Size 14 is the average in Aust, but quite often the only clothese for 16's & 18's and above are in 'granny shops' and I wouldn't be caught dead in some of it!!!

I used to know a girl who worked for Country Road, and at her training they said to her if a really large person comes in and can't fit into, say, a size 14, don't encourage them by showing them size 16's and 18's, as quote, "we don't want fat people wearing our clothes". This was just one store in a v. snobby part of Sydney and I'm sure it's not Country Road's policy (otherwise they would only go to a size 14), but gee it pee'd me off, and I didn't even have a weight problem then I wonder how many other companies have this as an unwritten policy, hence size 14 being considered "extra large" ???

I might get sued for repeating this, but it happened, so what can I say???

Katt