By: Joey Cruz
It's undeniable that the fashion industry is plus size averse. There's the passive discrimination of framing most dialogue around straight sizes only, and then there's the very active, very hurtful discrimination and animosity against women who don't fit into a sample size. Beyond that, there's also a frustrating production barrier that prevents plus-size clothing from being made in the first place. "With all the negative stigmas attached to fashion, style, and taking care of your appearance it's really no wonder women as a whole have such skewed views of themselves." Founder and Fashion designer Mallorie Dunn wrote on the smartglamour site. Sadly we are part of a society where if plus size women who try to portray their personality through their fashion style they get bashed at because their fit only looks good on "thin women." Which in fact is the reason why a lot of curvy/plus size women are scared to style themselves because they do not want to be described as the women who are trying to fit in, instead just another women who has style and is embracing it.
I've often realize that there are no curvy mannequins to show off the brands clothes not only mannequins but models in the runway as well. In reference to an article, "Why does the beauty industry ignore curvy models" written by Martin Crystal, she states how there are models with beautiful round faces, with gorgeous big smiles, and have the skin made for makeup but the one thing that sets them apart is their plus size figure and models like them do not get attention by the beauty and fashion industry. "There’s no size requirement to fit a lipstick, so why are there no curvy models in beauty?" says Martin Crystal. Crystal also goes in detail how in agency pages you won't see a curvy model you will only see thin models, not only that but also in clothing brand cites. It is important that the fashion industry keeps in mind that not all of us have the "ideal body" that most brands make clothes for and is a requirement to be labeled as beautiful and to get a yes to walk a runway or to be in a commercial. Not only do thin women deserve to be the face of beautiful women but so does plus size women.
Work Cited
“What is SmartGlamour?” SmartGlamour - Body Positive Clothing - Fashionable Affordable Custom Clothing - Plus Size - Made in USA, 10 Apr. 2015, www.smartglamour.com/what-is-smartglamour/.
It's undeniable that the fashion industry is plus size averse. There's the passive discrimination of framing most dialogue around straight sizes only, and then there's the very active, very hurtful discrimination and animosity against women who don't fit into a sample size. Beyond that, there's also a frustrating production barrier that prevents plus-size clothing from being made in the first place. "With all the negative stigmas attached to fashion, style, and taking care of your appearance it's really no wonder women as a whole have such skewed views of themselves." Founder and Fashion designer Mallorie Dunn wrote on the smartglamour site. Sadly we are part of a society where if plus size women who try to portray their personality through their fashion style they get bashed at because their fit only looks good on "thin women." Which in fact is the reason why a lot of curvy/plus size women are scared to style themselves because they do not want to be described as the women who are trying to fit in, instead just another women who has style and is embracing it.
I've often realize that there are no curvy mannequins to show off the brands clothes not only mannequins but models in the runway as well. In reference to an article, "Why does the beauty industry ignore curvy models" written by Martin Crystal, she states how there are models with beautiful round faces, with gorgeous big smiles, and have the skin made for makeup but the one thing that sets them apart is their plus size figure and models like them do not get attention by the beauty and fashion industry. "There’s no size requirement to fit a lipstick, so why are there no curvy models in beauty?" says Martin Crystal. Crystal also goes in detail how in agency pages you won't see a curvy model you will only see thin models, not only that but also in clothing brand cites. It is important that the fashion industry keeps in mind that not all of us have the "ideal body" that most brands make clothes for and is a requirement to be labeled as beautiful and to get a yes to walk a runway or to be in a commercial. Not only do thin women deserve to be the face of beautiful women but so does plus size women.
Work Cited
Martin, Crystal. “Why Does the Beauty Industry Ignore Curvy Models?” The New York Times, The New York Times, 5 July 2016, www.nytimes.com/2016/07/07/fashion/plus-size-models-beauty.html.
“What is SmartGlamour?” SmartGlamour - Body Positive Clothing - Fashionable Affordable Custom Clothing - Plus Size - Made in USA, 10 Apr. 2015, www.smartglamour.com/what-is-smartglamour/.
The main purpose of this blog is that there is a lot of discrimination in clothes sizes. The author used the sources effectively by stating how it is becoming a problem and how modeling industries should not care about the sizes. If the author chose to revise this post she should add a little more information and add her personal experience or thought.
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