I feel like there should be an outlet somewhere to vent what I have to say. Like there should be a forum or something for the entire world to see me make my point. But there isn't. So I'll make it here.
Where to start is the question. So I'll pose a question instead.
Girls, you have a date. You're going to a nice restaurant but it isn't too fancy and it's springtime. You decide to show some leg, and wear a dress. Which would you rather wear;
This dress... or
this dress?I'm going to guess, based upon my taste at least, that you'd vote to wear the first dress. It's much cuter, and younger, and more likely to catch his attention and make him think dirty thoughts- versus
oh god, it's my grandmother in miniature. Maybe you've already figured out my point from just this example, but I have oh so many more.
The fashion industry is corrupt. You wonder how this could be? Think about it, all the cute clothes are for girls that are skinny. The "ideal" measurements of a girl are 36C, 24, 36. In reality? Very few women are like that. most women have different shapes that prevent that. Maybe they're shaped like a pear, or maybe they're a triangle. Some are, honestly, just round. But let's say, for the sake of argument, that our example, who we will call Genna, has an hourglass figure, and wears a size 22 in denim jeans.
For whatever reason, she's a big girl. She's beautiful, great hair, great skin, and for her large frame, she looks wicked. She has a little extra to her, but it isn't necessarily unflattering. She's just big. A
Clydesdale, if you will, to the
Arabians the fashion world wants.
Genna has finally been asked out by a guy she likes (clearly a rare event) and is going to the
Cheesecake Factory for dinner. She decides to wear a little black dress, as any girl would do. She really likes this guy and wants to keep his attention. So she shops around for a little black dress in her size.
She wants something
like this but all she can find is something like
this or
this.Now, this is
ADORABLE, right? Maybe on the model. See, fashion tip for girls of ANY size out there, that dress has what's called an Empire Waist. It comes right under the bust. An Empire waist will make ANY girl, no matter how skinny, look PREGNANT. And the more of a tummy you have, the further along it looks. So, don't wear it if you don't want to get asked when the baby is due. For larger gals, Empire Waist like that one? HUGE no no. Should NEVER happen. But fashion people put it out there,
like this one and
this one, as cute as it is. If you look you can even see the tummy accented. Don't see it? If she turned to the side, you would. No problem.
People don't realize how hard it is to find good clothing for a WOMANLY woman. A woman with a naturally larger figure. I don't care who you blame- German, Scottish blood, whatever- women are NOT always "fat" because of what they eat or for eating too much!!
One of my favorite sites for DECENT clothing for my age set is
Torrid, which is a division of the
Hot Topic company. Most of the dresses they sell are adorable. At first glance. I wouldn't be caught dead in any of these.
Empire WaistHorizontal stripes (make you look wider) and an accent of the stomach area, which also makes you look widerNot as bad, but it's a tent. NOT flattering. It seems as though there is no figure to flatter.Belt makes you look wider.Belt=wider. And it's just plain ugly.Empire Waist.Does this dress make me look fat? Yes, yes it does. You're a bubble.Awww, when is the baby due? (this is a very popular look right now, too.)Oh GOD just no.I'm sure you see the issues with this one.See? And that's THE best site where larger girls can find clothing at all. Everything else looks like something their grandmother would wear, or it's hideous, or it would make them look worse. See, the fashion industry has its own corrupt idea and theory; if you don't cater to making "fat people" look good, then they'll stop being fat, get up and lose weight and then they can be "pretty" girls. Bullsh*t. It doesn't work that way. IT ISN'T ALL ABOUT FOOD AND EXERCISE!!!! No one ever listens when I say this, no one ever has, and now even my DOCTORS are realizing I WAS RIGHT.
I'm so tired of dresses, shirts, pants, skirts, bathing suits, that make women look even larger, or rounder, or shorter, or pregnant or just hideous.
Empire Waists,
Horizontal Stripes,
Grandma's Curtains,
that not so cute belt,
puffed sleeves or shoulder pads,
plaid (and pregnant-looking),
and shirts that look like you're too fat for them should all be banned. How are women supposed to feel good about themselves AT ALL if this is all they have to wear? If you don't feel pretty, and you can't find anything that makes you LOOK pretty, how are you supposed to have any confidence at all?
Why does the world kick women who are already so far down?
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