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kristineirl
this one’s for all the fat girls who’ve cried in dressing rooms 💗


drst
You’re fine. The clothes are made to be easy to manufacture on machines, not for bodies. The clothes suck, not you.


darthmelyanna
They’re also manufactured to look attractive on hangers, and very few of us are shaped like hangers. You’re fine.


truejew
😱😰😭😭😭😭😭😭😭thank u please more of this type of body positivity I need it


chickenonabicycle
Legit though! I’m a hobbyist seamstress and these are my experiences when shopping mainstream:

For example, most H&M blouses these days don’t even have boobdarts. Which means they will sit awkwardly on literally anyone with boobs, no matter the size. But on hangers or when folded on display? They look fab as fuck. Because hangers don’t have boobs. And the models chosen to show them on the catwalk are usually chosen for their lack of boobage too (unless it’s for lingerie), other requirements including ridiculous size and weight requirements. As for the average (EU available) clothing shops, the worst offender I’ve encountered yet was Zara. Everything’s way too long and way too flat: clearly aimed to look good on the catwalk models but not intended for normal people. At all.

Also sizes are just numbers. Shopping online has taught me that I’m a European M, an American XS-S, and a Japanese L-XL. And then these sizes even vary from shop to shop in the same country: I’m an XL at Apples but an S at Lola&Liza, for example. They’ve also been reducing the sizes of these numbers throughout the years to make people feel bad about themselves and to sell more weight-loss products. Don’t let a number get you down, it does not define you.

So please don’t feel bad about yourself when shops refuse to cater to your size. The clothes they sell are not aimed at real human beings. They are the ones in the wrong here, not you!


coffee-at-mxdnight
body posi posts are the ones


gaslightgallows
I needed this after yesterday. :/


feelingshider
(these are figures for the French clothing industry but I’m sure it’s true in other countries)

Only 0.6% of clothes are available in 46 (again : french size) when 10% of women wear that size. 14% of clothes are available in 34 when only 0.7% of women wear that size.

The most selled size is 42 when the most manufactured is 36.

See the problem? It’s the whole industry that sucks. Not you and your body.

Source: kristineirl
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Apr 23rd, 2018

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