Sini TuuliaAug 20, 2024

Probably relevant life and body positivity tip from a sewist, pattern drafter and seamstress:
The clothes are the problem. Please try to remember that you are not the wrong shape, size or dimensions. If the shirt doesn't button closed the shirt is too narrow, you're not too wide. If the dress sags at the back it's the dress pattern, not your ass. Absolutely nobody makes clothes that are Actually Your Size unless you custom order or make them yourself. Even then fitting is a skill and an art!

You're not the problem, the clothes are.

Show threadJennie

@sinituulia A big issue I often have as a chubby short person, is that clothing manufacturers either assume that if you're short then you are skinny but if you're fat then you are 11 feet tall.

I just got a shirt today that fits great around my body, but it's so long! I'm going to try and hem it and hopefully it'll look fine.

Aug 20, 2024 at 11:15pmWeb
Show threadAngelaAug 20, 2024
@simplebadger27 @sinituulia as a tall leggy woman, I get the impression most "women's clothing" is designed for 5'2-5'7 bodies, that only get broader, never taller, and 26 inseam max
Show threadCavyherdAug 21, 2024

@seawall @simplebadger27 @sinituulia

I'd be grateful if I could FIND clothes for my inseam + waist circ. It's so frustrating that I went for years making my own jeans.

Show threadSini TuuliaAug 21, 2024
@cavyherd @seawall @simplebadger27
@MissConstrue It's cheaper to only make sizes that people can fit inside, not bothering with if it fits them! I'm quite short, have a small waist and tiny ribcage, wider shoulders and very very wide hips in proportion... Add a sway back, scoliosis and a bunch of other things and there is very rarely anything that fits. Which is why I started modifying and making my own clothes as early as the teenage years. Actually learning pattern drafting and fitting explained SO MUCH about why nothing ever looked good. Learning about the history of pattern drafting and garment manufacture then also made me angry!
Show threadCavyherdAug 21, 2024

@sinituulia @seawall @simplebadger27 @MissConstrue

Also, economies of scale apply. Basically, "create sizes that 80% of the population can sorta kinda make work, & call it a day."

There's a reason why the whole upscale men's suits thing has a tayloring step betw purchase and delivery.

Show threadPwassonchat the enby catboyAug 23, 2024
@seawall @simplebadger27 @sinituulia definitely not 5'2. I'm 5'3 and everything is way too long on me. The height range these clothes are designed to fit is even narrower than that.
I do realize that I can shorten some clothes and you can't possibly lengthen them, though.
Show threadCavyherdAug 21, 2024

@simplebadger27 @sinituulia

We get one (1) aspect ratio, either enlarged or reduced to fit (of necessity) the equatorial dimension.

::sigh::

—signed, a person with disproportionately long waist & short legs.