One of my favorite places to go by in the Staten Island mall is a store called "Bebe". I don't actually go in there, but I like to look in the window and play a game with myself called, "Where the F would I wear that?" Maybe it's just jealousy but I don't think I'll ever have the figure to wear those clothes, even if they do come in sizes they jokingly refer to as large or extra large.
I was recently in a store on Forest ave. looking for a wire hanger (locked keys in car). This particular clothing store was what might be considered the opposite of bebe but similar in many ways. In this store, a rather large woman (I'd say around size 18 or 20) picked up a pair of those jeans they have now with the rips down the front and asked the clerk in the store if he sold them in size 18.
I happened to be in Old Navy the other day and I noticed they had swim wear on sale already. I picked up a very skimpy two piece and noticed the size was XXL.
What do these three stories have in common? Well, in all three we learn, my learn today, "just because they make it in your size, doesn't mean you can or should wear it." Think about it, with the economy the way it is today, we don't have money to throw around so when choosing to buy something, shouldn't one go with what is flattering?
Bebe might have had something in my size, but I can guarantee I wasn't getting a leg or arm into it. If the store did sell those jeans, (I should have stayed to find out, but was more concerned with getting my car door open) wouldn't it stand to reason that at that size you could probably rip the jeans yourself? I should know, I've done it often enough. Even if you couldn't wouldn't the fat be coming out of the rips in the pants making you look like a sausage that's bursting out of it's casing? I know I sound harsh, but that was (and probably still is) me not too long ago. The Old Navy bikini? Well, you can imagine what that must be like.
Yes, that makes me a queen size size queen and I'm proud of it and that's what I learned today.
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