainbow, at least you know all the other larger women are wearing sacks and crappy clothes too, so it's not as though you are standing out in the crowd.

But seriously.. get an abaya... you'll never worry about your appearance ever again :p

my knowledge about cross-dressers is they switch male/female dresses. this is the first to know about slim/fat cross dressers :D

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Why doesnt someone see the biz oppurtunity here and get the damn clothes is something I dont understand.the same goes for womens shoes..am i rite?

LIVE and LET LIVE

No, the end of the story is unless you have the figure of a pre pubescent androgenous female, there will never be off the rack clothes to fit!!

for giving ur opinion..

I don't really think that many men really give two hoots about most women. Either they are smoking hot and real head turners, or they are just normal and men don't really notice.

It's women that put the pressure on one another to look good, in my opinion.

Why can't people just be happy and healthy?

And in any case, it's unlikely that you'll find a dress for anyone that is a perfect fit when it comes off the rack. You'll need to get it taken in/out around your waist, hips, bust, etc. Try getting something made to measure. Then you can chose the color, design and it will be a flattering fit.

Actually, Marilyn Monroe was closer to a size 12 in today's sizes - She had a small waist and a classic hour-glass figure. Sizes have changed over the years....

Metel ma bi 2olo.. 3ame betjareb tra2e3a... meshe l7al..

seeing that things got out of hand probably in ur opnion and trying to fix things.. it shall be overlooked.. i concede to back down.. but ony until a next out of line statement is made.. :P

WYSIWYG

I'll second you on your comment about not taking into account for bigger bust sizes to hips or hips to bust, there is the other length as well i tend to find even if they do allow for my assets they usually don't have the length...

"Your born, You Live, You Die, given this premise, one can conclude since we have no control over when we are born and when we die, the only thing that matters to us should be how we live, simple really?" Mis-Cat to her philosophy Lecturer.

Why are you so negative ????? don't u think about your looks??? and yes i accept that i feel good if i look good and who doesn't??? as far as am being unhappy and failure is concern i am already doing what i should do. but u can't stop wearing good dresses if u can't reach to that goals of urs. and by the way the people only thing about looks and their happiness is only looks is called obssesed... and i m not obssesed.......

Rami-leb... now u sound like my hubby... I'd say nice tryn get back to shoppin:))

I dream of a better tomorrow where Chickens can cross the Road without having their motives questioned - Unknown

Sorry supernurse, the second cmoment wasn't for you, it was for Loulsy.

Rainbow, I know what you're trying to say, which is that you want to look and feel great in a dress that suits your body size. I get that. It's just that it seems to me that the more you worry about how good you look, the worse you will feel about yourself.

That's the whole point of the beauty business - you have to keep looking for that new dress or new shoes or new handbag to feel hot, because apparently just being happy with your body makes you a failure or something.

The more you think and worry about your appearance, the more unhappy you will be with it.

can make most people look a better shape. I find 'off the peg' clothes (especially dresses) a nightmare to find to fit me well. I don't get any clothes made, by the way, but I end up having to buy separates.

Dresses in High Street stores are cut for an ideal figure i.e. no account taken for a gal's bust needing a larger size dress than her hips do and vice versa.

Shopping for clothes always depresses me and always has. That's why I have very few outfits!

also, the type of shops here (that cater for the women in a 8 year boys body) are a bit dodgy....I mean denim and lace on the same garment? DENIM and LACE???WTF??!!!

i m already going to gym and as much as i know dress can change the whole personality. i didn't say that i want to look slim and hot. even a slim person look for a nice dress to look hot. isn't it?

I would like to agree to Rami-leb but no one's perfect I wanna look slim n slender heheheh

I dream of a better tomorrow where Chickens can cross the Road without having their motives questioned - Unknown

The person who started this thread is obviously looking for advice on the right place to shop... not on advice to lose weight.. if he/she wanted weightloss advice they would have asked for it

WYSIWYG

rami-leb, no one's talking about getting "a magical dress that will make a size 18 look slender and hot"...I have seen many plus sized women who look hotter and have tons more confidence than their "smaller" counter parts. If they feel comfortable in their skin, what's itching you?

