How to Dress Professionally When You’re Plus Size
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Our Latest Plus-Size Work Clothing Picks
- Classic Plus-Size Workwear Essentials – roundups of pants, blazers, suits, work dresses, and more
- Trendy Plus-Size Picks (our most recent morning workwear reports featuring a plus-size option)
Where to Find Great Plus-Size Work Clothes
Some of our top posts on plus sizes include:
- 100+ Great Shops for Plus-Size Work Clothes
- The Best Plus-Size Suits for Interviews
- Where to Find Plus-Size Work Clothes Above Size 3X
- Where to Find the Best Plus-Size Maternity Clothes for Work
- 7 Stores You Didn't Know Offered Extended Sizes
- Designer Plus-Size Clothing for Professional Women
- Where to Find Made-To-Order Clothing for Professional Women
Hunting for the best sweater jackets for plus sizes? Some of our favorites of 2025 include J.Crew Factory (up to 3X), J.Crew, Ralph Lauren, Nic & Zoe, and Lands' End. (I don't know this brand, but this boiled wool one looks nice too, and this $40 option is available up to size 6X.)
- The Best Workwear for Plus Sizes, Petite Plus Sizes, and Sizes 16-18
- Bespoke Blouses
- Bespoke Dresses for the Office
- Bespoke Blazers and Bust-Friendly Blazers
Hard-to-Find Plus-Size Work Clothes
Petite Plus-Size Work Clothes
As of 2024, this is where you can find plus-size petites…
- Alfani (at Macy's)
- ASOS
- Avenue
- Dillards
- Eloquii
- eShakti (up to 6X/36W/custom)
- J.Jill (14P-20P)
- Lafayette 148 New York (up to size 16P)
- Lands' End (lots up to 18P, with select options for plus-petite sizes up to 26)
- Lane Bryant (up to 28)
- NYDJ (up to 18P)
- Spanx
- Sumissura (custom)
- Talbots
- Tapata (Amazon seller with options up to XXLP)
- Ulla Popken (short sizes 12S-38S)
Plus-Size & Tall? Here's Where to Find Tall Cuts in Extended Sizes
Hunting for tall cuts in extended sizes? As of 2024, we suggest you check out Aritzia (00T-16T) (known for being very small!), Banana Republic Factory (00T-20T), Betabrand (XSL-3XL), J.Crew (00T-20T), J.Crew Factory (00T-20T), Express (0L-18L), and White House Black Market (00L-18L). For larger sizes, check out Eloquii (14T-32T) and Ulla Popken (12L-34L).
Where to Find Curvy Pants in Larger Sizes
Hunting for work pants if you're curvy? As of 2024, you can find them at Ann Taylor (regular and petite sizes 00-18), Banana Republic Factory (00-20, 00P-14P, 00T-20T), Loft (regular, petite, and tall sizes 00-18), and White House Black Market (00-18, regular, short, and long). Talbots also offers some options in sizes regular, petite, plus, and plus-size petites, as does Lane Bryant. (Banana Republic seems to have temporarily stopped making them, unfortunately.)
Plus-Size Designer Work Clothes
These are some of the best spots for designer plus-size work clothes as of 2024… admittedly, a fairly broad interpretation because this category is such a narrow one! Our favorite spots for work outfit shopping are in bold!
- Able Clothing
- Adrianna Papell
- Amour 781 (boutique of different brands; limited options up to 5X)
- Anthropologie
- BAACAL (limited options up to size 28)
- Bleusalt (limited options up to size 3X)
- Brunello Cuccinelli (up to 4X!)
- Dia & Co. (subscription service)
- Harshman (also at Nordstrom and Saks)
- Hackwith Design House
- Hilary MacMillan
- Hours
- Good American
- Gravitas
- Frances Valentine (also at Neiman Marcus)
- Jibri
- Karen Millen
- Kiyonna (sizes 0X–5X)
- Lafayette 148 New York
- LaLigne (XS-3X)
- MadeTrade
- Mara Hoffman (XS-3X)
- Marina Rinaldi/Persona by Marina Rinaldi
- Minnie Rose (cashmere, also at Nordstrom, Neiman, and Saks)
- Nic + Zoe
- Pari Passu (also at Nordstrom)
- Pomp (Power Of My People)
- Poplinen
- PLVSH Style (subscription service)
- Rachel Antonoff
- Rachel Pally
- Ralph Lauren
- Rita Phil Custom Fashion (custom skirts)
- RIXO London
- Sachin & Babi
- See Rose Go
- Spanx (up to 3X)
- Summersalt (up to 2X)
- Tanya Taylor (00-22)
- TielDorein (Etsy store)
- Universal Standard
- Veronica Beard (00-24, but some warn that 24 = 20W)
- VigilanteLabs (Etsy store, custom suits for women)
- Vince (great for basics!)
