[joanne52]

Hi.

I am looking for a printer who carries all the women's plus sizes. like at least 5x but preferably all of them. I don't think my women customers should have to pay more for a t-shirt just because they are overweight. Or have to wear men's shirts, which don't even normally fit many overweight women anyway because they don't tend to fit in the bust. No luck when i searched online last night at all.

Maybe they don't exist. But i see some very considered obese people wearing t-shirts sometimes. I don't feel good not carrying plus sizes. There is one t-shirt that has to be put onto plus sizes.

I think i can find men's plus sizes a little easier.

Has anyone else run into this?

Joanne

 

[NoXid]

Any shirt from 2X on up is going to cost more, regardless of gender. Two factors go into that: they contain more fabric and more linear inches of stiching, and thus more materials and labor; and they sell in lower volumes compared to the mid-range sizes, so have a lower "turn rate" in inventory, meaning there is an opportunity cost associated with manufacturing and warehousing them as opposed to sizes that turn more quickly--they recoup that loss in volume by making more per item. It's bean counters at work, not discrimination

LAT (LAT Apparel) has some nice cuts in larger women's sizes. Look at the actual measurements, as the Sm, Lg, Xl size names were originally based on men's jacket sizes and have no fixed or agreed upon meaning for women's shirts from brand to brand, or even style to style within a single brand.


I use Next Level 3900 for a slim fit women's shirt; Bella 6400 for women with more curves, but still an hourglass shape (note, a Small in this would fit similar to a Large NL 3900; and the 2XL would be like a 4 or 5X in the NL ... if NL made one that large, which they don't). Beyond that I go with men's styles. However, if I were to offer something beyond that specifically for women, it would be the LAT line.