On Cutting Back Plus-Sizes
We're
finding light at the end of the tunnel when we discover awesome new outlets for
plus-size merchandise--Beth Ditto's line for Evans (pictured right), IGIGI's new affordable fast
fashion, Faith21--but taking a moment to look back might reveal some new facts.
Even
though there have been many angry accusations of "sizeism" over the
recent cutbacks on plus-size offerings at stores like Liz Claiborne and Ann
Taylor, Double X reports that the reason for the slashes on plus-size clothing
has nothing to do with "fat phobia", but rather a drop in sales
figures.
Citing
reports that the recession has been especially hard on sales of plus-sizes with
drops of 8 percent compared to regular sizes' 2 percent drop in the past year,
the solution for many has been to cut larger sizes to save money.
--Venus
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maybe plus-sized makers should step back and take a look at the clothes they're offering plus-sized women and realize that just because we're a size 16 doesn't mean we want to wear caftans, and we don't all want neon green or orange with giant flower prints
give us stylish and chic designs that fit and flatter our fuller figures, accentuating the positives about our bodies, and remember that, just as not all thin women are shaped like sticks, not all heavier women are shaped like apples,
all of us, thick and thin, want to look and feel beautiful in our clothes
I totally agree with the previous statement. I think us fuller figured women deserve to be treated equally as those women who are smaller. We don't want to look like our grandmothers, rather we want to look and feel goregous in the clothes we wear.