Hi Ladies,
I'm super excited to offer my free "Guide to my favorite lesser-known (but awesome!) stores for curvy, plus and petite women" today! It's something that I've been thinking of doing for a while and now it's finally done! Whew!
I'm super excited to offer my free "Guide to my favorite lesser-known (but awesome!) stores for curvy, plus and petite women" today! It's something that I've been thinking of doing for a while and now it's finally done! Whew!
*First, let me say that this guide is not solely intended for the curvy-petite or petite-plus market (although I definitely have some great ideas for them!). This guide covers resources for the curvy, plus or petite. (Or any combination thereof.) :)
I put it together, because when I started to gain weight last year, I stopped being able to shop at Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, etc. These had previously been my go-to stores. Yes, I could order up to a size 16 Misses and 14 Petite off their website, but that still left a lot of sizes out! If you are a curvy girl like me, it's easy for those numbers to creep up, making shopping at the mall no longer the fun, easy experience it used to be. :( Luckily, there are a few more options at the mall for petites who fall in the 0 - 12 range, but there are a ton of other resources out there! I wish I had know about them when I still wore those sizes.
So, I decided to set my sights a little further and checkout some retailers that I had previously overlooked or not known about. I asked around, did a lot of digging on the internet and finally found a shopping routine that I liked. I've found stores that fit me, who's fashions I love and at prices I love, so shopping is fun again! Also I actually spend less on my clothes than I used to, which is surprising!
Even though I live in America, I wanted to share some of the great international brands that I've stumbled upon too. I haven't honestly ordered from the international stores, but if anyone has - please leave feed back. :) Let me know if I've missed any other good ones. It seems that England is especially petite and plus-size friendly, just based on the number of their retailers I've come across.
Awesome sauce! Got my guide, nice job lady!
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Thanks, hon! Glad you liked it!
DeleteVery good! I imagine it was some work to put together, very useful too! Nice post andgood to meet you!
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jess xx
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Thank you...yes it did take quite a bit of work! Thanks for the feedback :)
DeleteExcellent guide, Merrie!!
ReplyDeleteI just read through it and it is so comprehensive! Really wonderful job and what a fantastic resource!
I was happy to see that Dress Barn is changing its name to Dress Bar. I wonder what took them so long to realize that the name Barn is really very off putting?!
Congrats on the guide!!!
xo,cynthia
I know...women love being compared to barn yard animals when shopping! LOL
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