While making a solid point, this had numerous comments that cracked me up, like "Pray for me in my time of polyester...
While making a solid point, this had numerous comments that cracked me up, like "Pray for me in my time of polyester need." Meanwhile, I know you shouldn't read the comments but the level of colloquial ignorance along with actual dictionary definition lack of knowledge ignorance was intense.
Such as you wouldn't have this problem if you tried it on in a store. Yeah, no, sorry, untrue.
It would look better if you had the right undergarments on. What is this? That scene from Titanic where Rose's mother is lacing her into an Edwardian corset that goes from her armpits to her knees? While there is a real kernel in here that is true - you fit clothes with the undergarments you intend to wear (or not) on, because what's under does change what's over - these are not custom made clothes. They are mass produced and chances are high they didn't even fit the model the way it looks in the photo. They are sized and, however loosely the term applies, shaped for an average person who doesn't exist. Still true if you try them on in the store with "the right undergarments".
As touched on by one of the stars of this article, yes, your butt is too high or too low, or your waist is too high or too low, etc. Once again, the tyranny of the mass produced average strikes. It is not enough to simply shorten a dress that is too long at the hem. It probably needs to have some length taken out between the neck and waist to fit properly. As for the wrinkles on the butt, even on sewing patterns this has to be adjusted. Why? People's butts are not only higher and lower, they stick out more, or less, and not all in the same direction. There's actually more than one so-called hip measurement if you intend something to fit properly, as well. This is nowhere on the mass-produced radar.
Lastly, I can state with virtual certainty that even the clothing made out of denim, which by definition should be 100% cotton, is a stretch fabric. It is close to impossible to buy clothing made from fabric without stretch fibers, probably still most commonly lycra/spandex. I know some of you on here would know the difference, so to be clear, you can weave stretch into fabric, but that is not what this is. We are constantly having this marketed to us as something that makes clothes fit better, is more flattering, etc. Not true.
What it has been used for in practice is to significantly decrease the need for multiple clothing sizes, virtually eliminate any shaping or tailoring, i.e. fit, not to mention finishing and piecing, which require time, skill, and hand work even on mass produced clothes. All of which thereby reduces the manufacturing costs. Which is ironic considering how much women's clothing is marked up compared to what they pay the 14 year old who probably made it in Indonesia.
One other thing. The so-called plus sized model is generally neither sized nor shaped like average actual fat people. They still have to fit into sample sizes. It's just that those sample sizes might be a 12 or 14 instead of a 2 or 4. And you'll notice how relatively small her bust is. The more they have removed bust shaping, the more difficult it has become for women with full busts, even small, full busts, to find tops Even at just a full B cup the stupid buttons on shirts have issues, and most women who are moving into Size XXX territory are not just a B cup.
All of which just goes to the point of this article. Try showing me what something looks like on someone who might have walked in off the street and bought it. The fashion industry is still just trying to make everything a linear the same but bigger/smaller scale, and bodies don't work that way. Oh, and about that stretch fabric thing. They are a PITA to do alterations on and you kind of have to have special equipment, like a serger, for a lot of them. I'd rather have to deal with bias-cut silk charmeuse, thanks.
So, yeah, mass produced clothing almost always needs alteration to truly fit well (bless your heart if you are one of the rare breed who can throw on almost anything and have it fit). This just shows that airbrushing and essentially false advertising hasn't changed that. But you go on and feel lousy about your bad self. Otherwise, they won't make nearly as much money.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinchirico/what-plus-size-clothes-actually-look-like-on-plus-size-women?utm_term=.byZmvzXj3#.ufYV6wLZR
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinchirico/what-plus-size-clothes-actually-look-like-on-plus-size-women?utm_term=.byZmvzXj3#.ufYV6wLZR
Such as you wouldn't have this problem if you tried it on in a store. Yeah, no, sorry, untrue.
It would look better if you had the right undergarments on. What is this? That scene from Titanic where Rose's mother is lacing her into an Edwardian corset that goes from her armpits to her knees? While there is a real kernel in here that is true - you fit clothes with the undergarments you intend to wear (or not) on, because what's under does change what's over - these are not custom made clothes. They are mass produced and chances are high they didn't even fit the model the way it looks in the photo. They are sized and, however loosely the term applies, shaped for an average person who doesn't exist. Still true if you try them on in the store with "the right undergarments".
As touched on by one of the stars of this article, yes, your butt is too high or too low, or your waist is too high or too low, etc. Once again, the tyranny of the mass produced average strikes. It is not enough to simply shorten a dress that is too long at the hem. It probably needs to have some length taken out between the neck and waist to fit properly. As for the wrinkles on the butt, even on sewing patterns this has to be adjusted. Why? People's butts are not only higher and lower, they stick out more, or less, and not all in the same direction. There's actually more than one so-called hip measurement if you intend something to fit properly, as well. This is nowhere on the mass-produced radar.
Lastly, I can state with virtual certainty that even the clothing made out of denim, which by definition should be 100% cotton, is a stretch fabric. It is close to impossible to buy clothing made from fabric without stretch fibers, probably still most commonly lycra/spandex. I know some of you on here would know the difference, so to be clear, you can weave stretch into fabric, but that is not what this is. We are constantly having this marketed to us as something that makes clothes fit better, is more flattering, etc. Not true.
What it has been used for in practice is to significantly decrease the need for multiple clothing sizes, virtually eliminate any shaping or tailoring, i.e. fit, not to mention finishing and piecing, which require time, skill, and hand work even on mass produced clothes. All of which thereby reduces the manufacturing costs. Which is ironic considering how much women's clothing is marked up compared to what they pay the 14 year old who probably made it in Indonesia.
One other thing. The so-called plus sized model is generally neither sized nor shaped like average actual fat people. They still have to fit into sample sizes. It's just that those sample sizes might be a 12 or 14 instead of a 2 or 4. And you'll notice how relatively small her bust is. The more they have removed bust shaping, the more difficult it has become for women with full busts, even small, full busts, to find tops Even at just a full B cup the stupid buttons on shirts have issues, and most women who are moving into Size XXX territory are not just a B cup.
All of which just goes to the point of this article. Try showing me what something looks like on someone who might have walked in off the street and bought it. The fashion industry is still just trying to make everything a linear the same but bigger/smaller scale, and bodies don't work that way. Oh, and about that stretch fabric thing. They are a PITA to do alterations on and you kind of have to have special equipment, like a serger, for a lot of them. I'd rather have to deal with bias-cut silk charmeuse, thanks.
So, yeah, mass produced clothing almost always needs alteration to truly fit well (bless your heart if you are one of the rare breed who can throw on almost anything and have it fit). This just shows that airbrushing and essentially false advertising hasn't changed that. But you go on and feel lousy about your bad self. Otherwise, they won't make nearly as much money.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinchirico/what-plus-size-clothes-actually-look-like-on-plus-size-women?utm_term=.byZmvzXj3#.ufYV6wLZR
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinchirico/what-plus-size-clothes-actually-look-like-on-plus-size-women?utm_term=.byZmvzXj3#.ufYV6wLZR
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