Dear Department Stores,

I wish you could expand much more for women of different shapes and sizes.

I recently found out that I have an event that I will be attending very soon, and because I have worn a few of the dresses and outfits I have at home more than a few times, my mom and I decided that I needed to find a new outfit and one that was perfect Spring. The first place I had gone to check was my favorite store Torrid (a store for bigger, curvier girls) where I was able to find a beautiful white sleeveless peplum styled shirt with a flower pattern on it. The moment I saw it and tried it on I knew it was perfect for the event I would be attending. The only thing was that I needed to wear a dress, but if I were to pair the shirt with a nice white skirt, it could perfectly pass for a dress. The only thing was that I didn't have a white skirt so that was something that I was going to have to find.

I thought that finding a white skirt wasn't going to be a big deal, but little did I know it was going to be way tougher than I thought. That's not the full reason for why I am writing thing this, though. You see, as I went on to look through other stores I noticed that they have been bringing out more and more spring clothing which is something that they have been doing for more than a few weeks now. But when I walked over to the plus section in each of these stores, I noticed that there was a very minimal amount of new spring clothing. Not only was I a bit disturbed by that sight, I was also a bit irritated by the fact that so many of these stores have such a huge selection for thinner girls, but the plus size section takes up the smallest portion of the store.

So, my request to you is that you open up at least half of the women's sections or women's stores to the bigger girls. I request that you fully update different seasonal clothing at the same time that other sections are updated because it's not fair to see other girls running to changing rooms to try on new clothing while girls like me walk into the store and have to walk right back out because there is nothing on display for us to try on. It is infuriating because I feel restricted and it takes away any chances for me to wear new trends. I hope that one day my requests, as well as the requests from many other women, will be executed in the very near future.

Thank you,

Nicole Perez