Letter to the Editor
To the Editor:
I wanted to respond to your article,
“An Uproar over extra charge for super-size dress,”
in your September 4, 2004 issue.
Charging an extra fee for plus sizes
is not discrimination against larger sized people. If you look
at apparel catalogs or check prices at clothing and department
stores, you will see that sizes 2x and above actually cost
about $2 more just to buy due to the extra material used and,
assumably, extra cost in making them. So, if any judge rules
that there cannot be an extra charge for cleaning plus-size
clothes, anyone could also then bring up the same charges
against the retail industry.
However, as I said before, and I hope the
lawyers will point out, charging an extra fee for large-size
clothes due to the fact that they may take more hand-finishing
and labor time is not discrimination. If a plus-size customer
brought in a regular size garment and was still charged an
additional amount, THAT is discrimination.
Kathy Mashek
Mashek Tailors and Cleaners
Hopkins, MN
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