Dear Old Navy, Jesus Christ.
I noticed something odd the last time I was at the Old Navy nearest me. I didn’t think much of it, thought maybe it was temporary even.
No.
It wasn’t.
They seem to have permanently removed the plus size women’s section from the stores. I know this because I went online today and lo:
Check that a bit closer, will ya:
What the fuck, Old Navy? Saying Exclusively Online! all chipper and cheery like doesn’t mean you are somehow NOT saying that you don’t give a shit about your plus sized customers. You don’t. You DO want them to buy your things. But you do NOT want them to be in your stores, where perhaps these women would also like to try things on.
I’m not even IN these sizes right now, but damn is it annoying. Did you really need to remove that section to make room for more tshirts? Do you really think that women don’t talk to one another and say where we got our cute things? Also, shockingly, most people need to try clothing on a lot of the time. You know, to see if it fits, how it looks, how you feel in it. Women can’t do that if it’s all online, or at least, it makes shopping one big irritating clusterfuckery. More than usual, anyway.
Grrrr.
(Don’t even get me started on the impossibility of finding men’s clothings in bigger sizes. Polos, all you have are solid polos.)
GRRRRR.
Posted by Melissa on May 19th, 2008 under Observations
May 20th, 2008 at 7:45 am
And the few stores that carry maternity clothes only carry a small fraction of what they have online. And, hello, who needs to try their clothes on more than a woman buying maternity for her CONSTANTLY CHANGING BODY?! I join you in this wtf post. Boo, and also GRRRRRR
May 20th, 2008 at 10:55 am
That was a seriously dumb move on their part. MOST women these days are plus-size. They are not a minority.
Of course, it could be that plus size women don’t shop much at Old Navy anymore now that they have changed all of their women’s jeans to only fit women who are shaped like men (regardless of size). Women with curves need not apply.
Old Navy used to be my FAVORITE place to buy pants. Now? I’m lucky if one of of ten pairs I try on their fits me. And I’m a size eight. It’s just that my butt, well, EXISTS. As does my waist.
May 20th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Woah– did I just type their instead of there?
Someone revoke my college degree, quick.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Art Nerd, (1) TEN DAYS, (2) No effing joke. You are kidding me. Not being able to try on maternity clothes, oh my lands.
Jaelithe, I do it all the time and I’m a grammar snob to the highest degree.
You are also dead on about the pants there. I just bought one size of pants (16) only to find them falling off all the time, but the size lower was just weird and pinchy (my usual 14). I dont obsess over numbers, I’ll get what fits but damn if you didn’t nail it. That’s what it is: I have a butt and a waist. These jeans, two different styles, do not accommodate at all.
I went the other day and tried on a gazillion pants or capris, nothing worked. Not one.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
I don’t think “exclusively online!” is something to be celebrated or proud of. That’s like saying, “Hey! YOU get to pay for shipping! AND you don’t get to try stuff on! Woo hoo!!!!”
I am spot-on for the healthy weight for my height, but I will never buy pants online. Because I, too, have a butt. I can fit into pants from a 4 to an 8, depending on the butt allowance of said pants. So I MUST try them on (this includes walking, sitting, standing, squatting, jumping in them). To not have that option at a store is ridiculous.
Girl sizes don’t work like guy sizes!
May 20th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Isn’t that crazy, that girl sizes are sooo varied? And hells yes you need to jump, sit, stand, etc. in them.
Especially with those lower waistlines, sitting is a must. Ick.