A Plus Sized Nightmare! January 22, 2008

I am not plus sized but sometime when i go shopping i am curious about what plus sized clothing are available. My mother is plus sized and sometimes when i shop with her i am very disappointed in the clothing or shall i say the lack of clothing that is available to her. First off the majority of department stores like JCpenney should not even call it a plus sized section they should call it a non existent section. The JCpenney that i went to had a small  section not even worth calling a section, more like a corner. Then with what little amounts of clothing that they had,  i had to say at least 2/10 outfits were very un-trendy. Does being plus sized mean that you don’t want to be trendy. I think not! We all have to wear clothes or else we will get sent to jail, but with clothes comes style. Which i have to say that when it comes to plus sized clothing there are none. There is another place called The Avenue. This store i will give props because they do have more trendy things and they have a wide range of selection. Only thing is that they only cater to the older crowd. If there is a a teen who is overweight and wants to flaunt what she has , there is no way she can do that using the clothes from Avenue. This disappoints me. I feel that knowing there are more overweight people in the united states, why have such a lack of clothing catering to the majority. Why is it that even when i walk into the juniors section of a store it is very hard to find a size 9 or 7, or a size large or extra large. Why do we have a rack full of size 1 and 2 when hardly anyone goes to that rack. Maybe that is why there is a whole rack. because there is no one buying it!  I was thinking about going into the fashion business even going to FIT college in NY but then i realized that i would never be able to get my point out about having a fair and equal amount of trendy clothing, available for all sizes and  ages. This really makes me want to do something but, what to do. A 16 year old who is passionate about something that has really nothing to do with her. Is that odd? Oh well maybe one day i can do something.