Clothes, shoes and Spectacles.
You can find these clothing lines in various retail stores and catalogues.

Capistrano
Complaint of cheap manufacture.

Carole Little II
Carol Little's large-size collection. Beautiful fabric, flowing
cuts, nice colours. A little pricey. Well-made, and the dresses
are quite long.

Champion
Makes plus-size sportswear to a smallish 4X. High praise for
their extra support sports bra.

Citiculture
Fancy "garden party" dresses up to 4X (sizes run large).

Danskin
Exercise clothing in sizes 1X-4X. Their clothes are well made
and pretty and they use large-size models.

Elisabeth
Liz Claiborne's plus sizes line. Expensive, but good quality.
Sizes 14-22.

Entree
Jeans that fit wonderfully and consistently across many styles
up to size 44.

Fruit of the Loom
100% cotton panties up to size 12. Also bras with large band
and cup sizes.

Gilda Marx
Exercise clothing in sizes 1X-3X.

Goddess Bras
Well-made, large-size bras. They have cotton bras without
underwires up to about size 52DD. Good push-up bras, comfortable
merrywidows. They've been actively soliciting NAAFA to find out
what large women want in bras. They also make nursing bras
(particularly recommended is Model 510).

Hanes Her Way
Large size sweatpants and sweatshirts.

Jerzees
Good quality, heavy T-shirts up to size 6X.

Jockey for Her
All-cotton underwear in three styles up to at least size 11.

Jones New York Woman
Career wear.

Just My Size
Underwear, socks, and pantyhose. Affiliated with L'Eggs. They
also have their own catalogue (see above).

Kathy Lee Plus
Carried at WalMart.

Lee Jeans
Tend to work well on figures with smaller waistlines, large
hips. Sizes up to 28 or 30.

Marina Bridal
Wedding dresses, priced reasonably (£350-£900 or so). Their
headquarters is in NYC.

No Nonsense
Women like their plus-size pantyhose, which goes up to 4X, feels
soft against the skin, and doesn't bag because of lycra in the
fabric blend. They are getting harder to find.

Onyx Night
Evening wear. Carried at boutiques.
http://www.jumponyx.com/onyx.html

Princess Knitwear
14 Bruckner Blvd.
Bronx, NY 10454
Email: info@princessknitwear.com
Web site: http://www.princessknitwear.com
One-size knitwear. Fits to size 26. Found in specialty shops and
boutiques.

Richard Simmons
Carried at WalMart.

Sharon Anthony

Two Potato

COMFORTABLE AND/OR WIDE WOMEN'S SHOES

Bally
Clark's
Drew
Easy Spirit (reported very long lasting)
Ecco (made in Denmark)
Hush Puppies "Bounce"
Nordstrom's store brand
Rangoni
Selby
Soft Spots

COMFORTABLE AND/OR WIDE UNISEX SHOES

Avia
Birkenstock
Cuddler's (available at K-Mart)
New Balance
Puma
Red Wings
Rieker
Rockports
Romika
SAS (hiking boots)
Simple
Sorel's (winter boots -- proper mountaineering boots)
Wolverine (hiking boots)
Worishofer