Letter to the owner, Personal Threads Boutique

[etesla]

I wrote a letter to the owner of Personal Threads that I'll be mailing off Monday, and I felt it should be shared. It explains why I won't be shopping there any longer. I'm not organizing a boycott, and I'm not trying to influence anyone on the topic; like I say in the letter, I simply feel like everyone deserves to have information to make

Comments

[anonymous]

Out of curiosity, what exactly is the difference between 'fat' vs. 'plus size' vs 'curvy'?

Definitions and variations within

[etesla]

1. Plus size. Plus size is the most objective of the three, being that you either fit clothes in a range of sizes considered to be larger than the "regular" range for any given clothing line. It's not completely objective, though: sizing varies from company to company, as does plus designation. For example, if you're in the Dangerous Waters of roughly-size-14, you may wear a 12 sometimes (considered plus size in high fashion/modeling, but not in most commercial venues that I've seen), a size 14 sometimes (mostly only included in the plus-size section as part of doubled sizes, like 14/16 tops), and a 16 (usually in the plus size section). It's all about where you wind up having to shop to find clothes that fit. If you generally have to shop the plus-size racks, you would be considered plus-size

Part two

[etesla]

You can be plus-size, not curvy, and not fat: an easy way is to be rather tall, reasonably large-framed, and muscular. (When I'm really thin, I still wear plus sizes due to height and frame