- Wildfang (up to XXL)
Our Favorite Comfortable Wide Heels
Some of our favorite comfortable wide heels as of 2024 include (below): 1) Sam Edelman 2) Naturalizer 3) Walking Cradles 4) A New Day (under $30!) 5) LifeStride (also, N.B.: the styles at Inez, Margot, Ally Shoes, and Poppy Barley all look great and come in wide widths!…) You can also try this link for a Zappos search narrowed to just the best brands and wide widths.
Eco-Friendly Plus-Size Work Clothes
Eco-friendly plus-size workwear can be even harder to find! As of 2024, these are the ones we know about — you might also want to check our roundup of made-to-measure clothing.
- Altar (up to 6X)
- By VinniK (up to 7X; more casual but fun tops)
- Cooper Union (up to 7X; definitely more casual)
- Eileen Fisher (up to 3X)
- Elizabeth Suzann (up to 5X; basics and more)
- Girlfriend Collective (up to 6X; loungewear, athletic wear, etc.)
- Hours (sizes 10-32)
- Kirrin Finch (up to 28)
- Loud Bodies (up to size 10X)
- MadeTrade (various brands; up to 4X)
- Mara Hoffman (up to 3X)
- Miik (up to 4X)
- NooWorks (up to 5X)
- Pinecone Row (up to 7X)
- Pomp (Power Of My People) (up to 3X)
- Poplinen (up to 3X)
- Quince (up to 3X)
- Selkie (up to 7X; more weekend)
- Smart Glamour (custom only as of Oct. 2023)
- Sotela (made to order, including for customers outside size chart)
- Treasure & Bond (Nordstrom) (up to 4X)
- Ulla Popken (up to 30/32)
- Wildfang (up to 3X and 26W)
- Wray (up to 5X)
Plus-Size Work Clothes Above Size 3X
As of 2024, these are the best places to find plus-size work clothes above size 3X… Your best bets for conservative workwear are in bold; everything else is a bit more casual.
- Amazon Essentials (basics up to 6X)
- Altar (XS-6X)
- Amour 781 (limited options up to 5X)
- Avenue (most options end at size 30)
- Bloomchic (10-30)
- By VinniK (up to 7X, more casual but fun tops)
- Cooper Union (up to 7X, definitely more casual)
- Elizabeth Suzann (up to 5X)
- Ellos (10-44)
- Eloquii (sizes 14–32) (3 different pant fits, as well as short and tall lengths, too)
- eShakti (up to 6X/36W/custom)
- Girlfriend Collective (mostly athleisure but up to 6X)
- Jessica London (12W-44W)
- J.Jill (up to 4X)
- Kiyonna (sizes 0X–5X) (also at Nordstrom)
- Loud Bodies (up to size 10X)
- Rita Phil Custom Fashion (custom skirts)
- NooWorks (up to 5X)
- NYDJ (up to 5X)
- Pinecone Row (up to 7X)
- QVC (up to 5X)
- Selkie (up to 7X, more weekend)
- SHEIN (a few options from 24-32)
- Smart Glamour (up to size 15X!)
- Sumissura (custom)
- Swak Designs (10-36)
- Target (up to size 6X)
- Tuesday of California (up to 7X)
- Torrid (10-30)
- Ulla Popken (12-38) (short and tall sizes too)
- Universal Standard (sizes 00–40)
- Walmart (up to size 6X)
- Wray (up to 5X)
How to Look Great in Plus-Size Work Outfits: Our Best Tips on Fit Issues
- The Perfect Plus-Sized Blazer
- Must a Blazer BUTTON To Fit?
- The Best Brands for Different Body Types
- The Most Common Tailoring Alterations
- A Guide to Suiting Alterations
As of 2025, some great dress shirts for women with large breasts include The Shirt by Rochelle Behrens, Lands' End No-Gape shirts, Spanx's No-Gape Button-Front, eShakti's made to measure tops and specialty stores like Exclusively Kristen and PerfectDD.
How to Dress Professionally When You're Plus Size And Dealing With Weight Changes
- The Best Clothes if Your Weight Fluctuates
- How to Maintain a Professional Wardrobe While Gaining or Losing Weight
Some of our favorite plus-size suits for interviews as of 2024 include Eloquii, Universal Standard, Lands' End, Talbots, J.Crew, Lane Bryant, and Calvin Klein.
