I was skimming through a couple of catalogs before I recycled them, and I remember my mother complaining about whoever designed "fashions" for larger sizes. She used to say they chose colors, patterns and styles with the idea of shaming people into losing weight.

Some of the companies aren't too bad, but the others? Who buys this stuff? It doesn't look good on the size 10 models! Does somebody sit there and think, "Mom wears a 4X...she'd look GREAT in a pumpkin orange pant set with giant lime green palm trees! Oh, and let's add eyelets, laces, and a fake tank top!"