Three questions

[alias_sqbr]

1: Can everyone who wants to be on the sickblargle filter see this post?

2: Where would one buy large rolls of duct tape cheap? I want to make a duct tape sewing dummy.

3: Where are good places to go for reasonably priced size 16 clothes? I know size 18 is where it starts to get really annoying, but am I going to have problems if I go to Harbour Town? (I've gone up a dress size since I last properly went shopping)

Comments

[ilumiari.livejournal.com]

I buy most of my clothes online, and alot of people are surprised by this and say "I would never buy something online, how do I know if it'll fit?", but online clothes generally have their measurements given in cm or inches which are uniform. As long as you know your measurements you're fine.

Don't get me started on the trend of "vanity sizing" :P I own clothes that fit labelled from size 6-12, and I damn well know that I'm never going to be size 6.

[greteldragon.livejournal.com]

I'm always nervous of buying things online. I measure myself right before ordering, but my sizing doesn't really seem all standard.

So I tend to wind up in XL, XXL, because otherwise I'm not sure it'll fit around my breasts. (Which makes the rest of it much too big, but breathing easy is nice.) At a store I can just check how well it fits.

[ilumiari.livejournal.com]

Yeah, luckily my bust-waist ratio is pretty standard, and I don't tend to buy things where the hip measurement is important.

[alias_sqbr]

One of the reasons I want to get better at sewing is to adjust stuff because my ratios are way different to what clothes manufacturers cater to, so online is probably not for me :/