KING-SIZE QUEST: Big Matt (Matt Wildeman) runs an oversized gents' clothes shop and is appealing for models as he simply can't find any!
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Gents, if you have the sparking eyes and dazzling smile but the 50-inch waist to go with it, you may just have found the modelling job you've been searching for.
Big Matt's outsize menswear shop in Parkstone is after Dorset's next top model for its winter collection.
Owner Matt Wildeman has scoured agencies as far as London looking for his king-size male model but no-one has been able to help.
"It has been a nightmare trying to find models," said Matt.
"Agencies have plus-size girls but not men.
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"You can't get giant mannequins and just photographing the clothes on hangers doesn't look good."
So Matt is appealing for men with waists of 44 inches upwards and chests in excess of 48 inches to become the face of his shop and website.
“You can’t get giant mannequins and just photographing the clothes on hangers doesn’t look good.”
Matt Wildeman
A professional photographer is already lined up for the shoot and Matt believes anyone who comes forward could find a career in front of them.
He said: "There must be a market out there for this type of model.
"I know of about 40 other shops like mine online who have the same problem."
Big Matt's opened on Ashley Road in December 2006 to sell "affordable, stylish clothes" for men sized XXL upwards.
"The clothes in high street shops make you look like either Demis Roussos or your grandad," said Matt.
"There are a lot of big guys around who have real difficulties finding clothes."
If you think you can be the model Matt is looking for, contact him on 01202 710008 or e-mail sales@bigmatts.com.
Posted by: philly, bournemouth on 7:47am Tue 26 Aug 08
Brilliant! Having had the problem of buying big clothes for a big person I think this is a great idea and very definitely has a niche in the market. :-)
Brilliant! Having had the problem of buying big clothes for a big person I think this is a great idea and very definitely has a niche in the market. :-)
Posted by: ALL SEEING EYE, WESSEX on 9:35am Tue 26 Aug 08
[quote][bold]philly[/bold] wrote:
Brilliant! Having had the problem of buying big clothes for a big person I think this is a great idea and very definitely has a niche in the market. :-)[/quote] Go on Ebay or Google. There are plenty of websites for the 'bigger man' which sell up to 5xL. Good quality and a lot lot cheaper than in local shops.
philly wrote:
Brilliant! Having had the problem of buying big clothes for a big person I think this is a great idea and very definitely has a niche in the market. :-)
Go on Ebay or Google. There are plenty of websites for the 'bigger man' which sell up to 5xL. Good quality and a lot lot cheaper than in local shops.
Posted by: silky, Bournemouth on 9:47am Tue 26 Aug 08
[quote][bold]ALL SEEING EYE[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]philly[/bold] wrote: Brilliant! Having had the problem of buying big clothes for a big person I think this is a great idea and very definitely has a niche in the market. :-)[/quote] Go on Ebay or Google. There are plenty of websites for the 'bigger man' which sell up to 5xL. Good quality and a lot lot cheaper than in local shops.[/quote] I don't agree! Support your local shops!!!!
ALL SEEING EYE wrote:
philly wrote: Brilliant! Having had the problem of buying big clothes for a big person I think this is a great idea and very definitely has a niche in the market. :-)
Go on Ebay or Google. There are plenty of websites for the 'bigger man' which sell up to 5xL. Good quality and a lot lot cheaper than in local shops.
Posted by: ALL SEEING EYE, WESSEX on 11:39am Tue 26 Aug 08
[quote][bold]silky[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]ALL SEEING EYE[/bold] wrote: [quote][bold]philly[/bold] wrote: Brilliant! Having had the problem of buying big clothes for a big person I think this is a great idea and very definitely has a niche in the market. :-)[/quote] Go on Ebay or Google. There are plenty of websites for the 'bigger man' which sell up to 5xL. Good quality and a lot lot cheaper than in local shops.[/quote] I don't agree! Support your local shops!!!![/quote] Then you go on being a mug!
I have excellent quality clothes from websites and they are
a third of the price shops charge and that includes postage!
