I found another brand that "gets" me - Lauren Ralph Lauren. This brand and Talbots both seem to be cut for my shape. I can buy my size in either brand and it almost always fits and is more a question of do I like it and does it fit my style goals.

I have found so few other brands that fit at all. I must have close to a 90% return rate (waiting for Nordie's to fire me as a customer!)

I know this is not a trendier brand . Yet, trendier brands are either not cut for my shape or simply stop before my size.

I want to avoid frumpalicious, especially as it is so easy for me to slip into. I fight for ever bit of style quotient I may have as it just doesn't come easily to me.

Any ideas of other brands to try? Or perhaps of other ways to avoid the frumpaliciousness? Maybe I should focus more on shoes or accessories?