There are more preparations that have gone into this trip than you can imagine. But, one of the most frustrating to my hips and thighs have been “travel clothes”. Travel clothes come in various colors but are usually shapeless. The have belts attached to them that snap closed and sometimes have velcro instead of buttons. Some have detachable legs and others have an SPF rating. One of the things they hold universal though is the wrinkle-free/quick-dry plastic feel. Hence the title “plastic clothes”. They are the type of things that would make you nervous if you were wearing them and got too close to a fire, fearing they could melt to your skin. They are made more of synthetic materials than natural. My friend in Tucson recently told me after shopping with me for this trip that only lesbians wear plastic travel clothes. Now before you all get riled up, she has nothing against lesbians and neither do I (as I have friends who are), and although I am not exactly sure what she meant, I interpreted it to mean that perhaps she thinks this apparel looks like lesbian-wear simply beacuse lesbians are smarter than she and I and like to wear comfortable clothes! (Plug to our lesbian friends!) Despite being very comfortable and stretchy though, my problem is that plastic clothes hang wrong and they bunch up and they make my hips and ass look 5 times their natural size. They also make travelers who wear them all look the same and I am sure stand out like zebras. So, am I the only one with this problem? Are there other full-figured woman out there proudly wearing their plastic clothes? If so, perhaps they are more carefree and full of self-esteem. I then will try to strive for that ideal. I will lace up my Merrell’s, slip on my REI quick drip shirt, zip up my Columbia vest, and velcro and latch my Cabella’s skirt and face this European trip with my eyes wide open!!! (Just as long as I don’t have to look at pictures of my hips or ass in the mean time!)

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