Why I love QVC

I don't know if you have ever watched QVC but it is a home shopping channel on TV. I started buying the majority of my clothes from them about five years ago. I would watch the fashion shows day after day and they have very wide variety of clothes. They sell everything from underwear, bras and socks, to super casual stretchy comfy things, causal work wear, and designer collections from people like Isaac Mizrahi, Bob Mackie and the Kardashians.

Ok, I get it its a little weird, but is it weirder than buying clothes online from old navy, Walmart or Macy's? I don't think so. And here is why QVC is my clothing store of choice.

THEY HAVE EVERYTHING IN MY SIZE!!!!! And everything costs the same no matter what size.

No matter what size I have ever been, 3x at my largest and somewhere between XL and 1x today. Every item, everyday comes in size XXsmall to 3X. Every style, every color, every item. Who else does that ? I can have what ever I want I can have the sweaters, the jeans, the dresses, the soft PJs...

When I started buying from them it was mostly because I couldn't find much of anything I both liked and fit me in the stores, not at the mall, Target, Walmart or any other place I could find. Sure there are those speciality stores like Lane Bryant and Torrid carry the right size but somehow they think they should charge me $30 for a T-shirt and $70 for a pair of jeans. And if I found something in a "normal store" they often marked up my size $5 for "extended sixes"

It had been a couple years since I shopped in stores for clothes and a couple weeks ago I ventured out to the mall. I found that in many stores I am now in their largest size, though some people's version of extra large are cut to fit an extra large chihuahua. But I hated most of the clothes, was frustrated at the limited number of styles and colors and had sticker shock.

By the time I had worked my way through one of the largest malls in Washington State, I was feeling sad and defeated, fat and ugly. The only thing I bought was a cup of clam chowder at Ivars. Great, just what I need shopping equals eating and feeling sad...so not a good combo for me.

Yesterday was Fashion Day on QVC something they do every three months or so to introduce the new styles and collections for the coming season. I tuned in and there I again found that even if I'm ordering from the middle of the size chart they still are my style.

I am not really trying to write this blog as an ad for QVC. The real point I am trying to make is that in my mind they de-stigmatized shopping for clothes. They don't discriminate based on size biggest to smallest, they offer almost every style in a variety if colors, so if I want an all pink wardrobe, no problem. And they show things on models walking around in a variety if sizes from petite extra small to 1x. Most of all they don't act like this is a big deal or something special, they just do it every day. So I'll keep buying and I'm ok with that.