I read a blog called My Aim is True, and the blogmaster (did I just create a word?) makes a post once a week she calls "Fat Fashion Thursday" she picks the best of the best out there in plus size clothes and she has fabulous taste. I really enjoy her blog and her Thursday posts, alot of you probably already know this exists, but I thought I'd share.

http://www.myaimistrue.com/archives/fat_fashion_thursday/

There is an article on the Junkfood Science blog yesterday called Lawyers to the rescue that I thought some here would find of interest. It talks about employer wellness programs- those programs in which employers offer financial incentives for employees to be "healthier" by either not penalizing wages or giving them better insurance premiums.

This became legal under a new federal law on July 1 called the Nondiscrimination and Wellness
Programs in Health Coverage in the Group Market. However, as employers look to implement these programs, lawyers are beginning to warn them against it because they could still violate the ADA and insurance statutes.

The blog summarizes the points much better than I can so if this is of interest to you I encourage you to check it out.

It's sorta off-topic for the fashion aspect of this comm, but I know that the folks here will have some good answers to this question. Could people recommend some blogs (and books, if people know of any) that deal with fat politics, particularly the intersection of fat, feminism, and disability rights? I joined this comm in hopes of finding new sources for clothes, but was put off by the politics. Now I'm most interested in the politics posts, and find myself paging past most of the fashion posts. I think it's time to expand my read list! Attempts to LJ search and Google have turned up a lot of truly terrifying shit, though, and I don't have the stomach to go looking through nine zillion self-hating, fat-shaming comms and blogs to find what the seasoned activists here already know about. I've read Big Fat Blog, but it doesn't seem to have a Blogroll (or it has one in a place not easily found), so I'm at an impasse.

Help?

Hi,

I am new to LJ, I wanted to start a journal about my weight issues and I was looking for some communities and happened upon this one. I must say you ladies rock! I look forward to making more posts but I do have some questions:

Cable Knit tights- I've be coveting these tights but cannot find any in plus sizes. I found a pair of black ones that were "Queen" size but they still didn't fit (i am a size 20/22, 5'4). I am going to sew them to a pair of bike shorts so I can wear them. Has anyone else found any plus size cable knit tights???

Also, has anyone gotten this from Alloy:



It only comes in XL but I am thinking it may still fit since it a tunic style.

Also, I like to read this blog, it maybe inspirational to you as well!
http://toofatforfashion.blogspot.com/

This site is via dressaday.com .

http://www.fashion-incubator.com/mt/ is explaining how to make a living in the fashion business; she is describing economic facts.

In order to use fabric efficiently, you force your sizing to a bell curve. See here:

http://www.fashion-incubator.com/mt/archives/analyzing_sales_by_size.html

> Since my fabrics will (for the most part) only be available in 44"-45" width and I'm cutting on the bias, the core characteristics of my product will limit the sizes I can offer -at the outset. Now, if targeting smaller sizes proves to my detriment, then I only have myself to blame. My position on this issue is not contradictory when compared to the children's wear designer above because she had no limitations such as narrow goods or cutting on the bias.To offer larger sizes, I'd have to increase my price points on the magnitude of 25% or more. Accordingly, I am more than aware that some of you cannot or do not want to offer the largest sizes and I don't think you should be criticized for it but you can't blame anyone for lagging sales in the smaller sizes either.

> the most ideal sales per size proportion is 1:2:1. This means that for every "medium" you sell, you're selling one small and one large

This means that unless the dress manufacturer is explicitly targeting larger women (by setting "medium" to be size 12-14) there are going to be very few large dresses on the racks. If "medium" is set to size 8, there will be very, very few size 14s available. This isn't because fashion designers are evil; it's because of the way fabric is laid out on a bolt.

Sigh.