Why Do Scrubs Never Fit Curvy Women Right? (Why Does This Always Stick Out in the Back?)

Becoming a physician wasn't the end of the story.

It was only one part of it.

The real desire — the one that was there long before white coats and boards and residency — was always to make clothing.

But life doesn't usually let you chase two callings at once. So medicine came first. It had to.

Still, there was this one question that followed me for years, through med school, through residency, through every fitting room I ever stood in:

"Why does the waistband on my jeans always stick out in the back?"

I wasn't the only one asking it. So many curvy women feel it — the top that fits your shoulders but is snug at the chest, the pants that fit your waist but cut into your hips. You size up, size down, alter, adjust, and still feel like the clothes were made for someone else's body.

It's not you. It's the cut.

For years, "curvy fit" wasn't an option, so women got their pants altered at the waist to prevent gaping. It helped, but it also meant knowing you'd have to adjust every single pair just to feel the fit you wanted. Eventually, more inclusive sizing started to catch up — women demanded it, and brands started listening.

By adding more room at the hips and thighs without expanding the waist, women with curvy figures can choose a scrub bottom that gives more room without a gaping waistband. Elastic in the back also helps keep the waist close to the body.

The top works the same way. Princess seams allow for shaping over the bust line and minimize the constriction some women feel with tops that don't accommodate breast size. As more clothing brands moved to offer curvy fit options, it only made sense that scrubs should too.

Not enough curve in the pattern to fit curvy bodies. The industry's usual answer was just adding spandex — it helps the garment stretch to accommodate curves, but can still end up looking too tight. Spandex alone doesn't fix the issue. A pattern built for curves does.

I spent years living with that frustration before I understood I could actually do something about it.

So I decided to change it to redefine what fit means for curvy bodies.

Medicine gave me the calling that shaped my life. But it also gave me something I didn't expect — the arena to finally solve a problem I'd carried since I was a teenager.

That's where the Curvy Collection came from — built for curvy women, not from a marketing plan, but from a waistband that wouldn't stay put.

This month, as we talk about Black-owned businesses and the stories behind them, I wanted to share where mine actually started — not in a boardroom, but in a fitting room, asking a question no one seemed to have a good answer for.

If you've ever asked that same question, I built something for you.