by Nicole Callis

Created on: October 03, 2008

I have been a, not always proud, member of the curvy women club for almost seven years now. In the beginning, my fashion sense was non-existent. Gigantic tee shirts and sweat pants that swallowed me whole were what I lived in for about three years. This was mainly due to the fact that my body was not something I was comfortable in, both due to social influences and personal loathing for no longer being the thin person I used to be. Add on the fact that I felt awkward in anything that wasn't three sizes too big because I didn't like my breasts and derriere to be anything noticeable.

One day at the mall, I stepped foot in Lane Bryant for the first time.Before that day, I avoided them like theplague because their window displays were always something I would imagine a business professional wearing or something I would catch myNana in.They underwent a fashion makeover themselves and started carrying things appealing to younger women, so I caved and decided to check it out.Since that day, I will not go anywhere else to do my shopping, except maybe Old Navy or Target.

Lane Bryant will always be the default choice though.Theyhave a good selection that has many different pieces and their prices aren't unruly, especially if you have a coupon or catch them during a great sale. Their newest promotion product is their jeans and pants. They have incorporated pants based on three fitting styles. One fit, the yellow, for women who don't have much going on in the hip department. Another, the red fit, for women who have some curves in their hips. Then, the blue fit, for women who are primarily curvy in their hips. This is a huge step up from the one cut suits all jeans they used to carry. But, like every piece of clothing that is mass produced, they still have their flaws because it doesn't tailor your body. The only real problem I have with it is that I seem to fall dead in the middle between the red fit and the blue fit. This poses problems because the red fit doesn't fit in the legs as well as the blue fit but then the blue fit doesn't fit as well in the waist as the red fit. The solution I have found more suitable thus far is to just get one pair of the red fit in one wash and one pair of the blue fit in a different wash. That way, I can alternate according to what wash I feel like wearing one day and just deal with the discrepancies. As of recently, they have carried this fit system over to dress pants as well, no longer just jeans. When it is time to go shopping for fall/winter

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