Why dieters should opt for renting clothes

Everybody deserves to look their best and feel their best knowing they’re dressed in stylish, well-tailored, flattering clothes – even overweight women. But a lot of bigger women will tell you that finding clothes that make them look and feel good is not easy.

The clothes finding challenges start in the stores.

The “misses size” clothing is front and center when you enter. All the cute new styles and great fabrics are right there, smack in your face, on the size 2 mannequins. Behind the mannequins are the racks of great looks in sizes that will never fit a lot of women.

I'm tired of the subtle and not-so-subtle suggestions  that the trouble women have with clothes is their bodies, and not the clothes.

I’m tired of the subtle and not-so-subtle suggestions that the trouble women have with clothes is their bodies, and not the clothes.

When you wear the women’s sizes (size 14 and larger) it’s harder to find the racks with those clothes, and harder still to find anything on the racks you would want to wear. Often the salespeople in this department are not so friendly, hostile, or just plain not available.

"Who helped me? Nobody. If anybody deserves a commission for this sale, it's me. I helped me because nobody on the floor seemed to want to."

“Who helped me? Nobody. If anybody deserves a commission for this sale, it’s me. I helped me because nobody on the floor seemed to want to.”

The experience of shopping for clothes when your body doesn’t fit the women’s clothing idea of standard and acceptable is discouraging.

It’s hard to come home with purchases that completely please you on every level, style, quality, fabric and fit. Why put yourself through the stress of negative clothes shopping experiences?

Now you don’t have to deal with shopping and you can be assured you’ll always look great and no, you don’t have to lose a pound to make this happen.

Some genius came up with a service that allows women to rent clothes. Men have enjoyed looking great in formal wear without having to purchase it for years. That concept has been applied to women’s garments only it’s not just formal wear.

Women can rent clothes for every occasion including work, play, parties and very special nights out. The advantages are obvious and subtle. Styles, selection, privacy. ease, no more laundering and dry cleaning bills, always have the right outfit for whatever you do or wherever you go.

Laurene subscribes to a rental service. She is delighted.

“I shop on my computer, make my selections, order them and wait for them to be dropped on my doorstep. I’m not spending a lot of money and I save a lot of time. When I get tired of something, or it needs cleaning, I pop it back into a postage paid bag and send it off knowing the next item on my wish list will soon be on its way. It’s awesome.”

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Renting clothes has another benefit. Instead of a closet full of clothes too big or too small, which is common for those of us who struggle with weight, always have just the right size all the time.

Don’t get pushed around by the department stores anymore because of your size. Save money while you feel confident because you know you look great regardless of the number on the tag sewn into your clothes. Stop buying clothes today.

Jackie Conn

About Jackie Conn

Jackie Conn is married and has four grown daughters and four grandchildren. She is a Weight Watchers success story. She's a weight loss expert with 25 years of experience guiding women and men to their weight-related goals. Her articles on weight management have been published in health, family and women's magazines. She has been a regular guest on Channel 5 WABI news, FOX network morning program Good Day Maine and 207 on WCSH.