The fashion industry has famously been very nit-picky about bodies and their types. It is often considered, as unconscious bias or even conscious and upfront at times, that people that are heavier are lazier and therefore not good at their jobs or certain things in general.
The fashion industry’s bias also reflects in the designs of clothes it makes and the sizes it produces, both for shows and mass production. For very long, very few designs were available for plus sized women, and even when they were, weren’t tailored as well or designed as well as the smaller sizes.
The double standards have long been present in the fashion industry, however, lately through the use of the internet, a movement calling out these double standards and shaming those that adhere to them has emerged, in an attempt to right the scales and balance them. This is called the plus-size movement, and it asks for more recognition for differing body types and more variety in terms of designs and styles.
What has helped is the fact that plus-size fashion shoppers make up almost 68% of the market and yet were unaccommodated so far, harming both their interest and those of fashion houses. With the rise in plus size fashion, it is also important to highlight accessories that can go along with it. With…