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." Barack Obama

FS.. Dubai too has Pluz size shops...

rami-leb was I the original poster? did I say I wanted to lose weight?

Wallah if I didnt know any better I'd say ur gonna be another Dr. Phil.. only while he inspires guidances and confidence and understanding.. You inspire your opinion of how humanity should be..

Bravo.. good job.. If your ever out of work you have something to fall back on..

WYSIWYG

I don't have any views on what looks good or not in terms of body size.

The person who DOES think that different bodies look better or worse is the person who started the thread, okay.

Yes, a dress can hide some sins, sure. But if you really want to hide sins, buy an abaya.

This is just like an episode of Oprah or Tyra or something. Larger women with body image issues being told that if they wear tights with vertical stripes, it's slimming, or if they wear black, it's slimming, or if they avoid loose fitting clothes, it's slimming.

All it does is re-inforce in their minds the idea that it's good to look slim.

If you want to maintain your current size, then either be prepared to keep feeling like you are too fat and you don't look good (unlike the girls on Tyra's makeover show) or accept your size and enjoy life.

Otherwise, the only other option is to loose some weight. And if it were that easy you would have done it already.

While in ur opinion a plus Size person may not look good and needs to go to the Gym there are many who disagree with you..

Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder...

and This topic isnt about finding cloths that will make us look "slender and hot" as u put it but about finding well cut clothes that accentuate the assets and hide the flaws..

WYSIWYG

don't let this reduce into a nasty thread about losing weight! It is difficult to find clothes here unless you have the body of an 8 year old boy!

firose do you have a diet for me that i havent tried yet.Because i have tride a lot and tablets teas you name it and no luck even heavy exercise.

better u reduce ur weight...............

lols

Hi rainbowqatar i to have a probleme getting nice clothing for im also a plus size and everywhere so far i looked no nice cloths for big people.

rami-leb, actually Marilyn Monroe was a size 16! And a dress can hide alot of sins........you know about dresses do you, does your dress hide sins?..mmmm

There's only so much a dress can hide.

Isn't it a bit unrealistic to think that somewhere out there is a magical dress that will make a size 18 look slender and hot?

The truth is that as long as you are fat, you will be fat. A dress can't change this. A dress won't make all your body image issues go away, and make you a beautiful, popular person. A dress is just some fabric that covers your body, it's not a miracle-worker.

If you want to look good, stop shopping and go to the gym.

yeah Evans does things like that but the clothes are horrible cheap material and the clothes would look acceptable on a 65year old, apart from that they are ok!

Well there are a few stores in Forum but I donno.. I didint like then very much... Its more liek party wear n stuff like that but it would be nice if we could get normal clothes like shirts/trousers/jeans/t-shirts etc for plus sized people. Most of them just stick to salwar or saree or get tailored stuff...

I dream of a better tomorrow where Chickens can cross the Road without having their motives questioned - Unknown

I heard in blr you have exclusive shops for plus size? do they sell something good?

Plus sized clothing is a problem everywhere I guess.. But I guess US and Canada is ok for Asians coz their plus size is usual sizes in US/America(no offence pls).

I dream of a better tomorrow where Chickens can cross the Road without having their motives questioned - Unknown

with your size its difficult to find clothes for you...you need to order custom made huge size clothes..lol we are talking about skinny people like us..lol

clothes for fat people??lol I think its more diplomatice to say plus size lol

Formatted Soul - I was looking this kind of clothing for my personal use for sometime :)

Ban Spoon Feeding not Me

if u look for the right size and the right style u will find soemthing that will not end up looking shapeless..

go to Evans.. they have lots of stuff...

Go to BHS.. in Landmark.. very nice styles and large sizes...

go to splash.. as FS they have a wide range of sizes and styles..

H&M in Villagio... also has variety..

I dont find it discriminating at all.. when u look in the right places you find what you want.. i never have problems..

WYSIWYG

Ulla Popken does stylish sizes for fuller figures including career wear. Not cheap but great quality and not cut with no style or shape

Try splash at centre point.. you can find something like... 14 to 26 size clothes there nice colors and design.

you havent been to america or canada i guess. they are far more worst. i find here still acceptable.

Everybody is right everybody is wrong, it depend where you stand

people claim tey accept fat people, why they don't. that's why