If these people are happy with the risks they take and enjoy their weight and lifestyle, more power to them. Pack-a-day smokers are able to take those same risks and laugh smokily in the face of death if they so choose. But to imply, or associate with the implication, that a judgment of health based on appearance is unwarranted or inaccurate is downright dishonest. Just as a person who is dangerously underweight can be concisely labeled as unhealthy, so can someone who is extremely, morbidly obese. And in a country where diabetes, heart disease, obesity, limited mobility, and a laundry list of other medical problems are bearing down ominously on both our children and our medical industry, do we not have some responsibility to draw a line?
Word.
Every time i see a photo from this Miss Piggy spread, I get a little pissed that these designers will make amazing outfits for a fat pig puppet, but will not make amazing outfits for fat women.
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Well, I’m sure that Jason Wu would totally make plus size couture for a(nother) celebrity or socialite.
My coworkers Leslie and I have been talking a lot about what the plus size market wants/expects when they say that they want couture and designer lines, and often it doesn’t really mean that they would be willing to shell out the money to pay for it if designers created lines in 14W+. It means that they want Jason Wu for Target in sizes 14+. Or a mid-end Marc Jacobs line at Macy’s/Nordstrom (like Michael Kors).
That said, I think that there are some fat folk who would TOTALLY partake, but with the recent closing of Salon Z in Saks stores, I don’t know if the venues or customer base exists for designers to sell plus.
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I agree afrotitty - and this is an important conversation to have! And you’re right, the reality is, I don’t have $5-15K for a gorgeous gown, but I would really really love exactly what you are talking about: mid-end Marc Jacobs, any of the “designer for _____ store” pieces to be in 14+, even some of the smaller boutique designers to carry their cute stuff in 12+
I do hear the reasons why designers (of all levels) aren’t doing this. They say it’s hard to make that wide of a range of clothes, they say there isn’t interest, they say it’s too hard to fit the plus size body. I personally believe that all those reasons are mostly bullshit.
I’m a fat woman and I have money to spend on more than just fancy accessories and asos dresses.
And so I am not perceived as a total hater, I do love seeing a fat pig in really beautiful clothes. I do. It’s just sort of a reminder that there are not so many spreads of fat women in really beautiful clothes too. That’s what it really comes down to. I love the way Miss Piggy’s fat legs look in these amazing clothes. I’d love to see real fat legs there too.
I agree with this, but Miss Piggy isn’t really a big size. She’s got traditional hourglass proportions, and even though she’s a pig, she’s actually not that big (in some of the otehr photos she looks quite slim)
(Source: former-contender)
