Fast forward a month and I see this article about why Ann Taylor has stopped carrying size 16 clothes (except for online). Now, maybe there are good financial reasons, and it's not a particularly new experience for us hefty lasses to complain about finding cute clothes that fit.
However, what really bugs me about the article is the accompanying picture. The woman shown trying unsuccessfully to button her pants is NOWHERE NEAR a size 16. Maybe a 10. MAYBE. But by putting that picture with the article, the editors of DoubleX (a supposedly woman-friendly blog) have just reinforced ridiculous notions about what plus size really looks like.
Even more surprising to me are the comments at the bottom of the post. At the time I wrote this, most of the comments were along the lines of "But their sizes are inflated anyway, all their clothes are too big for me." Seriously? I know that skinny people have their own struggles, but how are there so many more super-skinny people reading that article and posting about their woes than larger women?
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ReplyDeleteI hear ya. I know this is not the same but along the same lines, I have very little feet and can never find shoes. I could buy children's but they look like kids. Let's open a store selling both. Try New York & Company
ReplyDeleteIt is disgusting to see "plus size" or "full figured" models that look like they would have no problem shopping in the skinny section, and the crazy difference in sizes between different lines helps to fuel our distorted body images. Too bad women's clothes can't be sized like mens' clothes: in inches.
ReplyDeleteKristi--Sorry you have trouble finding shoes--that would definitely be frustrating. And you're right about NY and Co--I get a good amount of stuff from there, and they always have larger sizes.
ReplyDeleteeemilla--Seriously, why has no one figured that out? Why do we cater to men so specifically but not women? Am I right that higher end stores do go by inches? Not that I'll ever be shopping in them : )