Plus Size is Now Normal | Trendy Plus Size Fashion

Dare I imagine the day that society, and indeed the fashion industry as a body, will finally admit that rake-thin is not the norm, nor is it healthy? I understand that clothing can look better on a statuesque, thin girl but notice that I said can. If the clothes are supposed to reflect how a garment will look when you walk into a store and look at the rack, then they?re driving down the right road and till now models have really been considered as coat hangers, albeit pretty ones made of lace and satin and decorated with bows, but still just coat hangers. If on the other hand, the clothes are meant to give a woman an idea of how she will look in a garment, than for most a rake-thin model will not provide an accurate picture. At the end of the day, the goal of the fashion houses is to sell and people won?t buy if they?re not sold to.

All creatures have a hard-wired instinctive decision making process that allows us to judge, assess and respond appropriately to anything within seconds. It?s a survival tactic. Humans are the only species that will judge, assess and respond inappropriately. We talk ourselves out of and into situations and decisions all the time. We ignore those nagging gut feelings that are always right, had we just paid attention, and we allow our emotional baggage to dictate how we rationalize not listening to that sensible, instinctive, intuitive voice. How does this relate to fashion you ask? When fashion houses send ultra-skinny models down the runway or use these models in ad campaigns, catalogs, in-store promo shots, they send a very loud message. They know that even-though these models do not represent the average woman, probably the bulk of their customer-base, they?ll still be able to sell to you. Women, who are emotional creatures at the best of times, can talk their way into a dress no matter who wore it on the runway. Women can be talked into a dress by other women, sometimes even when it doesn?t look good. I?ve seen women wear such body inappropriate clothing that it embarrasses my own womanhood. Now sure some of this comes down to bad taste, lack of style, misperception even, but not entirely.

Plus size lingerie, plus size corsets and plus size fashion in general is seeing a shift to mainstream as attitudes shift. Have you ever watched a man shop? He will walk into a clothing store, scan the store in under 30 seconds usually, and know whether he wants to shop there. If he chooses to try clothes on, he will know instantly what he is comfortable wearing, what suits his perception of himself, how he?d like to present to the world and whether the garment he is wearing fits all those criteria. A woman, on the other hand, will often go into a clothing store even if she doesn?t necessarily like the look of the store. She?ll take stock of every shelf and rack, and look at every garment on every rack, just in case there is something there that she MIGHT like. Then she will try it on, um-and uh, ask her boyfriend if her bum looks big, her girlfriends is she looks hot, the sales staff what they think and so-on. Now sure this isn?t always the case. Some women are very decisive about the styles they like and don?t ask anyone else for an opinion. But the point is that men are clinical when it comes to how they dress and women are a lot more emotional and emotionally needy about their appearance. We rely on our clothes and make-up and undergarments to make us feel a certain way. We look to the experts to tell us what it is we should be feeling. When these ?experts? bombard us with pictures of rake-thin, size zero models; we get mixed messages about how we should look that leave us confused without us even noticing.

I?m not saying we should start expecting the fashion industry to use fat models. That would serve to everyone?s detriment. I?m just proposing that a size 12 or 14 girl can be just as beautiful, sexy and desirable as what we?re told a size 0 girl is. Imagine how perception might shift if women got used to walking into boutiques where images of the garments were presented on healthy looking, plus-size models. Imagine if you went lingerie shopping with or for your man and walked in to a shop that used pictures of the beautiful Crystal Renn or Kim Kardashian wearing gorgeous plus size corsets. These women aren?t fat or large. They?re normal, healthy, proportionate women. Imagine if that?s what you were used to seeing when you went into that shop. Imagine if across the street there was another lingerie store selling the same stock but displayed on size 0 models. In which store would you feel more likely to succumb to those negative voices in your head that make you feel judged? Which store would you feel more comfortable going to? In which store would you feel like a more proud, beautiful, empowered woman?

By: Daniel Batelic

Source: http://www.shjinnuohua.com/womens-interests/plus-size-is-now-normal

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