My older sister have had issues with clothes after she delivered her baby couple of years ago, that’s because she gained extra pounds. Mind you, she is not super-sized, just a little bigger than your average single digit-sized girls. Oftentimes she will find herself looking for a nice dress to wear for an event, and was simply shocked at the limited options, there are! I mean, come on, she mustn’t be the only one of the million girls out there who got an expanded waistline, and need a nice dress, too! Just because she’s a little plump means, she needs to wear black because they say black makes you thinner.
Who said she wants to look thinner, or for that matter, who generalized and labeled plus size women always want to look smaller? She wants her dress in red, pink, purple, orange, yellow! Because she thinks wearing black all the time will make her depressed, and maybe then she will look thinner. She loves her body and feels comfortable with it, and she wants to dress nice. What’s more, she has the money to provide for her wants! Surely not all retail companies can ignore the buying power of the millions of women around the world who are big.
Many of us will even be rich, and a lot will be very opulent. Tyra Banks has started to pave the way by getting plus size models on her show, and forcing people to design for size 14 or bigger. Crystal Renn and Kate Dillon, to name a few, has thankfully made plus size girls in the awareness of Vogue and Jean Paul Gaultier and other designers. So for clothes makers, here’s a tip: many big girls like clothes, too, and if they see something they like, they are willing to pay the top dollar for it!
Credit : Michelle Meiklejohn
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I agree. It’s hard for us because we are petite. The large size here in US is really large (black or white women size). Nakakahilo sa laki lol!