Alright, this is going to be a weird rant. Although I cannot wear any clothes from LB anymore (with probably the exception of bras), I spent almost my entire 20's obese and spent thousands of dollars for clothes from this store, since I felt it was the only place I could find clothes that FIT that didn't make me look matronly. It didn't matter how cute the stuff was, it didn't look good on me, cause I was FAT. However, I still get the mailers from LB because up until last year, I was buying stuff from there all the time. I'm sure they wonder what happened to me, LOL!!
Now, onto my rant. The mailer I got yesterday, and the models. Um, these women are MY SIZE now, and no way can they fit into the clothing. But in all the pages, there they are, flat stomachs, big ol' breasts, no rolls, no cellulite, not a lot of junk in the trunk. UNREALISTIC. I know they do this to sell clothes, but it seems to me that they are perpetuating a lie that obesity is OK, and that their clothes will make you look THAT GOOD if you buy it. So maybe I want to see a size 22/24 model actually wearing the clothes, instead of people with healthy-overweight BMI ranges. So weird as it sounds, I'm pissed at LB for making me live in denial about how big I was getting. Which I know is crazy. How can I blame a store?
Maybe I had too much caffeine this AM...