First off let me start by saying, I feel your pain being a full figured woman myself. I know how hard it is to find plus size clothing in department stores. And well online shopping is an affordable & convenient alternative. It allows you to shop on your own shedule what ever time day or night that suites you and you can browes and price check items from thousands of diferent stores and sites from the comfort of your own home.. Trust me I know how frusterating it is to be a full figure person trying to shop for plus size clothing. I mean speaking as a bigger woman myself finding clothing in bigger sizes especially the more popular fashions or dare I say it plus size bra or panties or any type of plus size lingerie that are fashionable or even remotely sexy. Lets face it not all of us want to look like grandmother's all the time! And what about trying to find plus size designer chothes or plus size matternity clothing. Basically finding nice, fashionable & reasonably priced plus size clothing is up there with buying the winning lottery ticket. One is about as likey to happen as the other right? So online shopping has become an almost must for those of us who are full figured but still like to look our best..
And normally when you do find what your looking for you have the added problem of finding them at prices you can afford. And lets face it there is a very small selection in most stores. So unless you go to stores that specialize in plus sizes you have very limited choices. But the specialty stores can be pretty pricey and hard to find. I mean the town where I live and the surrounding towns included. Have two malls and dozens of stand alone stores & shops but out of all of them there is only one store that specializes in plus sizes! And the prices are ridiculous there too! That is one of the most significate difference about online shopping. You have a huge selection of sites to choose from. And another good thing about there being such a large selection is that they are all completing against each other for your buisness. And that will mean lower prices in general and there are alot of special offers online exspecially for first time customers. those type of deals are definitely something to keep an eye out for.
Now with all this said online shopping is understandably more than a little daunting we all get nervous when it comes to disclosing our personal information on the internet. Exspecially your bank or credit card number online with identity theft being such an issue these days. Well you really shouldn't be! There are ways of protecting yourself from that sort of thing. My bank actually offers Identity theft protection I took out on my bank card if only like $6 a month and well worth it it came with a membership to an online discount site that e-mails me couponds for saving from all typesof online sites. But for those of you who's bank may not offer that. Than you can set yourself up with a paypal account its a very reputable company and it free. I have an account with them I started before my bank began offering the theft portection. And even with my theft protection. I used it whenever its an option and I've never had any problems. And most websites will be set up to except payment through paypal. It's actually another good way to tell if the site is reputable. With that said I am not saying that all sites that do not except pay pal are not reputable! I have bought from several that haven't. Just use your common sence as well I mean some sites are going to be trustworthy on there name alone like an official Fashion Bug or Lane Byrant site should be considered reputable on their name alone. Just make sure it is an offical site! IF you want to be super careful get thr URL from the stare its self by callingit and asking somone from customer services what there website is.
To get started look up some plus size stores or just google large size clothing sections of some of the stores you are already familiar with like Fashion Bug or Lane Bryant just be sure to browes around. Check out several site compare clothing selections and prices as well as any of the special offers I mentioned to look for that they might have . Remember their just like any other stores some have better prices and others better selections. You have to decide which of these things are of importance to you and go from there. So my suggestion is to browes around several sites before making any purchases. We all know how frustrating it is to buy something somewhere and find it cheaper or something you like better somewhere else afterwards.
Once you have found a site your interested in. Here is my suggestions on what you should look for in order to browes around and make an informed discision on it. First you will need to click on it's "Pluse size womens clothing" or its "Big and tall menswear" section. If you don't see anything like that then just look for something similar to it. That will bring up some lists with more specific items that they offer you. Then you chose what your interested in like "plus size dresses", "plus size suites", "plus size blouses", "plus size bathing suits". You get the idea anyway click on the ones that interes that will bring up just that item and with give you more details on it such as the sizes & colors it come as well as prices and any special offer you might be able to recieve on it.
If you are looking for something even more specific most will have a search bar where you can type in specificially what your looking for. Find it, It will be very helpful when it comes to harder to find items. Like if your looking for something to wear to a costume party or a formal event and you see nothing on the site in either of the categories they have listed. Go to their search bar and type in "Plus size costumes" or " Big size hallowen costumes", "Plus size formal wear" or "Plus size prom dress" or " Big & tall suits" If the site offers them this should bring them up.
