My wife is very keen to start up a small independent clothes shop delaing with larger womens clothes in the sizes 20 to 32+. Being a large woman herself she has real everyday issues finding nice fashionable clothes to buy and even travelling to some of the major citys causes problems.

We are initially thinking of starting quite small (maybe as a small ebay trader) while we look for premises but we are having a devil of a time finding wholesale prices on clothes at this size group.

If anyone can offer any advice on where we should begin our searches (google and the major search engines really arn't helping us a lot) i would love to hear from you. We also considered importing from Italy as they are very keen on larger women but again we have no idea where to look (and dont speak italian).

Can anyone offer some advice on where we should start ?