I hate shopping for clothes.
I think it's the fashions these days. We don't have much of a choice. I'm a bit old for the teenage hooker look. Yet I'm not quite ready for the cotton housedress either.
Why do I bring this up? I'm down to two wearable pairs of shorts. I need some more, but face it, no one wants to see this body in skin tight lowriders. But that's all I can find nowadays.
Unless I head over to the plus sizes, which will fall off of me.
Sigh, it may be time to break out the ol' sewing machine again.
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Yeah, you pretty much have to have the figure of a crack ho to wear most of the shorts available this summer.
LOL! You make me laugh Becky. But I understand.
I have seen some ok women shorts. You just have to search. Kohl's is where I found my summer shorts. Not teenage hooker shorts either.
ROTFL. Teenage hooker shorts. That is the perfect definition of the current fashion trends. I have been calling them Britney shorts.
Love the phrase "teenage hooker look". :-)
I had a black student years ago that told me she could not wait for summer so she could wear her "hoochified" clothes. I was awed.
Like Ashley said, more modest clothes are out there, it just takes some serious searching.
Thanks for the comments. I think you will all be happy to note that I did indeed find some shorts that are actually longer than my underwear, and my legs have room to breathe. They were on the clearance rack at Wal-Mart!
OK...now that all y'all have (ahem) weighed in... it might be time for a male POV.
I like the teen-aged hooker "look." Even on Rubenesque women. Maybe even especially on Rubenesque women.
But that's just me. ;-)
Buck, Buck, Buck, what am I going to do with you? Yeah, it figures a MAN would like the teenaged hooker look, but frankly, when you put that look on a woman over 40, it just makes her look desperate. Or trashy. Take your pick.
I totally sympathize with your situation. And I *am* plus sized, simply because I'm 5'10" and overweight, so naturally big girls need bigger things. And I'm just a little younger than you, so I feel your pain, as it's difficult for me to find decent stuff either. Due to my height and weight (even though that doesn't sound like it's as much of a problem for you as it is me), there are some decent shorts and cropped pants (like capris) and such at the following places that I like-- classic, not Daisy Dukes (as I always have known them as)-- eddiebauer.com, llbean.com, landsend.com, and coldwatercreek.com. I just went to a Coldwater Creek store for the first time about two weeks ago, and took advantage of a sale of cropped pants, because they are allowed at work. I dropped a lot of money, but everything was well made, classic yet comfy, playful yet not too dowdy. I like to think I'm still relatively young, but as you said, not ready for the moo-moo yet. Check those sites out, and you might find a few things. And if you are like me, it'll be worth paying a little extra, because you'll wear them until they fall apart in about 10 years (and even then, they still won't have fallen apart). Good luck!
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