Hi, I am Sherry, a plus sized woman living in Australia with my partner David. Yes, thats us in the picture above.
After some travel overseas, I have become more and more dissatisfied with the clothing available to women here in Australia, especially when there is around 60% of us in the plus size cantegory .
How many times have you gone to your local mall or shopping centre and seen hundreds of women just like yourself, all plus sized?
Now look at the clothing and lingerie shops around. Are over half of them for plus sized ladies?
Nearly all of the clothing outlets are for 8-16sized women. It is really hard some days to find women who would meet that criteria and if they do, they are usually still in high school uniform.
The few retail outlets that do sell clothing for plus sizes are generally either highly priced, or stock a few racks of unimaginative clothing often at the back of the store.
Big girls are just as sexy as small ones, if not more so. So why is it that in 'the lucky country' there are ladies buying clothing for themselves from the menswear section of department stores because there is nothing approaching their size for sale in the womens section?
Why is it that so many of us are walking around in trackies and T's because thats all thats readily available in our sizes?
Why are big girls relegated to looking like overstuffed sacks of potatoes because there are no decent bras, panties and bodyshapers around unless you want to pay ridiculous prices, or you have to wear 'Nana undies'?
Is it that manufacturers think that big sized women dont like lace or a bit of feminine embroidery?
It seems that other places they do and are catered for, so why not here?
I've had enough!
I've contacted some suppliers both here in Australia and overseas and located some manufacturers and suppliers who have some really great lingerie, skirts, blouses, tops, dresses, corporate wear and church wear at realistic prices.
Oh - and we also have some Fine jewellery coming in large sizes too. Ring sizes that are not made for a scarecrow. Not cheap tatt but real solid gold and silver with real gems!
Plus over the coming weeks, with the help of a few friends, we are going to make this a one-stop shop for Queen sized ladies with advice, tips and articles.
