Saturday, December 21, 2013

LET'S TALK ISSUES: Marie Claire November 2013


First of all, let me say that it's great Marie Claire features a page every month dedicated to plus-size fashion.  They are the only ones, and while it's a token page, it's something.  All of the clothes on this page are available in plus-sizes, and they list the sizes they go up to.

Here's the problem:  If you look at the photos of the clothes themselves, the only one that not straight-size is the dress from Lane Bryant which is only available in plus-size.  In other words, if they could get something smaller than plus-size to show, they did.  Plus-size girls are expected to look at straight-size clothes and imagine themselves in them, I guess.  Even on their one token page, larger women have to look at the same size zeros that are everywhere else in the magazine.

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