hillfamily Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Sarah can I ask what size you ordered and what UK size you are You can always pm me if this is top secret info I want to order some but I'm not sure how they size up compared to UK sizes. Did they take long to arrive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Pam, there is a size chart on the site & they are equivilant to Uk sizes. They took about a week. I am going to order some more I think, & be a bit more adventerous with the colours this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Hurrah, my Thunderpants 'boyleg' swim pants arrived today and they are FAB! Much thicker than the ones you buy at M&S/similar (these are to go with a 'tankini' top which I already possess) and just what I wanted. Can't wait for my hols now! Pam, I am a bootylicious size 18 I ordered 'large' in the swimwear and it's perfect, wouldn't want it any bigger! OK - now you all know how big my behind is ... curves are cool, believe me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 bootylicious size 18 I just love that word! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 after years spent agonising about my weight/size, I decided a couple of years ago to celebrate it! Dieting makes you fat (I'm living proof of this) - if I'd never dieted, I reckon I'd probably still be size 14. So: hurrah for Thunderpants, three cheers for Gok Wan, a gold medal to Dove for their 'real women' ad campaigns, and applause all round for normal-sized women everywhere who have better things to worry about than their weight! 'Bootylicious' is a great word, isn't it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 after years spent agonising about my weight/size, I decided a couple of years ago to celebrate it! Good for you I am still agonizing (I would love to get down to a size 18 ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 after years spent agonising about my weight/size, I decided a couple of years ago to celebrate it! Dieting makes you fat (I'm living proof of this) - if I'd never dieted, I reckon I'd probably still be size 14. Olly I completely agree with you. I stuck at 10 stone for years then decided to follow a Weight Watchers programme and got down to 8 stone then started eating properly again. My weight has gone up and up and up since. I am sure it's because the diet slowed my metabolism down and I can't speed it up again now. Luckily LSH likes my curvy wobbly bits and I've gone past 40 and don't really care anymore what I look like so I am also very glad to see the Dove adverts for REAL WOMEN with curvy stomachs, big bottoms and chunky thighs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Because no REAL WOMEN are thin naturally? Sorry it always gets my goat when theres this rebellion against thinness. I'm naturally slender (though wide) and hate that I am now considered unwomanly because I don't have huge amounts of curves. Just small ones in all the right places. Real women dont just have curvy stomachs, big bottoms and chunky thighs they come in all shapes and sizes. And I am as womanly as the next female. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Sorry that was a rant wasnt it I do agree about the dieting thing though. I've never dieted except maybe after my second child where I just cut down slightly on portion sizes and ate slightly less rubbish. My metabolism keeps on top of it for me because I have never messed around with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Sorry Bronze, that wasn't meant to be a rant against thin women . My best friend is naturally thin and she is defintely a real woman. It's just so nice to see that Dove are happy to advertise their products using women who aren't slim that's so nice for us women who also aren't slim, that's all. It's hard when you're faced with adverts, catalogues and magazines featuring thin women when you know that whatever they are wearing won't look anything like as good on you if you're not the same shape as them. It's refreshing to have catalogues now aimed at larger women using larger models rather than photos of a size 8 girl wearing something and a list of sizes up to 22 listed below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Sorry if I caused offence, Bronze - but I bet even though you are naturally slim, (and I am convinced you are right, that it's because you haven't messed around with your metabolism!) there are bits of you that you wish, or maybe used to wish, were different. So many shops don't stock anything above a 16 (or they call it an 18, but it's not really!) My best friend is a size 22, and it's quite difficult for us to go shopping together, I can still squeeze into chainstore sizes but she can only really buy stuff in Evans or occasionally in other shops. I'm not denying that it can be just as difficult for very slender women to find clothes that are a good fit, or small sizes. What I love about the Dove campaign is that it's getting away from airbrushing and back to reality. It's not just size, it's using older women, women with skin blemishes, grey hair, wrinkles etc. As you say, real women come in all shapes and sizes, and that's what I want to celebrate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 S'ok I didnt mean it to sound so rantish. I agree about the Dove women especially the scandinavian looking older woman with grey hair who is just beautiful. Wish they all wouldnt look so buffed and polished though as that is the side of me I struggle with, but then I guess it wouldnt be very good advertising for their products. Even their c section sags looked stylised. Dieting as its known now should be banned. Excercise should be upped if weight is put on in an unwanted way or types of food changed. BTW don't get an image of me as a stick. I used to be (was called grim reaper etc) but have had 3 children since Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannie Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 I wish Gok Wan would do a programme with a thin woman! Those of us who aren't hugely curvy don't get a look in - but it doesn't mean we feel we look good naked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 Don't start me ranting about airbrushing Bron Why do magazines feel that they have to portary women in such an unrealistic light? I was a dreadfully skinny child (and hated it), who never sat still and was always bopping about. The first time I had a cleavage was when I was preggers, I like being a bit curvier now and Phil certainly prefers it. Rosie is going to be far more womanly than I ever was. I much prefer to see Rubenesque women than Kate Moss lookalikes, but a woman who is comfortable in her own body and happy with herself is the most beautiful woman on earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 I don't get why Kate Moss is seen as a beauty. She has straggly hair, an ugly nose, a spotty face, bitten nails, awful bandy legs, and is scraggy to put it mildly. She seems to have an aura of grime and yesterdays make up not removed about her. She smokes like a chimney so will reek like a pub ashtray too. Mind you, standing next to Pete Doherty will make anyone look good. perhaps that is why she keeps him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 I don't get why Kate Moss is seen as a beauty. She has straggly hair, an ugly nose, a spotty face, bitten nails, awful bandy legs, and is scraggy to put it mildly. She seems to have an aura of grime and yesterdays make up not removed about her. She smokes like a chimney so will reek like a pub ashtray too. Mind you, standing next to Pete Doherty will make anyone look good. perhaps that is why she keeps him. My thoughts exactly. You can see girls better looking than Kate Moss walking down the street in Henley any day of the week. She always looks a bit mean & ....well.....chavvy to me Helena Christianson,Cindy Crawford, Neomie (the lingerie girl from the M&S ads) are all far more beautiful & have some shape to them too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
