"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> So it seems. I've never heard of anything like it!!! Hard to envisage
> ruling out such a huge percentage of possible customers! I would be
> surprised if we didn't have some shops with the similar views although I
> haven't heard of them. Heh, only the young and beautiful eh??? I guess
> that would rule me out too <g>
>
> Thanks for explaining, Nancy!

Some designers do that by default by pricing their things so highly and only
allowing certain stores to sell them that us regular people could never
afford them. Used to be a store in downtown Seattle that was purported to
put people out if they looked like they didn't belong in there. Turned out
not to be true but I'll bet it kept a lot of people out of there. My friend
and I ventured in there quite warily. We were dressed as nicely as we could
be given what we had in our closets because prior to going in there, we
attended a fashion show in the Nordsrtom cafe. Not only did the security
guard let us into the store, but we got on the elevator, went upstairs and
looked around. We did have to leave when we got into the shoe department
though. In those days I wore a perfectly average size and had no foot
problems. So shoes were my downfall. They had the most gorgeous shoes but
they started at around $300 per pair. And in those days I was accustomed to
spending around $50-90 per pair a Nordstrom's for good (although not
designer) shoes. So totally out of my budget.

However more and more designers are being nice and coming out with things
that the average person can buy and also in larger sizes. I have gone wild
for some of Jason Wu's things that Target sells and also some of the
Missoni. Always loved Missoni and they have their standard zigzagging
patterns even on the cheaper things. The problem? You have to get there
the minute they are put on the sales floor and that pretty much means
knowing someone who works there that will tell you when that is. Haven't
been able to buy any yet. But I still try.