Well…

Typically, plus sizes are size 14 and up.

But there is more- and it can get confusing.

Regular sizes are called misses sizes. Some of those do indeed come in 14 and 16; those aren’t true plus sizes.

Plus sizes are also called women’s sizes, which is why you find stores with names such as Talbots Woman or Dress Barn Woman. Often- though not always- the tags of plus-size clothes have a W, as in 14W or 16W. Sometimes plus-size clothes are labeled size X, 1X, 2X, 3X and beyond.

Plus-size clothes are cut larger than their misses counterparts. According to Talbots, which sells plus sizes up to 24W and 3X as well as misses sizes up to 20 and XL, plus sizes have more room in the waist and hips. They’re constructed to allow more room for arms, legs, tummies and a larger- and lower- bustline. Sometimes plus sizes have elastic in the waistband.

[source: kansas.com]

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Today many lingerie manufacturers along with bras, panties, sleepwear and other undergarments offer to their customers a great variety of different sexy costumes fetishized by modern people. These are not only stockings and tights, revealing thongs and high heels, fur or leather lingerie. Fetish wear today also includes common fancy dresses.

Many couples enjoy wearing costumes of popular fair tale characters such as Red Riding Hood, Witch, Pixie, Fair, etc. When working on a new line of fetish clothing each designer adds their own saucy details and decorations to create a unique alluring ensemble that will surely spice up your night. For example, Trashy lingerie offers costumes of Rose, Autumn and Flower Pixie, Winter and Gothic Fair and Pinky Witch.

The secret of making fancy dresses look sexy is an abundance of sultry accessories. The most widely used are gloves, stockings and hats. Besides, many designers use some “dirty materials” such as rubber, leather and fur, which have been fetishized for many generations and still retain its sexual appeal to many couples. Moreover, most fetish costumes have deep cuts, short skirts and other sexy designs.

Some designers also have their favorite colors, which can add a spark to one’s love life. Baby pink, deep red, black and their combinations are commonly fetishized hues. Some fetish collections offer all kinds of lingerie and accessories of different tones of one color for people, who have a color fetish.

Fetish wear can be any kind of clothing. Some people consider a revealing corset accompanied by stockings, sexy hat, high heels or gloves as a fetish. Others enjoy dressing as wild animals. The favorite animal fetish wear is a playboy rabbit and wild cats are also widely worn.

But the most popular fetish image is the one of a young, innocent, or virginal girl. Many men find the contrast of a fully-developed woman in a “childlike” role sexually appealing. Besides, it may bring a wave of nostalgia for a simpler time in their life. So, fetish costume designers successfully convert originally “innocent outfits” into seamy and dirty wear.

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Pantsu Getta is the latest online craze in Japan (according to Spa)…

Pantsu Getta bulletin boards contain posts from women providing real-time clues to where they may have hidden a pair of their unwanted panties.

Pantsu Getta, a Japanese term derived from the English words “panties” and “get,” is the name given to the guys who take part in the online bounty hunt, as well as to the game itself.

A woman posts a message announcing that she has hidden some undies in a certain area and the game starts. Anybody interested in searching for the undergarments can post questions, which the woman can answer. When somebody finds a pair of panties, they’re supposed to report all the details on the same bulletin board so that anybody still searching will know they can stop. On occasion, several pantsu getta will assemble at the same time and search for skids en masse…

The whole story you can read here

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