Well to all the plus size men & full figured women who bothered to read this thank you for taking the time to do so. I plan on adding links that you can use to get started shopping and I really hope you found it helpful that was my goal. So feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think either way your input will be apperciated And I wish you all luck in finding the plus size fashions of your dreams.
Good luck & Happy shopping Tawana.
And normally when you do find what your looking for you have the added problem of finding them at prices you can afford. And lets face it there is a very small selection in most stores. So unless you go to stores that specialize in plus sizes you have very limited choices. But the specialty stores can be pretty pricey and hard to find. I mean the town where I live and the surrounding towns included. Have two malls and dozens of stand alone stores & shops but out of all of them there is only one store that specializes in plus sizes! And the prices are ridiculous there too! That is one of the most significate difference about online shopping. You have a huge selection of sites to choose from. And another good thing about there being such a large selection is that they are all completing against each other for your buisness. And that will mean lower prices in general and there are alot of special offers online exspecially for first time customers. those type of deals are definitely something to keep an eye out for.
Now with all this said online shopping is understandably more than a little daunting we all get nervous when it comes to disclosing our personal information on the internet. Exspecially your bank or credit card number online with identity theft being such an issue these days. Well you really shouldn't be! There are ways of protecting yourself from that sort of thing. My bank actually offers Identity theft protection I took out on my bank card if only like $6 a month and well worth it it came with a membership to an online discount site that e-mails me couponds for saving from all typesof online sites. But for those of you who's bank may not offer that. Than you can set yourself up with a paypal account its a very reputable company and it free. I have an account with them I started before my bank began offering the theft portection. And even with my theft protection. I used it whenever its an option and I've never had any problems. And most websites will be set up to except payment through paypal. It's actually another good way to tell if the site is reputable. With that said I am not saying that all sites that do not except pay pal are not reputable! I have bought from several that haven't. Just use your common sence as well I mean some sites are going to be trustworthy on there name alone like an official Fashion Bug or Lane Byrant site should be considered reputable on their name alone. Just make sure it is an offical site! IF you want to be super careful get thr URL from the stare its self by callingit and asking somone from customer services what there website is.
To get started look up some plus size stores or just google large size clothing sections of some of the stores you are already familiar with like Fashion Bug or Lane Bryant just be sure to browes around. Check out several site compare clothing selections and prices as well as any of the special offers I mentioned to look for that they might have . Remember their just like any other stores some have better prices and others better selections. You have to decide which of these things are of importance to you and go from there. So my suggestion is to browes around several sites before making any purchases. We all know how frustrating it is to buy something somewhere and find it cheaper or something you like better somewhere else afterwards.
Once you have found a site your interested in. Here is my suggestions on what you should look for in order to browes around and make an informed discision on it. First you will need to click on it's "Pluse size womens clothing" or its "Big and tall menswear" section. If you don't see anything like that then just look for something similar to it. That will bring up some lists with more specific items that they offer you. Then you chose what your interested in like "plus size dresses", "plus size suites", "plus size blouses", "plus size bathing suits". You get the idea anyway click on the ones that interes that will bring up just that item and with give you more details on it such as the sizes & colors it come as well as prices and any special offer you might be able to recieve on it.
If you are looking for something even more specific most will have a search bar where you can type in specificially what your looking for. Find it, It will be very helpful when it comes to harder to find items. Like if your looking for something to wear to a costume party or a formal event and you see nothing on the site in either of the categories they have listed. Go to their search bar and type in "Plus size costumes" or " Big size hallowen costumes", "Plus size formal wear" or "Plus size prom dress" or " Big & tall suits" If the site offers them this should bring them up.
Well to all the plus size men & full figured women who bothered to read this thank you for taking the time to do so. I plan on adding links that you can use to get started shopping and I really hope you found it helpful that was my goal. So feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think either way your input will be apperciated And I wish you all luck in finding the plus size fashions of your dreams.
Good luck & Happy shopping Tawana.
