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superbadgirl) wrote2008-03-24 01:02 pm
superbadgirl) wrote2008-03-24 01:02 pm
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But I'm a really SMALL extra large.
*sigh*
I got my first T-shirt from Threadless.com this weekend. I put it on a moment ago, as I'm about to take a walk. It's cute. I like it a lot.
I'm glad I ordered the extra large, though, because it fits me just right. (Hopefully I won't ever accidentally put it in the dryer.) The issue I have with this? I am not extra large. I don't have delusions (well, many) about my body. I know I'm not a small. I don't want to be a small. I can cop to being a large - my breast size alone make this so. But I am not extra large, people.
There is nothing wrong with being extra large, mind you. That I feel mis-sized isn't what really upsets me here. It's that if you actually are an extra large you can't order an extra large in a women's size and expect it to fit. They don't mean you, fat girl, when they say "extra large." You don't exist. If you want a T-shirt, it'll have to be ordered in a men's cut. No fitted Ts for you. Think about it - why would you want to accentuate your curves, anyway? Hide them, hide them in a bulky shirt! Maybe no one will notice you are fat.
ETA: Threadless now offers a 2XL size option for women. When I ordered, less than a week ago, this wasn't a choice. And now I want this one.
I got my first T-shirt from Threadless.com this weekend. I put it on a moment ago, as I'm about to take a walk. It's cute. I like it a lot.
I'm glad I ordered the extra large, though, because it fits me just right. (Hopefully I won't ever accidentally put it in the dryer.) The issue I have with this? I am not extra large. I don't have delusions (well, many) about my body. I know I'm not a small. I don't want to be a small. I can cop to being a large - my breast size alone make this so. But I am not extra large, people.
There is nothing wrong with being extra large, mind you. That I feel mis-sized isn't what really upsets me here. It's that if you actually are an extra large you can't order an extra large in a women's size and expect it to fit. They don't mean you, fat girl, when they say "extra large." You don't exist. If you want a T-shirt, it'll have to be ordered in a men's cut. No fitted Ts for you. Think about it - why would you want to accentuate your curves, anyway? Hide them, hide them in a bulky shirt! Maybe no one will notice you are fat.
ETA: Threadless now offers a 2XL size option for women. When I ordered, less than a week ago, this wasn't a choice. And now I want this one.
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As for the sizing, some of us are just odd shapes, and it's not only about weight. I've got wide shoulders and long arms so most women's clothes don't fit right anyway because they're cut for me to also have the Breasts of Doom if I need something that wide (which I really don't have).
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I bought this one first, because I have an unhealthy, inexplicable love for the movie Clue.