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“Or is she just skinny”: A rant about body size vs shape
“Is it and outfit? Or is she just skinny?” That is the critique you’ll see as influencer and celebrity outfits get turned in to viral inspiration. The claim is that if someone else larger were wearing it, then no one would care. Or that person would be shamed. Many observers have point out that celebrity…
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Closing the gap on plus-size luxury fashion: 11 Honoré
One brand that definitely offers higher end fashion for plus-sized shoppers is 11 Honoré . The brand was founded in 2017 by Patrick Herning. They started as an e-commerce site selling those brands that already had extended sizing. Later as they were able to demonstrate the need, other brands began producing product exclusively for the…
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The hard truth about why designer clothes run small
If you are a standard American woman, looking to see what size you’d be in European sizing is humbling, to say the least. I was window shopping designer clothing and could tell that I would be on the much higher end than I thought. That is if they even carried my size. Some may see…
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Those clothes weren’t made for you
Fashion Elitist put out a video a few months back entitled “It’s not your Fit, It’s your Body.” He makes the case that the way that fashion industry works is by designing for certain body types. Often, it is a thin frame with little curvature. You might find that you don’t like the way that…
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Which sunscreen is better for glow? Cay Skin vs Supergoop
I decided to test Cay Skin Isle Glow and Supergoop Glowscreen side by side. I’m making the assumption they will both equally protect by my skin from UV rays so this is about the “glow” they provide. Both have glow in their title. I got curious. Isle Glow Face Lotion SPF 45: $34 for 1.5…
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Phlur Missing Person- I finally tried the fragrance everyone was talking about
I have been seeing TikTokers dousing themselves in Missing Person. Because it has been everywhere, I assume I would love it. (Although that “Everyone loves it” logic led me astray with Vanilla 28….) I went into Sephora and sprayed it on a tester and smelled nothing. “Ah, this must be why it’s called Missing Person,”…
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The false freedom of oversized clothes
“How you doing baby girl?,” he says. My back is to him as I sit on the train, minding my own business. I smell his burning cigarette, even though smoking is strictly prohibited. Both my lungs and my mind are irritated. And I’m confused. My hair is covered by a knit cap. I’m seated. I’m…
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There’s more to the history of unisex fashion
Despite what many might lead you to believe, the push for clothing that isn’t gendered isn’t new. There have been multiple trends over the years where people, especially women desired clothing that differed from what they “should” wear based on their assigned gender role. In this article in the Atlantic, Kimberley Chaslain-Campbell writes: “As Paoletti…
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Your fashion is speaking for you
In this week’s research on gender-inclusive/unisex clothes, I came across this article by Kimberly Chaslain-Campbell in the Atlantic. I will get more into the ideas in it tomorrow, but today I want to focus on fashion as expression. Here we are: Fashion is a form of expression. Yes, by this example, you could say, “Duh,…
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Gucci’s Mx selection and my issue with gender-inclusive fashion
Maybe you already noticed this, but Gucci has a section their site, Mx. Separate from men’s and women’s it’s intended to be gender inclusive. However, each of the items are each part of either the men’s or women’s lines and the associated sizing chart. When I clicked on jacket to learn more, it was clearly…
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