Lee Lee's Valise - plus size boutique in CG
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Oh my goodness! I have to say THANK YOU for this thread!! As a plus sized girl who practically lives and breathes Lane Bryant, it is SO AWESOME to discover there are other clothing options here in NYC... I'll have to check these stores out ASAP!
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fyi, there is a great store in London called Duo but you can order their products online. basically, they do boots in a ton of calf sizes. I LOVE that I now have knee high boots in my size. so happy.
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Wow, the Duo site is great. I haven't had a pair of non-lace up tall boots pretty much ever. Even when I was a lot thinner I have always had big calves. How fabulous...thanks so much.
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There's also a site based here in the U.S., widewidths.com, that I imagine has cheaper shipping, although I haven't looked at it in a while and don't know how their styles compare. They used to have a shop in Tribeca but closed down a year or two ago -- pity.
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oh god, i am drooling over the duo site AGAIN. which ones do you have, alfy?
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got a fuckin' fantastic dress there on sunday. am waiting for them to email me about a size of a trentacosta dress I want ASAP (though i did see a chick on the train wearing that dress - whatever). this store never ceases to bring me joy.
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alafairnadia wrote: got a fuckin' fantastic dress there on sunday. am waiting for them to email me about a size of a trentacosta dress I want ASAP (though i did see a chick on the train wearing that dress - whatever). this store never ceases to bring me joy.
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stacey wrote: [quote=alafairnadia]got a fuckin' fantastic dress there on sunday. am waiting for them to email me about a size of a trentacosta dress I want ASAP (though i did see a chick on the train wearing that dress - whatever). this store never ceases to bring me joy.
Did you happen to notice if they had any nice cocktail dresses?
tons of them. tons. -
What size lingerie do they carry? Since I'm big on top with a long torso, I've been wearing plus-size bathing suits even when I was a size 4. And usually in lingerie, I end up in plus sizes as well. It's really disheartening to walk into a store and find that they don't make cute bras in a D cup. I always get pointed to the Fortinbras! section where all the bras are really ugly, only in two colors, and come with so much hardware that I tend to swim in them since I don't need that much support. I've been wearing these undershirt type bras that are real cute. They're like sport bras but with less support. However, I'm getting to the point where I do need more support, but not the post-maternity kind. The problem I have with Victoria's Secret is that all their bras are padded. I'm big enough already. WHY do I need more padding? I stopped wearing those bras because they make me look HUGE and my clothing just gets so tight that it's Not Work Appropriate. Plus I'm really not a fan of underwire bras, though I'll wear them when I need to. I'm probably about a 38D now.
As a former model, I can tell you that there is almost ZERO demand for a model who is size 8-10. If I were still interested in modeling and a size 12, I could get work as a plus size, but I'm really too small for that now. And I'm too big for the other end. Fortunately, right now I don't give a crap.
Size 8 may be considered fat, but I've never had anyone give me grief about it since I've become one. In fact, I'm getting more acting work and more attention from men since I've become an 8, so YMMV. I'm also the kind of person who has never stressed about body image and weight before and I'm not about to start now. The only person who is allowed to call me fat is my doctor, so as long as I'm healthy, I'm fine with the size I am. -
lilbangladesh wrote:
I love the way you complain and whine about being a size 8 while ostensibly telling us how fine you are with it. But honey, if you think a size 8 is plus size, you DO have body image problems. Considered fat? by who, anorexics? 14 year old models? Uh, no. sorry. get over it. this thread is for large women who are happy to be able to shop in a place that doesn't judge or compare, that helps us feel good about ourselves instead of setting us up to feel like crap. You have NOTHING to feel bad about and whining about being fat when you're a size 8 is ridiculous in this context. Despite your protestations, you at least feel that you're supposed to feel bad about being a size 8 and indeed you may in fact feel bad about your current size and pain is pain and I don't want to demean your feelings, but it's just plain bad taste to complain about being a size 8 here.
As a former model, I can tell you that there is almost ZERO demand for a model who is size 8-10. If I were still interested in modeling and a size 12, I could get work as a plus size, but I'm really too small for that now. And I'm too big for the other end. Fortunately, right now I don't give a crap.
Size 8 may be considered fat, but I've never had anyone give me grief about it since I've become one. In fact, I'm getting more acting work and more attention from men since I've become an 8, so YMMV. I'm also the kind of person who has never stressed about body image and weight before and I'm not about to start now. The only person who is allowed to call me fat is my doctor, so as long as I'm healthy, I'm fine with the size I am.
I'm tempted to say, I'd kill to be a size 8. but that's just the same (not so) disguised self hate thing. The point of this thread is, at least for me, that I'm the size I am and I want to buy beautiful clothes that look great on who I am now and this great store has opened up right here in Brooklyn where the clothes are lovely and the owner is lovely and you walk out feeling great and when you wear the clothes you get lots of compliments and feel beautiful. Don't want to hear any self-loathing here, no matter how cagily expressed.
And, FYI, she has a great selection of bras. -
Actually, if you read for content, I was replying to an earlier post on how a size 8 is considered fat, at least by Hollywood standards. Which both you and I know to be ridiculous. I was also correcting the impression that plus-size models are a size eight, and from experience, I know that you have to be at least a size 12 to be a plus-size model. If I *cared* about modeling anymore, I would be whining, because at my size, there really isn't much work except for occasional commercial print. But I don't.
I am happy to be my size. I look better. I feel better. And clothes are easier to buy. And I'm really glad that there are more options for bigger women now. (I think I might need a new pair of boots from Duo. My beefy calves busted my last pair.)
Nope. Not whining. Except about bras. Thanks for playing. :roll: -
Listen Lilbang, with all do respect, you seem to be whining and bragging your way across all the board. Maybe just take a second to listen to the tone and wording you use. That's why people are getting annoyed.
You post the first thing out of your head, you regale us with non sequitur remembrances, you revive old threads for little reason.... Anyways, food for thought. Carry on. -
they carry many sizes in lingerie though i don't think they're stocking bathing suits at the moment. if you're looking for an expert lingerie fitting, though, try intimacies on the ... upper east side? they come in the dressing room, measure you and get you into a bra that fits perfectly. both at lee lee's and intimacies, though, we're talking over $50 for a bra.
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Never under estimate the importance of a good bra.
I have to check out this intimacies place. Lee Lee's didn't have that many bras in stock when Alfy and I went last weekend. What they did have was pretty though. -
OK so I went there today looking for a cocktail dress and they do have some really nice ones but the two I liked they didn't have my size. I did notice that they have some really beautiful wool coats but I didn't have too much time to browse them. But this is definitely a place I will be back to.
Of course I had to stop at Monteleone's on my way back :twisted: 8) -
let me know next time you're heading over - I'm really trying to beef up my wardrobe.
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I'm too lazy to find a better thread for this, but people interested in Lee Lee's might like this resale/vintage store:
Re/Dress NYC is a buy * sell * trade resale
establishment. Based on the store's style,
size and seasonal needs, women are offered
either 25% of the resale price in cash
or 40% store credit for the clothing selected
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http://www.redressnyc.com/
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