Kuwaitiful: Destination XL – Clothing Store for the Big Guys

This is a re-post from Kuwaitiful's blog (which I recently happily discovered).

Photo:  Kuwaitiful

Kuwaitiful says, I randomly found about this place and the idea behind it intrigued me. I know how hard it is for big guys to find clothing in Kuwait since I have a friend dealing with this issue. Destination XL only offers clothing sizing XL and above. You don’t need to worry about not finding your size. They offer a variety of brands that include Reebok, Dockers, Levi’s, Cutter & Lacoste. They’re located in Symphony Mall, for more information you can click here.

Offered Sizes: “Waists 38-64, Big Sizes XL-7XL, Tall Sizes XLT-6XLT plus shoes in extended sizes 10-16 and widths to 3E.”

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This is great news because before, I have heard my large men friends as saying that the only place they could find sizes was in KitKat in Salmiya - which is really more of a sports clothing store.

Womens Plus-Sized Clothing Stores in Kuwait

I am going to post this as an addendum.  Anonymous 3:01 asked me if I knew any plus-sized stores for women in Kuwait – and maybe youse guys can help me out.

I read an Article on KUNA stating that retailers in Kuwait are trying to keep up with the demand for plus-size clothing.  From what I see here, not everyone is a size 8 and I don't know where all the full figured girls are shopping here.  I don't think that retailers here are keeping up fast enough.   Fer real ... with all the boob jobs popping up around here?... puhleeze.   I would love to be able to wear some of the things in Zahra, for example, but I'm not a stick girl; never have been. ("Meat is for the man; bone is for the dog.") Girls like me buy size 8's at Zahra and other favorite shops and then take it to the tailor to have copied.

Back to my thought...

There is an upscale boutique-y plus size shop in Salmiya and I can't remember the name right now.  Dayum. They used to advertise in the Arab Times.  (Somebody write to me and tell me what it is!)

Evans is the only plus-sized dedicated store that I can think of.  In my oppinion (yours may differ):   Their quality is low and their prices are high and everything they sell looks like a potato sack. 

H&M Avenues has a few racks of plus sizes in their back room.

Marks & Spencer also has plus sizes.

If you want to order online, check out:

http://www.navabi.co.uk/

http://www.jessicalondon.com/

http://www.onestopplus.com/

http://www.lanebryant.com/

http://www.alight.com/

http://www.avenue.com/

http://www.roamans.com/

You can always go through Just Ask at Sultan Center - they'll order on a US or UK based credit card if that is required and handle the shipping)