Our philosophy is that every woman deserves to look good no matter what her size or shape.
They say clothes make the man, well the same is certainly true of women too. Women are much more lucky than men we get to wear make-up! Plain men stay homely, whereas if women have an upper lip that is not full enough women simply use lipliner and fill it in with lipstick. Voila! Sexy bee-stung lips. Women get to spruce themselves up with hairstyles and hair colors of all kinds, concealing make-up, padded or reduction type bras, body shapers and more.
Attitude is all. If you feel bad about yourself and have a poor self image we often lose the will to try. Come get a new lease on life. Shopping for FREE always does it for me!
Clothing is expensive. And it is time consuming to shop for things that fit especially if you need size 26 and up. We have sizes up to 32 and some even larger. If you are like most of us you refuse to buy anymore clothes, especially in a larger size and especially if you are awaiting a surgery date. Are you embarrassed to put that same dress on to go to work in again? Come to one of our exchanges and pick out some clothes to tide you over until your surgery. Then continue to come and pick out new clothes and donate what does not fit.
Women may have a few favorite small items left from their ideal weight - prior to baby, before whatever caused them to gain an excessive amount of weight, or dream clothes bought as "incentive." What do you do after those clothes are too big? Come to a clothing exchange! Click here for dates.
Or perhaps you are a woman, or man, (we have men's clothes too, mostly larger sizes) who has always been heavy and has no smaller clothes what so ever. Come on in, even if you have no clothing to trade.... we'll help you get started! Fashion advice is available from ladies who have been dealing with weight problems for years. Makeup lessons will be available if there is a demand.
We are here to help. Here at the Gastric Bypass Clothing Exchange you will get to meet ladies and gentlemen who have had the operation; you can find out first hand what it is like to have the operation and live with the results. You will be able to share in success stories and triumphs, console and give support to those who are having a tough time of it. Here you can find ways to assuage your fears about having a life threatening operation to fix what is threatening your life... eating.
