People were in hysterics after a young woman had the most fun shopping experience of her life while visiting a plus-size mall in Thailand.
The comedian, who wears a size 10, had to resort to shopping at a special mall in Bangkok as she couldn’t find clothes that fit her in regular stores.
“It’s the first time in my life that I’ve been considered plus size. Bitch, I’m a size six (10 Australian), but here in Asia that’s ‘thic’, that’s big,” the woman said.
“I had to go to a specific mall to do some shopping, and let me tell you, the mall was getting to be a lot of fun.”
Inside the mall, the traveler encountered the following “crazy” store names: Love Calories, FitFat, Fat Boys, Fat Girls, Chubby, Big Girl, and Fatty Fatgirl.
“When you first walk in, you’re hit with ‘bam!’ They don’t give a shit about being politically correct… If you’re big, you’re big,” the comedian said hilariously.
After recovering from the shock, she was surprised to find that the huge variety of clothes were ‘pretty good’ (really good) and priced at around $10 per item.
“If you are overweight, you have to come and buy from Thailand,” the American added.
Love Calories was one of the hilariously named plus size women’s clothing stores inside a Thai mall.
Fatty Fatgirl is a women’s clothing store that specializes in plus size clothing for women, some of which are Australian size ten.
“There’s nothing passive-aggressive here, just aggressive,” one woman said of the plus-size stores with hilariously familiar names inside a Thai mall.
People who reacted to the video couldn’t help but laugh, as many found it hard to believe the “crazy” names of the stores.
“But why is all this in English? They’re shooting directly,” one man said.
“There’s nothing passive-aggressive here, just aggressive,” another chimed in.
Westerners of average build who also had trouble buying clothes in Asia were quick to share their own experiences.
A woman, 1.70 metres tall and weighing 70 kilos, tried to treat herself to some light shopping when she visited the Thai capital on her honeymoon.
A woman living in Bangkok explained the “crazy” names of the shops by saying that Thais do not have the same “negative connotations” about overweight people that we do in the West.
“I tried to go into a shop and the shopkeeper shouted, ‘No, no, it’s too big, too long.’ It’s been ten years now and my husband still shouts that at me sometimes,” she said.
Another woman, who was also considered plus-size in Japan, said that every time she walked out of the fitting room of a Japanese department store wearing something that fit her, all the employees would burst into loud applause.
One expat living in Bangkok explained the cultural divide by insisting that Thais do not have the same “negative connotations” about overweight people that we do in the West, and that it is not offensive to call someone “fat”.
People tempted by the affordable fashion on offer across Asia were unsure if they could handle the challenging experience of shopping for clothes there.
“You’d go out in the cutest clothes but you’d need recommendations from an addictive therapist,” one woman said.
“See you in front of Love Calories,” another joked.