What chauvinist male came up with the name “plus size” for women’s clothing? Plus size just sounds so unflattering. Men don’t have plus size clothing sections. No they just have bigger sizes. I would love to see a plus size sign hanging over the men’s section of the store.

Who and what determines what size constitutes a plus size? Does it vary from store to store? I honestly think someone just sat down one day and arbitrarily said anything over this size will be considered a plus size, and who cares about the women who have to shop in that section. I always thought the whole thing was a little humiliating. I mean most people are not proud of being on the larger size, but to have a whole different section of the store set aside with a big sign hanging over it declaring you to be overweight must be humiliating.

The entire situation is only worsened by that fact that there seems to be a distinct lack of cute fashionable plus size clothing. So not only do you have to shop under a large sign declaring you to be overweight, but you also have to look over at the smaller section and realise how much cuter all those clothes are. It is so unfair.

Yes, we are lucky here in Cayman as there are a few specialist stores that have nice plus size clothing. However, the majority of stuff I see out there looks at least 5 years old and not like something anyone would be rushing to buy.

I will be writing further on
 the subject.