As women are now a larger clothes size should high street stores stock more in the 18+ range?

Answer 1

I think they should. Because it seems I see way too many clothes for the small person and not enough for the larger.

Answer 2

The stores take a little while to catch up in the dept. of sizes, its hard to find clothes at the other end of the spectrum too. It's usually the most common size. Like shoes, in the US women's size 7.5 is the hardest to find, its also the most common shoe size. But then clothing manufacturers have also changed over the years. My mother has been the same size 10 - 12 since the late 60's, but she also knows the 50 lbs. she's put on in the last 35 years isn't invisible either.

Answer 3

We are all different shapes and sizes but some sizes are more common in some regions than others. My wife complaints that al the good clothes are made for smaller women. The fact is that size 12-16 are the most common. The market will and should move to the most common size simply because thats whee te money is. Oly a small elitist group choose the smaller size exclisively and they want you to pay through the nose.


In short, the market goes where the money is. Is there is more demand in bigger sizes thats what you will see in stores. Stores are there to make money not to pamper their customers. If I loose one customer but gain ten then thats a big gain for me.

Answer 4

No. Women are in larger clothing sizes, but that doesn't mean that they should be. There is a healthy weight and many women that have reached size 18 are no longer healthy. I don't think our society should say that's it's OK to be that large, your health may be compromised by it.

Additionally, the women that shop at high-end stores aren't normally fat.

Answer 5

No!! Whenever I go shoppin, it drives me mad to see that the majority of the clothes i like are all 14s 16s 18 etc, being an 8 drives me insane sometimes!

Answer 6

doesnt bother me if they do or they dont. I suppose if people are arguing that size 0 encourages eating disorders, then i say that size18+ encourages obesity and binge eating disorder. Just to show how ridiculous and biast this whole size 0 debate is.

Answer 7

Yes I think so they must have all the sizes to accommodate all people

Answer 8

since being a larger size isn't "socially acceptable", a lot of designers won't venture into plus-sized territory.