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Liberalynn

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14. I am sorry they don't have as many choices in petite

Reply to cwydro (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 8, 2015, 11:27 AM

Apr 2015

sizes. It's frustrating too I'm sure. The thing is they do have at least some petite choices in their stores. There was a whole petite section in fact. There was literally nothing for plus sized women.

As someone pointed out on Change.org, about Old Navy! Plus sized women get charged more for clothes because they need more material, okay that's reasonable on its face but they don't charge plus sized men more.

So it does feel like we are being treated differently than other sized women and any sized male.

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Got to rant about LLBean [View all] Liberalynn Apr 2015 OP

From a capitalist point of view, it costs money to put clothes on a shop floor. If that range of underahedgerow Apr 2015 #1

That doesn't bear out...there are more larger women Lars39 Apr 2015 #2

+1 Liberalynn Apr 2015 #10

I hear what you're saying! But in clothing manufacturing, especially with moderate to high underahedgerow Apr 2015 #15

And they're priced accordingly from what I can tell. Lars39 Apr 2015 #16

I get that the manufacturing costs them more for larger sizes Liberalynn Apr 2015 #24

Not according to this from a 2009 LL Bean FaceBook Statement: Raine1967 Apr 2015 #4

Interesting article. Liberalynn Apr 2015 #9

I suppose the sales popularity of sizes Liberalynn Apr 2015 #8

Beans has changed a lot over the years avebury Apr 2015 #3

Agreed they've changed Liberalynn Apr 2015 #11

OMG. Don't get me started. Not on Bean. vanlassie Apr 2015 #5

This is so true. Liberalynn Apr 2015 #12

If you have a Christopher/C.J. Banks near you, they used to have really nice styles. femmocrat Apr 2015 #6

We do have a Christopher Banks store Liberalynn Apr 2015 #13

I love Bean and have shopped online there for most of my life. cwydro Apr 2015 #7

I am sorry they don't have as many choices in petite Liberalynn Apr 2015 #14

I hear ya there. cwydro Apr 2015 #18

Got in touch with a friend who works a second gig at LL Bean. Raine1967 Apr 2015 #17

Thank You for doing that and thank your friend as well Liberalynn Apr 2015 #19

they don't do tall either dolphinsandtuna Apr 2015 #20

I am sorry you are having trouble as well. Liberalynn Apr 2015 #28

I understand but it's not just large sizes PennyK Apr 2015 #21

They really should offer a more varied selection of sizes period Liberalynn Apr 2015 #25

Eddie Bauer local stores did that too. Overweight is the fashionable-bigot target these days. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #22

Sorry to hear Liberalynn Apr 2015 #26

Me too. :-( Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #29

Bean sucks. trof Apr 2015 #23

Agreed about their customer service Liberalynn Apr 2015 #27