Sigourney Weaver came into Sam’s, an actress with an enormous stature, playing a leading role in the highest grossing film of all time, Avatar. She is used to towering over her male leads as well, measuring up at 5’11”. She came into Sam’s to get the kind of customised clothing suited to a woman of her great stature and talents.
Sigourney faced challenges growing up, being one of the tallest girls in her year, she found it hard to fit in. She literally stood out, and this made her threatening to many, both at school, and later on in her early acting career, where people were wary of casting someone who broke so many female stereotypes. However, she persevered and her breakthrough role was a rare one of a leading lady winning through with strength, guts and determination. Ripley in the Aliens series was a new departure in film, and in particularly in science fiction, and established her as a leading lady in the Genre. Her later roles also put a new twist on feminine stereo-types, for instance her damsel in distress turned queen of the spirits in Ghostbusters.
