Comments on: Designing for extreme body types http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/designing_for_extreme_body_types/ How to start a clothing line or run the one you have, better. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:49:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Fashion Incubator » Blog Archive » Why existing manufacturers don’t add plus sizes http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/designing_for_extreme_body_types/comment-page-1/#comment-25019 Fashion Incubator » Blog Archive » Why existing manufacturers don’t add plus sizes Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:26:44 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2006/02/designing_for_extreme_body_types/#comment-25019 [...] What is a size break? Obesity and prognosticating scarcity Designing for extreme body types Size is a matter of opinion? Is the customer always right? What if plus sizes made up 80% of the [...] [...] What is a size break? Obesity and prognosticating scarcity Designing for extreme body types Size is a matter of opinion? Is the customer always right? What if plus sizes made up 80% of the [...]

]]> By: Jonquil http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/designing_for_extreme_body_types/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 Jonquil Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:10:06 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2006/02/designing_for_extreme_body_types/#comment-1991 "your retail stores usually target women based on demographics and taste and not body type" This is absolutely true. It is also why many of my friends who can afford it shop at Nordstrom's, where the saleswomen will pull clothes for you based on your figure type. A saleswoman who knows her stock is worth her weight in diamonds. The same goes for shoes -- I once had a child's shoe salesman who realized instantly that my son had a high arch, and who brought shoes only from the lasts that would fit him. Until we moved, we always did our shopping at that salesman's store. “your retail stores usually target women based on demographics and taste and not body type”

This is absolutely true. It is also why many of my friends who can afford it shop at Nordstrom’s, where the saleswomen will pull clothes for you based on your figure type. A saleswoman who knows her stock is worth her weight in diamonds. The same goes for shoes — I once had a child’s shoe salesman who realized instantly that my son had a high arch, and who brought shoes only from the lasts that would fit him. Until we moved, we always did our shopping at that salesman’s store.

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