Suz, you're making me awfullly happy I violated a cardinal rule last year. I purchased a 2011-incarnation skirt in red in the highest size available, since Nordstrom tragically stopped making these in plus-sizes after the first year they surfaced. It was a purchase made in a fit of wild optimism, as I hoped my weight loss would allow me to get into it...Not so much...but I'm delighted I didn't wait and try and have a go with this year's model! I still have an aspirational item that doesn't fit, but at least it's actually one worth aspiring to.
Nordy's, if you have spies on this forum, a word to the wise: if it aint broke, don't fix it! And make it available across size ranges.