Plus Size Clothing Quotes

I've got a 27-inch waist. Before, I was stupid smaller. Finding clothes in the South was impossible.

Go to Lord & Taylor on Fifth Avenue, I think it's the eighth floor, and it's just a department called 'Woman.' It's rather devastating. You've never seen such hideous clothes in your entire life. I mean, it's simply appalling. Thank God there are no windows on that floor, because if I were a size 18, I'd throw myself right out the window [after seeing those clothes]. It's insulting what these designers do to these women.

There were days I could barely struggle into a size 46 or 48, months of larges and XXLs, and endless rounds of leggings with the elastic at the waist stretched to its limit and beyond - topped with the fashion equivalent of a tea cozy. And always black, because I was in mourning for my slimmer self.

Whoever's designing for plus-size doesn't get it. The entire garment needs to be reconceived. You can't just take a size 8 and make it larger.

I feel like my figure is a challenge because I'm quite flat chested but I've got a booty so I've got to look for the right things.

I shop almost exclusively online, from brands like Eloquii, ASOS, Elizabeth Suzann, or Rachel Comey, if one of their straight-size pieces has a little extra room.

She was so fat that her clothes are made by Omar the tent maker.

It is harder to dress a bigger woman no matter what anybody wants to say.

I want to find a way to reach young women emotionally and also to start providing clothing for them so that they can wear the same things their thin friends can wear. I really want to do evening wear and prom dresses for these girls.

I wear black because I'm a large lady, and I have many exact replicas of the same black outfit.

If you're too big to fit into fashion, then you just have to do your own fashion.

I want to make the IKEA of clothes for fat girls and boys. Cheap, affordable, basic - but ethically made. Basics, you know? Like Spanx - I'm still confused as to why retailers haven't ripped them off yet and done it well. It's because they don't understand the basics behind it. I love Spanx. I'm wearing 'em right now!

Comfort is key for me. I'm a bigger guy, so whatever fits is nice, too.

Me, as a designer who is not exactly skinny, all I want is comfortable clothes.

Designers are either not interested in making larger sizes or they don't feel that it's important.

My dad was a football player, and I've been the same size since eighth grade, so I get how it can be hard when you don't fit in with the 'normal-size' girls, or your butt and legs are too big for normal-size jeans.

I've found that if you have big thighs, as I do, long underwear will not ride up.

Most of my stuff comes from Eloquii, Torrid, Lane Bryant - even Target!

Well, for street clothes, a lot of what I wear is Jones New York. I am well-endowed in the derriere, and they can handle that.

I was incredibly voluptuous, and it was frustrating as a young woman to not find things that fit well and made me feel celebratory of my body.

People don't stop at a size 12. I feel like there's a big thing missing where you can't dress to your mood above a certain number.

You're never too fat for a new purse.

Costume people are always saying they don't have clothes big enough for me.

I joined a gym when I was 11, agreed to seeing a dietitian aged 15, and I remember being a teenager and going to shops, only to find that as a size 16, the clothes were hidden at the back or on different floors well away from the shop windows.

It's so much easier when you're a size two or three to just slip on anything. But a big girl, sometimes you've got to strap some stuff down!