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Courtney's avatar

Whilst I do appreciate your point and I don’t believe it’s always just about body size but also about conventional attractiveness. A lot of thinner women would not get praised for wearing the examples you put on Instagram.

They wouldn’t work for 99% of women and there’s something to be said about wealth and lifestyle affording you the right to look or be perceived a certain way because I’m relatively thin and if I wore any of those outfits I’d look, feel and get called a t**t!

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Una Whelan's avatar

This is very true…I am a child of said 90s magazines and I have never worn a crop top or sleeveless top because of strong “I don’t have the figure” thoughts. And I think I I can put an outfit together - but not necessarily one I think “suits” my size.

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Coral Escolà's avatar

I still didn't find an influencer or whomever with an style I like with a size like mine. I'm talking midsize (42 Spain is 32 US?) I have to search further, any references? I think that would be helpful for everyone to have someone representing their body and having great style. It should t be impossible, right?

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Peachy's avatar

Just wanted to add that you can be skinny and not be able to wear the outfits above. It's more about dressing to what suits you. You could be pear shaped and baggy pants make you look shapeless. Fashion is individualistic and saying something is only a fit because someone's skinny is incredibly wrong.

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Nadia Theodore's avatar

Ok and ? These women are clearly overweight or obese and their outfit doesn't matter they should lose some weight and then maybe they would look like this anymore. Stop normalizing being unhealthy

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Rosemary Mac Cabe's avatar

I think you missed the point. The piece isn't about body size OR about health (and nobody owes health to anyone else…). It's about fashion. Why is an outfit "stylish" on one body and horrific on another? Because fatphobia! Although I guess your comment kind of proves that point.

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Louise's avatar

Your article, Ms. Mac Cabe, struck a nerve. Fashion and style are not what they used to be. Hollywood elites were dressed to be photographed when they left the house. Even if a woman is not conventionally pretty nor is a model or athlete . . . I enjoy when she styles herself. There aren't many like that, who develop a sense of style which I can learn from, even if our choices do not match down the line. My mom had great style. She was 5'2", and her weight was up and down during the years. Her sister was a designer and drew fashion illustrations for newspapers, so it ran in the family. Simplicity was her signature: colorful cotton tees and silk scarves, or a large necklace. Lizzo has great style. Thin stars on the red carpet appear to have sponsorship arrangements with fashion brands. Or,the stylists who dress them do. Celebs don a cute frock as WORK, for their job . . . In that way, red carpet style seems inauthentic. Hailey Bieber . . . who paparazzi feature often in tabloids, leaves the house looking chic! Hailey Bieber makes an effort, puts her stamp on what she wears . . . This gives me hope that there are still people out there I want to learn from, can look up to. UniversalStandard.com fashion images inspire and make me rejoice! Real plus size, 5'7" size 22 / 24 or higher look clean and unfussy in nice, properly fitted fashions. Universal Standard brand is like a dream come true! Its photography and designs has inspired bigger labels.

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Louise Delaney's avatar

I whole heartildy agree with this - you're dead right well said

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