They aren't true plus sized modelmodels!
By blue65packer
@blue65packer (11826)
United States
January 8, 2010 2:17pm CST
I saw Oprah one day last week and had some models on who were supposely plus size models. To many people in the model business think a plus size model is 150 or 160 lbs and is 5'10'! Excuse me but not all plus size women are that small all tall! I wish they would have plus size women who are under 5'8' and weight over 200 or 300 lbs! These are true plus size women and I'm sure it would make plus size women,like myself,feel more excepted! Expecially when it comes to findind clothes! I wear usually 4x and sometimes it is hard to buy clothes in stores that size! Sometimes I have to order out of catalogs for my size! It is frustrating and I wish the fashion world would open their eyes wider! They aren't seeing the true women of the world! They need to wake up now because we aren't going anywhere!
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6 responses
@purplealabaster (22085)
• United States
9 Jan 10
I have to agree that I would like to see "plus-sized" models that are actually "plus-sized". If the clothes do not look good on them, then maybe the clothes should be modified to fit this size better rather than modifying the models to better fit the clothes, especially when the models do not really represent the target population that the clothes are supposed to be designed for.
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
16 Jan 10
Thnak you! That is what I was trying to get across and you are one of the few who got it!
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
19 Jan 10
Well I don't get your point at all bluepacket, on the one hand you make discussion after discussion complaining that you are morbidly obese but it has nothing to do with your bad diet and you want to hypnotise it away now, so if you hate your size so much why do you want to see a lot of obese people making it acceptable. Even though you won't do anything for yourself to help yourself with your weight issue because you do know the health risks.
I don't think Purple is actually advocating models of your size because that would be sending an unhealthy message across.
@Hi Purple.
@Hi Purple.
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
9 Jan 10
I laugh at the models they have in the catalogs. You sometimes can see the shadow of their body through the clothes. Those women are no way fitting into those clothes. They really think they are fooling us. Oh sure. They expect us to believe that we would look just that way in the clothes they sell. 
I am blonde not blind.
I am blonde not blind. @weasel81 (2496)
• Australia
9 Jan 10
another thing i've noticed if that clothes aren't designed to fit a short a.. person, like me. i'm just over 5 foot, and most jeans, track pants are designed to fit someone a good 3/5 inches taller.
there are some really nice clothes out there for the bigger ladies, but they come at a price. either you have to order them or pay a fortune for them, which is silly.
@kaylachan (84703)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Jan 10
It's all about image and money. They use women that fit a cirtin image. They want women who are tal enough so their weight won't make them look fat, and obbese as say opposed to someone like me. But, I'm not a good example, because I can still fit into medium-sized cloths. But I look rather chuncky as a person. I'm only five 2, but I'm about 150.
But, its all about looks. The closest to what's considered sexey, is what's going to sell. So bottom line, women who can sell it are what's considered.
@wickedlove (326)
• United States
8 Jan 10
Okay I see that this is going to be a touchy subject. First of all there is a big difference from a plus size model and a plus sized person. Same goes for regular models and regular people. The models job is to make clothes look good. There is some limit as to where it starts to look bad because of weight. It is also why height is also an issue. Taller makes clothes look better. If you were going to sell the product of an outfit would you want to hire 300lbs short people? I would rather hire a thin 110lb model who is 5'10" . Also I am glad that they don't hire people who weigh in the 200lbs to model. We should not be encouraging obesity in our country. If we start going, its okay to be obese, then it will be more acceptable, then half the world will be dying of heart attacks and diabetics. This is in no way attacked towards you, just your opinion.
@purplealabaster (22085)
• United States
9 Jan 10
There are two problems that I have with your argument. First, you say that you are glad that they don't hire models that are 200lbs, because it would encourage obesity. However, you seem to have no problem with them hiring models that are size zero, which encourages people to be a smaller size but just as unhealthy, especially since most people can't get to that size unless they are anorexic or bulimic. If you are going to argue against the models that are 200lbs, then you should also be arguing against the ones that are 100lbs, especially given the fact that most models are 5'9" or taller, which would mean that a healthy weight for them would be well over 100lbs. If you check an average height-weight chart for 5'9" (listed here) http://www.rush.edu/rumc/page-1108048103230.html , the models that are 100lbs are about 31 pounds underweight and a person 200lbs is about 40 pounds overweight, so there really is not that much difference in the heath risks, because being significantly underweight carries just as many health risks as being overweight.
Second, you say that it is about clothes looking better on certain models. Personally, I do not think that clothes look good on the stick-thin models, but that is obviously my own opinion. However, I would think that it would be better to use models that are closer to your target population, since they are going to be the ones actually wearing the clothes. If the "plus-sized" clothes do not look good on people that are really "plus-sized", then shouldn't the designer modify them to actually look good on their target population rather than modifying the models to fit the clothes.
Otherwise, you are using an unrealistic example, and when the clothes do not fit right there will be more probability of negative body images than there would be if you actually made the clothes to fit the target population, which will only compound any body image issues that they may already have.
Otherwise, you are using an unrealistic example, and when the clothes do not fit right there will be more probability of negative body images than there would be if you actually made the clothes to fit the target population, which will only compound any body image issues that they may already have.@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
16 Jan 10
I sure started something and I'm not sure how to repsond to all of this!