[gidget7]

That's easy, offer it in stores! I have long held the view that fashion, even blue jeans, is not flattering to women now. The jeans are cut for men and boys, do not flatter a woman or girl. Dresses and tops resemble lingerie not blouses or shirts. I haven't bought new clothes in years because fashion is so ugly.

Junior fashion for girls and smaller framed women is worst of all. All you see now is hippy clothing. While some of the skirts are attractive, the jagged hemlines are not.

If the fashion industry starts making them, they will sell them. Whether or not a girl will admit it, all girls like to look pretty. Fashion industry likes to dictate what that means.

[auto power]

I'm all for modest and conservative clothing. When you pick up the weenkend section of your newspapers, the fashions are horribly sloppy, show way too much skin, and makes both adult women and girls look like they're residing in a third world country. Most of the fashions border on making females look like prostitutes. We need more tailored, even English classic styles back. Sooner the better.

[redlocks322]

I agree. Being full figured, it's very hard to find anything to wear now. I just keep wearing my old clothes and taking extra care with them. I sometimes go to Goodwill to find stuff.

As usual, the fashion industry only caters to the "perfect size woman" myth.

Even the clothes at Lane Bryant aren't all that attractive looking anymore :-(

[MineralMan]

Drop into any Land's End store. Lots of modest clothing in there. Really.

Or Eddie Bauer. Same sort of thing.

You're not going to find it at The Gap or Wet Seal or any of those stores, I guarantee.

When you start seeing modest clothing in Seventeen and the other fashion magazines aimed at young girls, then you'll have no trouble getting girls into that clothing.

Around here, in Minnesota, there's a chain called Mills Fleet Farm. It's basically a big, old-fashioned feed store writ large.

They have clothing for all ages, and it's all modest. Could be there's something like that, too, in your area. Convincing your daughters to buy their clothing there, however, is your responsibility. I wouldn't even try.

[ArrogantBustard]

fashion, even blue jeans, is not flattering to women now.

I suspect that something like 0.009% of women can wear hip-huggers without looking like Six Pounds of $#!+ Stuffed in a Five Pound Sack.

Seriously, ladies: You have a waist. It's located several inches above your crotch. When you put the waistband of your pants below your actual waist, you look like you have two waists, and a blob of glop hanging out between them. It makes you look ridiculous and disgusting.

Rant Off.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Where did the so-called "fashion" come from that dictates tops that look like they are outgrown? I even see these on adults now -- too tight and too short with the under layer hanging out. I see tops in stores that look like doll clothes. It really looks stupid.

[Desdemona]

I have long held the view that fashion, even blue jeans, is not flattering to women now. The jeans are cut for men and boys, do not flatter a woman or girl.

True. This is what happens when clothing designers are gay men. They design clothing for what appeals to them.

It's easier to find clothes than people might think. It just takes a little effort.