Archived People Used to Not Tell Anyone if Designers Said They Were Too Fat to Dress (archive.is)
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Archived People Used to Not Tell Anyone if Designers Said They Were Too Fat to Dress (archive.is)
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[–] OhGoodLord2 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago
Here's the thing: designers aren't giving away anything for free. If an actress is slim enough to fit into a sample size, they will loan her a dress. Models are skinny and sample sizes are small because the fabrics and labor are fucking expensive when you're talking about these fashion houses employing highly trained craftspeople to hand-stitch sequins, feathers etc. If someone is a legit 0-2, they get a free, fancy dress to wear and the designer gets advertising. But, again, that sample can't get anything spilled on it. It has to be able to be shown on the runway, too.
Fats are acting like they're being discriminated against. They just don't fit the specs. Now, there is a business opportunity for Lane Bryant or whoever to have someone wear one of their dresses, then put it in a shop window to showcase it as the gown the fat chick from This is Us wore. But one of those fat-dressing companies would have to want to get behind it.