I mentioned this in another thread, but . . . Even having dropped a couple sizes, I find shopping in the UK disconcerting. Before starting L/C, I was a US 16. Now, I'm about US 12-14. I recently visited London - Oxford Street, Selfridges. I couldn't find anything to go over my hips. I'm pair shaped, so I just buy sweaters and shoes when I visit London. When I was in Berlin, Germany last May (again, before L/C), I couldn't even buy a woman's jacket. It was cold and I hadn't brought a jacket or umbrella, so I had to buy a man's jacket. I was with friends (a very abrasive German guy and his thin girlfriend) and I was incredibly embarrassed. My friend ( I sometimes wonder about my use of this word) lectured me in the store about losing weight. "Mortified" does not go far enough to describe my feelings.

How do women who are not Heidi Klum or Liz Hurley shop in Europe?