Flashback: Girlfriends L.A.

Back in middle school and high school, I loved catalogs. I spent hours pouring over Delia*s and Alloy, but sadly, none of their clothing came in my size.

Enter Girlfriends L.A., which made clothing up to a juniors 25/3XL. And even had plus-size models (and a more diverse group of models in general).

I bought a bunch of shirts, including the Tinkerbell shirt that you can see in this post, and wore the crap out of them.

Unfortunately, GFLA no longer exists. But I’m still thankful to them for making early ’00s funky fashion available to (at least some) fat girls.

Flipping through the catalogs today is an exercise in major fashion-stalgia. I’ve scanned a few pages so you can share that experience:

Getting this in the mail? Always exciting.

I had the pink kitty shirt! And Willow on BtVS had a similar one.

Not quite a fatkini, but close.

Pleather pants! Why are they not still a thing?

SO MUCH PINK. I like it.

Oh, early ’00s cell phone.

My love of leopard print was forged in this era.

Glitter, glitter, everywhere.

And more glitter!

Seeing fat chicks in pleather = crucial to the development of a healthy body image.

Fancypants. Literally.