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[grannygarden]

I do think this range looks fabulous on skinny models but totally awful on the larger models. Yet the large sizes seem to sell out really quickly. Am I seeing something different to everyone else?

 

[Vienna]

I`m what they consider to be the same size as their larger models. I`m a size 16/18 but even though the camera adds on pounds, I can honestly say some of their plus sized models look more like a size 20 upwards. That`s probably part of the reason why many of Q`s clothes look so awful on their larger models, the stylists are dressing for a size 16/18 when in reality they should be dressing for a size 20 or bigger. It does neither the model nor the clothes any favours, in any of the brands not just Join.
Baggy clothes often make big people look bigger IMO and QVC have the knack of selling brands which do this, Join being one of them.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

Actually I often think that the plus models can wear these type of clothes quite well IF they are wearing the correct size. For those unstructured clothes you either need to be very slim or larger but PERFECTLY proportioned.

This is the big difference between a model, plus or otherwise, is that they are in proportion and FIRM whereas us mortals have lots of wobbly bits, big hips, muffin tops, bingo wings, fat ankles, too skinny etc.

Think Jill Franks who is ultra slim but looks awful in anything from Q because it doesn't fit. I'm sure if you saw her in high end clothes she probably looks good (as long as she covers those blessed shoulders) because they are designed and made for size 0. A Renee dress will not look right on an XS and a 3Xl because no matter what she spouts they have not been cut in proportion.

 

[boffy]

joy looked a lot slimmer in real life than on qvc. so does debbie flint and alison young. qvc have some odd cameras imo

 

[Brissles]

I agree Vienna, I think they are economical with the truth re the plus sizing, as nearly all of the models are always a size 16/18 High Street, when their ginormous bust and broad backs seem to be more a size 20 plus. Its noticeable also that the plus size girls seem to be 'large' all over, i.e. face and legs, - this is not true of a lot of plus size ladies. The smaller and taller models all looks the same, but there is only one 'type' of plus size model.

I've always thought this, particularly in magazines when relaying a story of massive weight loss by readers. I am 5'7 a size 20 and just under 15 stone with slim legs and face, so with clever dressing I can look lighter than I am. Invariably these overweight ladies are ALWAYS a size 22 and 20 stone or plus. No way, and looking at the photos they are more of a size 26-30. Most of the stories also don't give the height of the person either, which has a massive bearing on weight and size. A size 20 on a 5'2 looks so much larger than a size 20 on a 5'9 lady.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

In the winter I am a high street 16 or skimpy 18, in summer (dieting for holidays etc) I am a 14 or a generous 12 but because I am short I look a lot fatter than someone the same size but even an inch or two taller.

If I had to choose between being a bit slimmer or taller I think I would go for taller but it dont work like that!!

 

[Vienna]

In the winter I am a high street 16 or skimpy 18, in summer (dieting for holidays etc) I am a 14 or a generous 12 but because I am short I look a lot fatter than someone the same size but even an inch or two taller.

If I had to choose between being a bit slimmer or taller I think I would go for taller but it dont work like that!!

Well I`m 5ft 10 and a size 16/18 and people say oh you`re never a size 18 but I really am. That`s why when I look at Q`s models who they say are 5ft 9 or above and a size 16, I shake my head in disbelief. They honestly do look much bigger and I don`t mean that in a bitchy way but as something annoying because anybody ordering on the strength of Q`s sizing info re the models, could be ordering totally the wrong size.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

Well I`m 5ft 10 and a size 16/18 and people say oh you`re never a size 18 but I really am. That`s why when I look at Q`s models who they say are 5ft 9 or above and a size 16, I shake my head in disbelief. They honestly do look much bigger and I don`t mean that in a bitchy way but as something annoying because anybody ordering on the strength of Q`s sizing info re the models, could be ordering totally the wrong size.

Totally agree. And if it is to be believed Del Boy is tiny so when she says she is a 14/16 or 16/18 and I'm wearing a medium what are we supposed to order since she is strapped in armour plated shape wear and still looks like a sausage . And we all know Julia's "small"

I can shop in the DHS without much bother, but Q , even sizing up, very very little has ever fitted. It can't just be me and my shape as I go by the measurements rather than size.

Don't get me started on measurements - they are often out by up to six inches from the size in the web - how the heck are you supposed to judge anything under those circumstances. Tainia B and Ronnie N are particularly bad Kimmy not as much. Needless to say I don't order anymore.

 

[shopperholic]

Just another American brand that's over exaggerated, over priced and over here.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

Just another American brand that's over exaggerated, over priced and over here.

SH - are they not supposed to be from Greece or am I thinking of another one? Probably made in some 6th world country for thrupence h'penny no matter where they say it is from.

There must be one heck of a mark up on these brands. Still I suppose someone has to pay for the kudos of having famous authors /actors/dancers on our screens :mysmilie_17:

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

Just watching Judge Judy and boy but some (most) of those a Yanks are BIG . I feel petite by comparison . Next I'll be saying I'm a size small and I really will be :mysmilie_5:

Maybe that is Julia's mantra.

 

[shopperholic]

SH - are they not supposed to be from Greece or am I thinking of another one? Probably made in some 6th world country for thrupence h'penny no matter where they say it is from.

There must be one heck of a mark up on these brands. Still I suppose someone has to pay for the kudos of having famous authors /actors/dancers on our screens :mysmilie_17:

Shows you how often I watch, I never stick around to find out. :mysmilie_17: 99% is American tat, so just I must have got it in my head Join was too......oooops! :mysmilie_17:

Totally agree about the mark up and working for pittance, the bits I've seen they've never mentioned were they're made, probably China for a change. I've heard Janice being mentioned though (I know it's Yanis but Janice sounds funnier :mysmilie_15