Keep in mind it's been relatively recently that stores have started carrying 18s (and sometimes even 20s) in the regular section. When I was a kid, The Gap was the only normal store that carried 16s. I bought all my clothes there until the dreaded day that I had to start shopping in the plus size stores. At that time, Gap 16 was pretty equal to Lane Bryant 14.
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Originally Posted by BornToFly
I've often wondered why major clothing stores ( JC Penny, Sears, etc ) don't have all clothing combined. It kind of irks me that they separate them like they do.
Well if they actually carried the same clothes in both sections than I'd be okay with combining them. But it makes no sense to combine them when the selections are so completely different. As it is, I find it crushing to see a really cute shirt in the plus size section, only to find it's a mis-placed top from the regular section. If they combined the plus and regular sections I'd be running desparately from rack to rack only to be repeatedly disapointed that none of the stuff I like goes up to my size.