I lose weight slowly so I have to live with that weight. I find reading plus size women's clothing catalogs really help me like my body better. I am a fan of MIB (Making it Big), Ulla Popken and Silhouettes. Their clothing is well made and reasonably priced for the quality you get. Avenue and Lane Bryant's stuff is cheap---tends to shrink and pill.
Junonia is overpriced for the style your getting. Their style is either sporty or dowdy. I bought a fused fleece jacket from them on sale for 19.95 marked down from 49.95. Two years later, the fused fleece is separating and the seams are sprouting holes and I've only washed the jacket in cold water on the gentle cycle about three times. Their apple shaped pants fit well however, and they have sporty chlorine resistant swimsuits. I have had my swimsuit for two years and it wears like iron. Still, I could get a chlorine resistant swimsuit from Vermont Country Store for $40 less than Junonia. With the exception of the apple shaped pants, Junonia caters to a different kind of large woman. The Junonia woman is around 5'6" with big breasts, a defined waistline, large hips and thick legs. Lane Bryant also caters to this shape of woman. Which is great. But I'm not that shape.
MIB has a wide variety of cotton jersey knit pants: tapered, straight leg, wide leg and draped. They have a long option (33" inseam) that I always order. The pants go with everything, can be dressed up for work or dressed down for casual. They use large women as models so you can see how the clothes will really look. Their blouses are rayon or cotton in batik prints and rich colors and are so beautiful they will never go out of style.
If I have beautiful clothes to wear, that fit and flatter my body, I can like my body better. If I like my body, I am more likely to make good food choices. I shop for almost all of my clothes online, because I am tall as well as large. Most brick and mortar stores cater to the plump hourglass shape I mentioned before. and to petite women.
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