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clothes, or lack thereof

Today I foraged my way into a section of Target I have never been before: the rows of exercise clothes. I was in search of a simple pair of loose-fitting shorts and a loose fitting t-shirt. Yoga-style pants would have been fine. I wasn't overly surprised to find most aisles had nothing in my size. That's not uncommon. What did shock me was the one style of pants/capris that had my size was labeled: FITTED. Below the waist, figure hugging, form fitting. Um, did ANYONE at that manufacturing company stop to think what someone my size would look like wearing that?! Granted, I didn't bother looking at the sizes on all the short shorts because you wouldn't catch me dead wearing a pair of those. I never did as a child, and I'm certainly not about to know.

If I were interested in starting a business, I would go into the business of sports/fitness clothes for fat people. Think about it...if anybody needs to exercise or lose weight, it's people like me. But everything you read tells you to wear light-weight, loose-fitting clothes. Um...I hate to tell the creators of all those exercise videos and such, but such a thing doesn't exist for fat people. All these cutesie fitness tops with the cropped sleeves are a nightmare for people with big arms. And what person in their right mind would wear one of those slanky outfits that consists of a tank top and tube pants when they're overweight?

So I looked around, and then returned to gathering the items I was there to get. Maybe I'll have time to visit Sears, but I'm not holding my breath for better results.
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Jennifer said…
Jack got me a nice pair several years ago at Walmart. I do agree with you though. I've run into the same exact problems. Maybe we should start a business????
July 3, 2009 at 4:11 PM
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