Retail is Not Your Only Option
This Brooklyn, NY based company recently celebrated a membership milestone by reaching the 1,000,000 member mark.
Currently Etsy has over "150,000 sellers in 171 countries". This lends to a diverse and unique opportunities for the plus size shopper.
This lens highlights some of my favorite plus size clothing designers and their designs at Etsy. Bear in mind that their offerings will fluctuate with every visit, not all pieces will be offered in all sizes and some designers may only go up to size 18 while others may go up to 32.
Clothing should have a little attitude.
BonBon
A'Kai Silks
Which are you?
Fat Girls Guide to Life
The Fat Girl's Guide to Life
Amazon Price: $11.21 (as of 10/12/2008)
"Vibrant, vivacious, and gorgeous, Wendy Shanker is a fat girl who has simply had enough-enough of family, friends, co-workers, women's magazines, even strangers on the street all trying (and failing) to make her thin. Written in Wendy's wonderfully funny and candid voice, The Fat Girl's Guide to Life provides thought-provoking insights, statistics, and body-image resources intended to restore a realistic standard of beauty and self-acceptance to the 68 percent of American women who wear a size 12 or larger."
Morose Melonhead
Dancing Barefoot Custom Tie-Dye Mandala
Big Girl Knits
Big Girl Knits: 25 Big, Bold Projects Shaped for Real Women with Real Curves
Amazon Price: $19.80 (as of 10/12/2008)
Big Girl Knits is the love child of authors Jillian Moreno and Amy R. Singer. Jillian hales from Ann Arbor, Michigan while Amy is from Toronto, Ontario. This book contains twenty-five knitting patterns for curvy chics. Visit Big Girl Knits lens.
Jezebelles Handmade and Vintage
Vigilante Labortories
Highlight the best and forget the rest.
Malphi
Winter Lights Clothing
Sewing for Plus Sizes
Sewing for Plus Sizes: Creating Clothes that Fit and Flatter
Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 10/12/2008)
"Sewing for Plus Sizes is the first book to help home sewers who wear size 14 or larger make and adapt patterns and develop techniques for adapting designs for larger sizes. Designed to meet the needs of the basic sewer, Sewing for Plus Sizes guides the reader through such important steps as selecting designs, colors, and fabrics that will enhance their plus-size figures. It also shows how to adjust commercial patterns to fit unique dimensions and accommodate figure variations common to larger women..."
Maty Davis Jeans Wear
VINTAGE ROSE painted JEANS
$49.00
GERBER DAISY jeans
$49.00
Belli Phat
Valerie's Vintage
Find YOUR style.
More Etsy Sellers Featuring Plus Size
I couldn't feature them all so here are more:
Pyogazel Mermaid Scales - bikini top pattern
Mermaid Scales - bikini top pattern, Pyogazel, $4. more...1 point
Sandmaiden Sleepwear, Loungewear, Fine Lingerie
Sandmaiden Sleepwear, Loungewear and fine lingerie more...0 points
Platipuses
Curvey Hoes %u2665 Killer Clothes- platipuses DIY0 points
LoriAnn Costume Designs
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Raghouse International
Knitted plus size items.0 points
ECO-FRIENDLY CLOTHING
FOR THE URBAN NOMAD0 points
Batikwalla by Victoria
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missbrache :: Alway fabulous
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treehouse 28
~ custom clothing for women ~0 points
Turtleturtle
Baby bump bands.0 points
Jellybean Apparel
Maternity tees + We've got something for every bel more...0 points
Homme Grown Clothing
Unique, eco-conscious clothing (in limited quantit more...0 points
Miss Alphabet
Regular and plus size clothing and jewelry.0 points
The Sugar Monster
All of our shirts are available up to a size 5X. S more...0 points
Nikki Blaine Couture
Nikki Blaine Couture offers the "Glam Chic&qu more...0 points
:: kraken ::
Tshirt designs inspired by creatures from the deep more...0 points
Outrageous Rags
Hand died Kaftans up to size 5x.0 points
Plus Size Clothing Lenses
by Big Girl Blue
Here is a collection of plus size clothing lenses for specific categories.-
Plus Size Bras
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Women of all shapes and sizes have been battling with their breasts for centuries. If anyone should wear a good bra it is a plus size woman. There is, after all, more to accentuate, manipulate and support. It has been harder for plus size women to fi...
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Plus Size Swimwear
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No one said you had to wear a "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" to go swimming or hang out by the poolside. It is possible for plus size women to be fashionable water babies and still be comfortable (of course if you are brave enough...
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Plus Size Party Dresses
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Love a good party? Looking for the right party dress for your curvy-lupcuous figure? Here you'll find great party dress options for plus size figures as well as other ways to glam up your curves. Let the fall parties begin with the little black part...
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Plus Size Halloween Costumes
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Like other times of the year, Halloween has become a commercial event. That's not always a bad thing, especially in the case of plus size Halloween costumes for women. Being a commercialized event means there are more options out there for plus size...
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Plus Size Denim
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Denim has always been a love-hate relationship with me. But denim technology has changed over the years as have their styles. It use to be a plus size woman couldn't find a decent pair of denim jeans unless she went to the men's department. And we al...
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Rokusan
Hi BigGirlBlue ~ I saw this on Twitter and came over. How interesting, I was just today thinking about how I might design some plus size clothing to sell on Etsy. Coincidence....? I think not. Do you have a shop at Etsy? I sell only baby blankets so far, but hope to expand that to sweaters and adult-bed blankets in a couple months. Maybe one day I'll be one of your featured stores for plus size sweaters! Posted June 07, 2008 |
