9/11/2016 0 Comments Beauty is a one size fits allThe designing industry is always complicated in the sense that you always have to innovate. Every fashion season, designers are challenged to create new garments, and replacing the fabrics in storage. Tim Gunn has recently been advocating for the plus-size industry and highlighting the issue that designers have for making clothes for these women. I would like to agree with Tim Gunn and say, designers simply cannot even visualize larger sizes to wear their garments and that ideas is repulsive.Go on Instagram and find how many sketches can you find of plus-size clothing designs? How many plus-size models are size 14 and represent more than half of the American women population? That is not a plus-size, this is just a size like every other. Every person on earth has the right to feel fabulous, and it makes no sense that people try to limit that.
Why are designers limiting their market to sizes 0 to 4? Why are we allowing the market to indicate that "plus-size" must have their own section in a store, rather than just incorporating it to be like any other size? It is mortifying for someone like me, who loves the fashion industry so much, and always talks about how clothes can build confidence, to see some women actually feel worse about it. I am currently between a size 4 and 6, however even the retailers I shop at do not always feature my size to be even close to the perfection of the models at display. In the United States, the average size for women is between a size 16 and 18, and the clothes designed for them is extremely limited. My mom for example is between a size 10 and 12, yet whenever she tries on a dress she feels extremely overweight, or she can never find something she truly loves to wear. It is an injustice to have women feel like outsiders and horrified by their own bodies. It does not matter what size you are, because you can still be beautiful. Your personality and character are what truly matter. It is very cliche to say, but it is truthful. If you can demonstrate to the people around you that you have a gorgeous soul, it will shine through whatever you wear; however, it does not give the right to any designers to block you out of their target market. It is time for a change in the fashion market, and a time for people to be inclusive of all sizes. Please let us eliminate the term "plus-size" from our fashion dictionaries, and incorporate more numbers in our stores. I stand with Tim Gunn, not only because he is such a guru of style, but because he has made a wake-up call for every designer to listen to our people. This industry is based on self-expression, and if all voices can't be heard wearing what they truly love, then I would have no reason to love fashion. True beauty is a one size fits all, and I believe everyone has the right to feel fabulous.
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