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MANHATTAN'S DIRTY little SECRET

I've lost a lot of weight.  We're talking size 24/26 to a size 14!  At 5'10" after having 2 babies in 14 months (did I mention both were emergency c-sections) that's not too shabby.  So here I am 6 months post-partum and celebrating that I no longer am a slave to whatever Lane Bryant constitutes as "high fashion".  I've saved some money and am ready to splurge on something fabulous.  I'm walking, head held high, full of confidence into a chic shop in Manhattan's Time Warner Center.  I check out some cute tops, casually look at prices, find a couple things I would love to try on.  PROBLEM.  I can't seem to find any XL.  Ok, let's switch gears, how about size 14.  Um, no.  Ok, let's expand the search--nadda.  Nothing in the store is over a size 10--a size TEN!  What?!  Okay, maybe it's a fluke, I try another store, then another, I even go to J Crew--they carry size 12--wow!  But not  14, boo.  One last store, same thing...I look around and approach the size-2 19-year-old saleswoman who's been making eyes with my 2 babies in their funky double-stroller (It's called a Phil & Ted's E-3 sport double).  I sheepishly ask, and ever-so-sweetly, with batting eye lashes, she gives me the closed-lip, head to one side feigned smile..."oh no, none of our Manhattan stores carry a size 14" and then says "bye-bye" to my girls and turns on a cheap heal after dropping Manhattan's Dirty little Secret ever so sweetly on me. 

So--I ask, when did a size 14 get ostracized from misses fashion & what are your thoughts?

Originally posted 3/1/08