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The article presents information about a new boutique that offers fashionable clothes for full figured women. Entrepreneur Merrideth Colwell knows that, as a trim size 6, she's an unlikely candidate to represent a boutique that specializes in women's sizes 14 to 24. But with several close family members and friends who wear plus sizes— and having been a buyer for plus-size departments— Colwell understands the dilemma many full figured women fare. Colwell spent nearly a decade managing a department store where the plus size section was viewed as the "ugly stepchild" of departments. INSET: Style file.