the Title Nine catalog makes me feel so inadequate

[jobob]

There's a title nine store near me, and I love their clothes. But their catalog makes me feel so inadequate !

The pages are full of photos of "real" women wearing t9 clothes - real on what planet, may I ask?

These women are pictured climbing sheer rock cliffs, kayaking thru rapids, surfing, spiking a volleyball ...

And they all have those annoyingly long, lean bodies with slender legs with gazelle-like muscles...

And on top of that, they're uber-achievers, one knows four languages, many own their own businesses ... geeze !

But mostly, I envy their legs

[Pax]

I always get sad when I get those catalogs, I love the gear and get inspired by the women in them but even when I was thinner their stuff wouldn't have fit me. I'm 5'10" and built kinda like a linebacker, I'd love to wear "pretty" gear but since guys stuff fits I guess none of the manufacturers of womens stuff wants to bother with us bigger gals.

[yellow]

Funny you should bring this up. It has ALWAYS annoyed me.

The T9 catalog is one of those things that I could have pointed to on the other threads about diet/body image/etc. I have soooooooooo wanted to write them (T9) a nice letter saying, "OK, now put some normal women in your catalog, not super women that you are passing off as everyday women". Not only are they long & lean, they are tan too (how come their skin doesn't look like mine???)! I thought we weren't supposed to be tan??

[Trekhawk]

I just got one of their catalogues in the mail. Not sure how as I have never even heard of them. I looked thru and I liked the clothes but yes I got a bit nauseous reading the blurb on these women. Hey I like hearing about women that seem to excel in all areas and look fab but page after page gets a bit much.

[Veronica]

I wonder how you get to be in the catalog. They need some average and sturdy people in there I think. Gosh - they won't even have to pay me. I'd be happy to do a photo shoot in Hawaii.

V.

[Pax]

Maybe we could have "women of TE" blurbs...

This is Queen, while she is quite plump that doesn't stop her from riding her bike whenever she gets a chance. When she's not on her bike she can be found working in the glamorous field of social services spending time with her mentally ill homeless clients. Even though she has mastered the intricacies and challenges of reading books and playing on the internet, she also finds time to commute to and from her exciting and high paying job every day and stop for groceries on the way home.

[sydney_b]

Maybe we could have "women of TE" blurbs...

This is Queen, while she is quite plump that doesn't stop her from riding her bike whenever she gets a chance. When she's not on her bike she can be found working in the glamorous field of social services spending time with her mentally ill homeless clients. Even though she has mastered the intricacies and challenges of reading books and playing on the internet, she also finds time to commute to and from her exciting and high paying job every day and stop for groceries on the way home.

You're my hero this week.

/s

[Trekhawk]

Maybe we could have "women of TE" blurbs...

This is Queen, while she is quite plump that doesn't stop her from riding her bike whenever she gets a chance. When she's not on her bike she can be found working in the glamorous field of social services spending time with her mentally ill homeless clients. Even though she has mastered the intricacies and challenges of reading books and playing on the internet, she also finds time to commute to and from her exciting and high paying job every day and stop for groceries on the way home.

LOL
Now thats the sort of catalogue blurb I want to read.

[BikeMomma]

And they all have those annoyingly long, lean bodies with slender legs with gazelle-like muscles...

I'll deny having any gazelle-like parts, but my long legs I get from my dad....my mother had nothing to do with it (she's 5'3" and I'm 5'9"). I'm jealous of the t9 ladies for the fact that they get to do all that fun stuff and I don't! Yah...I agree, though...they do need to be more in touch with reality on the catalog pages.

[Veronica]

A few years ago, when of the women in the catalog was the owner of Rim Tours in Moab.

V.

[fixedgeargirl]

A few years ago, when of the women in the catalog was the owner of Rim Tours in Moab.

V.

Rim Tours or Western Spirit? I know the owners of both, and I just can't see Matty Hebbard (of Rim) modelling a skort...though it may not take much to convince him to put one on .

Ashleigh whose-last-name-escapes-me and her husband Mark Sevenof have Western Spirit.

[Veronica]

Kristin Peterson - I think....

Of course... I could be wrong. It's happened before.

V.

[fixedgeargirl]

There's plenty I don't know about Rim, I've just always known Matty as *the owner*. He's a total crack-up !

[abuelitodimetu]

This might sound cheesy, but T9 inspired me to become a triathlete. I was an assumed nerd who balanced studying with studying, and whenever I wasn't studying, I was feeling guilty. One day while visiting my BF's mom, I came a cross the catalog and read the little captions about these athletic-looking women. One of them was a graduate student and a long-distance, cold-weather runner. I thought "if she can do it, so can I." So, three Christmases ago a told my BF that before I turned 25 I was going to do a triathlon (the image of triathletes at the world championship has been imprinted on my brain since childhood). I'm still 24 and I have done plenty of tris, and I still graduated from university with the highest GPA in my class. So, even though there is no way in hell I can afford their clothes, I have a soft spot in my heart for T9. As for some of the "over achievers," ladies, it is a purely subjective manner. Think that from the perspective of the sedentary majority, the fact that we get out of bed and put our asses on a saddle is already a feat of strenght. We balance life with fitness and do our best at it - now that is an accomplishment.