🇬🇧 The fallacy of fat phobia in the fashion industry

I've already talked about why catwalk models are traditionally tall and thin. The media has been shamefully spreading disinformation, and I'm going to explain today the big lie about fat phobia in fashion. It's a lie because whoever maintains that this exists must never have studied pattern making and expansion of patterns, just to stick to a point that would give a lot of clarity about reality.

As I said in another text, the larger the size a person wears, the greater the differences between physical types. Therefore, even the plus size models that we currently see in the fashion shows of big brands are women with rectangular physiques or wide hourglasses. Women without a prominent belly. Not every fat person who wears the same pieces they wore in the shows will have the same result. And I'm not even going to address personal colour differences here. It's just a magazine article, not a master's thesis.

Fashion was never prejudiced with sizes. There is, of course, the target audience for each brand. Some clothes do not look good on someone who is obese. Some don't look good on anyone with localised fat. Some are not suitable for women with large busts and others are horrible for those with small busts. Some pieces fit better on short people and others only look good on tall people. And so on. There are always a variety of options that suit different body types. It takes common sense and/or a good stylist to know what to avoid and what to buy.

Many brands produce bespoke clothes, precisely because of the awareness of the differences in physical types. Of course, bespoke clothes are more expensive. They are made to fit YOUR body perfectly. I have several bespoke pieces and I guarantee they are usually worth every penny. I'm not talking about pieces made by neighbourhood seamstresses, who don't understand the world of fashion and don't create anything relevant. What I recommend is above that.

The big question is: only those who have a reasonable self-esteem invest in tailored clothes. The same goes for investing to have a good stylist. Those who do not consider themselves deserving of the best are waiting for cheap brands to make clothes in large sizes. If the fit of cheap brands on thin people is already horrible, on fat people it would tend to be much worse. Oversize pattern making is not something that anyone master.

Do you want to dress well without having to diet or surgery to have a suitable weight for your height? The way is to pay the price to have a good stylist and bespoke clothing by professionals competent in producing bespoke plus size clothing. In fact, this is the best way for anyone, regardless of height, weight or where in the world they live.

Nycka, the Nomad