Not every woman....

Not every woman has the grace of going back to before baby weight or whose hips haven't adjusted.

Not every woman has ever fit into sizes below 8 either.

Not every woman wants to wear jeans and T-shirts all the time.

Not every woman wants to have clothes that even her mother or grandmother refuse to wear.

Not every woman wants to dress up fancy.

Not every woman wants or can spend big bucks to buy good clothing.

Not every woman wants to wear clothes that take her back to her teenage years.

Do you get where this message is going?? Yes clothes. Why is it so difficult to find clothes these days for the standard normal woman? When I say normal woman I mean over the age of 25 but younger than 90 and not a size 0. I am not dishing those women at all, I have some who are friends and family and I love them. I wish I could be like that but I can't nor do I want to in some ways. Yes I did gain weight after I got married and I am working to get closer back to it again. But all in all my clothing size hasn't changed much it is still between 10 and 12 depending on the cut. The choices that we have to wear are so limited at times and it becomes so frustrating.

Am I asking too much?? For reasonably priced clothes? Casual but a little dressy? Not flashy but not contemporary? Can fit the normal average woman to make her look and feel good? Something that doesn't fall apart after a few washings?

I know I am dreaming because this isn't something new at all, it has been going on for the last decade or so and I know I am not the only one that feels this way at all. I have talked to friends and they feel the same way too. I mean I love wearing jeans and a t-shirt but I want something beyond that. Am I asking too much??? I don't think so. And it also brings to fact that maybe part of the problem is that when we see advertisements for clothes the models are ladies who in so many ways are not average.

ETA: Today I saw this article on Yahoo news about the fact that in the US most women are size 14 and a commercial by Levi Jeans. Brings to point that what we see on TV, magazines, etc. is not the normal everyday person, especially a woman http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion/jeans-ad-sparks-controversy-levis-models-come-other-202400157.html