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 I was walking through the Wynn Esplanade in Las Vegas with my mother-in-law, and as we passed Chanel and Dior and Oscar de la Renta, I confessed my rarely spoken belief that God made me a fat girl to protect me from my shopping demon. After all, I firmly believe that if I ever slimmed down to a designer-approved size 4, I'd have some kind of fashion blackout and wake up in my closet, surrounded by beautiful things and also, be completely and utterly bankrupt. After all, I can pretty much guarantee that I would have no regret about spending $140 on these tights. But alas, not a XXXL to be had in the bunch. It's probably for the best. I'm not so interested in being the best dressed hobo on skid row. Christina Brinkley of the Wall Street Journal tried to get to the bottom line on why more designers aren't tapping into the mostly untouched plus-size market, but was mostly unable to get a decent answer. Designer Elie Tahari explained last year that it's expensive to offer bigger sizes, which require more fabric, as well as special patterns and a separate "fit" model, a model whose standard proportions are used to fit the clothes.Oh, you mean the same way that petite lines require special patterns and a different "fit" model? And the whole idea of requiring more fabric is ridiculous when a size 00 gown costs exactly the same as a size 10. Doesn't the size 10 require more fabric? If so, why not institute a produce market manner of pricing, where a garment is priced by the ounce? Because otherwise, those teensy girls are totally getting the shaft. Right, so there goes that argument. Next? Designer Tadashi Shoji nails it on the head: "Certain people have said, 'This is not our image,' " says Mr. Shoji. "But I said, 'We can sell it -- why not? ... We aren't doing art -- this is commerce.' "THANK YOU. I'm glad that some designers are starting to wake up and smell the cha-ching. Yes, we've definitely already got amazing lines like Igigi and Kiyonna who clued in years ago, but I think it's fair to assume that the market is yet to be tapped, especially in the wake of the so-called obesity epidemic. But that's just me, a greedy little fat girl fashionista. But seriously, the third look in Tadashi's fall line? WANT. 5 CommentsLeave a comment |
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Okay, you can have the third look, but the first one is MINE. :)
Amen! Next, please take on the designers who say that they prefer stick-thin models because the clothes "hang better" on them. Anyone can drape fabric on a clothes hanger, but it takes true talent to design for mah booty!
as a former 'coathanger' model i have to agree that designers are so caught up in their elite 'clavicle-bone-club' that they don't realize how amazing full asses look in pants, and how great BREASTS ARE in ANYTHING!
i'm naturally very gaunt (eastern european born...yay) but i've seen a lot of great non-bony girls who have starved themselves down into an unnatural skinny at my EX agency. it PISSES ME OFF. first, it doesn't look good-bone structure is bone structure. second, she looked 10000 times better at a healthy normal weight for her and lastly, the biggest pet peeve is the feeling that she's in some elite club. she starts acting/talking different (like calling other girls 'heffers' and the staff 'whales') and of course gets more jobs and the runway marm- as i call her- starts paying more attention to her.
there's something about the industry that is sick...it's like an industry wide eating disorder obsessed with toothpick upper arms and thighs, the 'signature' look. even designers who aren't thin are obsessed.
anyways, i feel like i'm about to go on a rant.
i'm always happy to comment as an insider and i think all of you have great insightful stuff to say!
I agree with you about the saving of the finances. This summer I lost almost 30 pounds, and I have almost gone BROKE trying to buy clothes that fit. Now I can shop in the juniors section and buy all sorts of clothes I don't need. :-( Fortunately I didn't turn into a clothes hangar, so I still have my boobs and butt!!
Actually, in some shops the price of a garment does go up when you get to a certain size, usually a fourteen or an XL, I'm assuming because of the extra fabric mentioned.