This is the 21st century, man. Why pay more than you have to? Also there is a far better choice on the web!
silky wrote:
ALL SEEING EYE wrote:
philly wrote: Brilliant! Having had the problem of buying big clothes for a big person I think this is a great idea and very definitely has a niche in the market. :-)
Go on Ebay or Google. There are plenty of websites for the 'bigger man' which sell up to 5xL. Good quality and a lot lot cheaper than in local shops.
I don't agree! Support your local shops!!!!
Then you go on being a mug!
I have excellent quality clothes from websites and they are
a third of the price shops charge and that includes postage!
This is the 21st century, man. Why pay more than you have to? Also there is a far better choice on the web!
Posted by: ALL SEEING EYE, WESSEX on 12:33pm Tue 26 Aug 08
[bold]Another tip:-[/bold] Go to a few web sites and then you can see where the real bargains are, yep there are rip off merchants about, even on the web!
Another tip:- Go to a few web sites and then you can see where the real bargains are, yep there are rip off merchants about, even on the web!
Posted by: Christopher, Wallisdown & Winton West on 12:33pm Tue 26 Aug 08
[bold]All Seeing Eye[/bold] Firstly why does it always have to resort to verbal abuse "Then you go on being a mug". Did anyone pass comment when you said you shopped on EBay, no I do not think so.
If someone, like myself I might add wishes to shop using local retailers then that is also there prerogative, without any malice being passed.
I am off to Big Man.
All Seeing Eye Firstly why does it always have to resort to verbal abuse "Then you go on being a mug". Did anyone pass comment when you said you shopped on EBay, no I do not think so.
If someone, like myself I might add wishes to shop using local retailers then that is also there prerogative, without any malice being passed.
Posted by: ALL SEEING EYE, WESSEX on 2:24pm Tue 26 Aug 08
[quote][bold]Christopher[/bold] wrote:
[bold]All Seeing Eye[/bold] Firstly why does it always have to resort to verbal abuse "Then you go on being a mug". Did anyone pass comment when you said you shopped on EBay, no I do not think so. If someone, like myself I might add wishes to shop using local retailers then that is also there prerogative, without any malice being passed. I am off to Big Man. [/quote] Keep your knickers on old boy! Do they sell your size at Big Man?
If you think being called a mug is verbal abuse then you have lived a very sheltered life!
Christopher wrote: All Seeing Eye Firstly why does it always have to resort to verbal abuse "Then you go on being a mug". Did anyone pass comment when you said you shopped on EBay, no I do not think so. If someone, like myself I might add wishes to shop using local retailers then that is also there prerogative, without any malice being passed. I am off to Big Man.
Keep your knickers on old boy! Do they sell your size at Big Man?
If you think being called a mug is verbal abuse then you have lived a very sheltered life!
Posted by: John Phillips, South Coast on 3:44pm Tue 26 Aug 08
I've heard on Big Matts but online, as they have a good website bigmatts.com. They are very competitive with prices to match any of the online web site. Didn;t realise they had a shop too. Makes me feel a lot better as the guys on Ebay tend to me a bloke called Dave, working out of his bedroom!
Will continue to use bigmatts.com though not modelling - not that brave!
I've heard on Big Matts but online, as they have a good website bigmatts.com. They are very competitive with prices to match any of the online web site. Didn;t realise they had a shop too. Makes me feel a lot better as the guys on Ebay tend to me a bloke called Dave, working out of his bedroom!
Will continue to use bigmatts.com though not modelling - not that brave!
Posted by: philly, bournemouth on 3:59pm Tue 26 Aug 08
Have spent a fortune on ebay but, even though I ask for precise lengths etc, I have wasted SO much money on rubbish stuff. Wait for me Christopher, I'm coming with you!! :-)
Have spent a fortune on ebay but, even though I ask for precise lengths etc, I have wasted SO much money on rubbish stuff. Wait for me Christopher, I'm coming with you!! :-)
Never understood how people could buy clothes online when you can't try them on. Luddite, perhaps. Good luck to him, though I don't need his services, I'm pleased to say.
Never understood how people could buy clothes online when you can't try them on. Luddite, perhaps. Good luck to him, though I don't need his services, I'm pleased to say.
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