I had slight impulse control issues when I went to the mall yesterday to get my dad his Father’s Day gift.  Not too bad but Bath and Body Works was having one of their semi-annual sales.  Need I say more?  Anyway, I ducked into an Aeropostale, which I haven’t done in years, because I remember my step-brother saying that’s where he got these shorts that I liked and they had them in girls sizes too.  And they had them sitting right out front so I went in to check them out.

Now I know Aeropostale does not cater to someone my age, as if I’m somehow old.  Their target audience are high schoolers.  I think it’s pretty obvious the second you walk in there.  The thing is, that’s my style.  Not high school clothes in general but the leaning-towards-surfer style.  Always has been since I was in high school.  And you know what they say, as you get older, you tend to wear the clothes you wore when you were younger (both my parents still dress how they did when they were younger, just slightly modified for age, but pretty much the same, also kind of explains the Moms In Denial that don’t feel the need to dress more their age).  It’s a casual, and pretty unchanging, style.  It hasn’t morphed much over the years except now I won’t step foot in PacSun because it’s gone all WTF since I used to shop there.

So I still shop in the juniors sections mainly because of my size and just the style of clothes that I like.  I can’t buy Roxy in women’s.  And while the tops fit me without a problem (chagrin), apparently I’m all woman on bottom.  Literally.  Baby got back, as they say.  And I’m not trying to be facetious here.  If I didn’t have my hips and butt, I’d comfortably fit into a size 6/7 but because of that badonk, I have to upgrade to an 8/9 in order to get the damn bottoms over my hips without giving me muffin tops and cutting circulation to my ankles.

I’ve always been like this though.  While the way I’ve held weight has changed, I’ve always had a butt and hips but I never had issues finding clothes that fit properly when I was 14.  And considering I’m pretty much the same size now as I was then, technically speaking, I shouldn’t have an issue now either.  Except the bottoms in those same stores now are made for chicks without hips, as if it’s somehow implying that all teenagers are shapeless.

Aside from the fact that plaid on these hips hurt the eyes like whoa no matter how hard I try, I tried on a 9/10 that would have squeeze me puffin’ had I actually buttoned them.  The legs were actually a little big but the butt and hips?  That wouldn’t work at all.

So what’s the deal?  I’m not talking about fat here.  I’m talking about shape.  Not all teens are shapeless so why are clothing designers insisting on giving young girls more to worry about because they have an ass that won’t fit into a 6/7 because the things were made for the hipless?  I can tell you right now I’m not in double digit sizes and those shorts made me cry on the inside because had I wanted them badly enough, I would have had to gone up to an 11/12 at the very least.  That just sucks.  I’m perfectly content at my 8/9.  Wouldn’t mind getting back down to 6/7 but you can bite yourself if you think I’m going up to an 11/12 when I know I’m not that size.

Is it too much to ask for some hip accommodation on those bottoms?  And how about not sending girls with a hint of a figure to the bathroom to purge because they have to buy sizes up in order to wear those clothes?  Hmmm?  Got forbid we encourage girls with shapes instead of angles and hard lines.