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- From: dianeg@bcm.tmc.edu (Diane Ellen Griffiths)
- Newsgroups: alt.support.diet
- Subject: Re: The trauma of buying clothes
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 19:34:57 GMT
- Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
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- References: <1992Nov6.090516@cs.bham.ac.uk> <1e4911INNmsq@agate.berkeley.edu>
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- Summary: Clothes buying
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- In article <1e4911INNmsq@agate.berkeley.edu>, rhart@haas.berkeley.edu (Richard Hart) writes:
- >
- > It's so true! The one thing that can wreck my body image the
- > worst is seeing my chubby back in those darn 3-way mirrors!
- > Especially if I'm wearing a bra! (Sorry guys, I hope no
- > one is blushing. But the gals probably know what I mean.)
- > Ack! It's the one thing I rarely see, so don't worry about.
-
- I know what you mean about this one and after I lost a lot of weight
- those chubby lines are not there anymore!!!!
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- >
- > Of course you CAN sew your own clothes. If you have the time
- > and ability. This is also a good idea if you are "unusually"
- > shaped (that is, anything but that one shape that mfrs have
- > decided on! They sure didn't consult ME about it, either!)
- > For example, I have big tits even when I'm thin. I'm sort of
- > a size 16 on top, size 10 at the waist (when thin, I mean --
- > now it's more like size 16 all over, and God knows what on top.
- > I only buy knits now!) Anyhow, sewing it yourself means you can
- > get patterns of different sizes and sort of smoosh them together
- > with tape to get a "real" pattern for YOU
-
- I do sew a lot of my clothes for the same reason you mentioned above. I
- can;t really buy any dresses in the stores cause I am a size 16 top and a
- size 10 pants now. So any of the dresses I own I have made myself.
- I am glad I know how to sew fairly well cause it is sure hard to buy a
- formal dress this way! In addition I have bought a few dresses before and
- altered the waist to make it fit better but that is a real pain to do!!
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- Diane
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