Comments on: On Etsy, You're Not Too Fat For Fashion

By: Schaufensterpuppe

Schaufensterpuppe — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:35:02 +0000

She was quick, did a great job and the skirt fits perfectly.

By: Tara

Tara — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:55:33 +0000

I'd second Angela's recommendation of Jane Bon Bon. Her clothes are cute, stylish, sexy, fit really well, made well, and are affordable. I have 7 of her dresses that I love.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:17:02 +0000

I’m a professional knitter and I’ll knit in any size you like. I prefer knitting in a larger size because it shows of the yarn I use and lets me use drapes and fabulous large colourwork patterns that just look daft on anyone teeny

to be sung a la the sound of music

I am 14 going on 16.

By: fat stylist

fat stylist — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:37:14 +0000

Etsy would do good by encouraging more sizes from their sellers. That would be downright awesome.

By: AquaMarine

AquaMarine — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:43:21 +0000

I got a custom made circle skirt from the following Etsy seller:

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=51401

She was quick, did a great job and the skirt fits perfectly. In fact, she went above and beyond with helping to match the material to a shirt I already had. I mailed a swatch of material to her (from a belt on the shirt, a belt I never used) and she matched up the skirt material to it. I’m quite happy with it. I gave her my waist measurement and how long I wanted the skirt to be. And for $26, I couldn’t beat that for a custom skirt.

Here’s a picture of the skirt:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7872690

I’d patronize the Etsy vendors again. At least this one.

By: kate

kate — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:21:42 +0000

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9349422 I’ve ordered from janebonbon, the fit was AMAZING, I don’t think I’ve ever had a dress that fit so well. Seriously.

By: Marlene

Marlene — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:25:48 +0000

Miriam, has it right, as a pattern maker in the industry for many years- once you get past a certain size range fitted garments won’t grade up successfully since the way the body changes becomes less & less consistent as sizes goes up. Even with an understanding of anatomy, the body variations become too many to be able to create even a semi shapely plus size line that would work for a range of body types. A line would have to pick a limited size range, & a very specific body type and stick to it. Also, plus size mannequins still tend to be shaped if they had old style foundation garments on. So that’s a bit limiting as well.

By: fatfighter

fatfighter — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:55:09 +0000

Yeah I thought ya’ll might like that article. I wasn’t sure if everyone had seen it yet.

In college, I worked at Macy’s and we needed a plus-size-esqe mannequin for the new plus-size (that started at size freakin 12) section they were supposed to start. We called the stock room and they brought out a maternity mannequin because we didn’t have anything bigger than a size 4 or 6.

I lol’d.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:52:55 +0000

From the mannequin article: “The clothing’s made to fit the mannequins, and the clothing in the fashion industry in general is best suited for an underweight look,” said Brooke Wheisenhunt, body image expert and professor of psychology at Missouri State University. ”

Except that’s not how it works. The mannequins don’t drive the size and cut of the clothes.

By: Miriam Nadel

Miriam Nadel — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:06:22 +0000

My hesitation would be that design doesn’t just scale up by a few measurements. Unless a clothing designer really understands anatomy (and, since most people nowadays design by drawing, rather than by draping, few do), any garment with some sort of shape is a bit iffy.

Decorated t-shirts (if you wear that sort of stuff) are probably fine, as are looser, less fitted garments, but I wouldn’t look for something tailored. (The best bet for those is an actual tailor. My favorite suit is the one I had made in Vietnam – 30 bucks for a grey linen suit that fits me perfectly.)