Fashion questions for those of us with bigger partners (3XL plus)

[~ Mylitta ~]

DH gets a lot of his tshirts and casual shirts from Target, tshirts from cafepress online (mostly ones he wears when dj'ing because he gets designs that suit the profession), and most of his work professional work shirts are from Lowes.

[Astrid]

So are any of you finding a reduction in range at Target? Just wondering if it is a local thing, which is stupid, as the locals around here tend to be on the larger size.

[Miss_Dee]

Our local Target never had a huge range to begin with.

[briggsy's girl]

Target have definitely reduced their range for big guys stuff

DH loves Bundy Rum so he was buying off Ebay or direct from the distillery - haven't had to buy him anything in ages cos the combo of plain work-provided clothes and his bundy stash means he doesn't need anything

i will admit finding him the shorts he likes is near impossible now though

[Astrid]

DH is after 3/4's at the moment and he is always a pain trying to find the right shorts.

[~Kim~]

Our local Target never had a huge range to begin with.

Yeah that. But we live in the centre of nowhere lol.

Essential Man have a decent range of bigger sizes and their XXL is really that. Not like some of the surf brands etc where DH needs 3 sizes bigger.
Just jeans have decent shorts and they are a good length, but they only go up to a 40. It is however a very generous 40 I have discovered.

[Astrid]

Oh dear - DH is 7XL, if only he was XXL we would not have so many problems getting him clothes. I think we have differing ideas on what is a BIG man

[briggsy's girl]

mine is in a 5-7xl, depending on where we shop - but then it's 3xl in some places too - it's a serious PITA trying to shop online if you haven't bought the brand of clothes previously too

i sometimes wonder if they think big means incapable of wearing clothes that fit properly - big people end up looking like crap not because they don't WANT to find clothes that fit appropriately, but because they physically CAN'T find it! so they get stuff that kinda fits and hope for the best

and so much of the clothes in bigger sizes for guys is as ugly as the stuff for bigger girls if you are looking in major chains - they're really uninspiring

[Astrid]

Very true BG. DH is so reluctant to buy online, in particular pants, he really needs to try them on and wants to wear more than trackies.

His mum used to sew a lot of his clothes when he was a teenager. It was worse then as he was still weightlifting, so had no neck and could not put his arms down properly. Thankfully now he is not like that, but still has the thick arms, broad shoulders and huge thighs.

It is easier to get him suits. They cost a fortune ($800+), but the stores fit them properly and get them tailored as required.

[Traveller]

my husband is very slim but I also have trouble finding clothes as he is 6'6" tall with a size 13 foot, and most of the local shops seem to assume if you are tall then you are also wide, which of course isn't true! We buy a lot of clothes online from specialist stores like kingsize and bigguy but it's a real shame as the bargain target stuff is usually unsuitable and he can't find cheap runners for wearing to work anywhere because being a carpet fitter he wears the toes out within a month or two no matter how expensive the shoe. He used to get $15 ones from target and k-mart but they no longer sell up to his size.