Overweight and Chic: Plus-Size Business Is Booming

18.05.12

It could be the great weight divide. While supermodels in glossy magazines seem to be getting skinnier, "real" American women have gotten plumper and more curvy , which has launched a new and booming market for plus-size fashion.

In what many fashionistas called a bold move, Vogue featured the voluptuous singer Adele, showing her size-16 body, on the cover of its March issue. The cover's release came on the heels of legendary Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld's comments about Adele's weight. In February, Lagerfeld said the singer was "a little too fat" in an issue of Paris's free newspaper, Metro, for which he was guest editor.

The 23-year-old Adele shot back, telling People magazine that she is "very proud" to "represent the majority of women."

The average American woman is 5-foot-4, weighs 164 pounds and wears a size 14 to 16. Some buxom female celebrities, including Queen Latifiah and "Bridesmaids" star Melissa McCarthy, thumbed their noses at the uber-slim supermodel standard and launched their own plus-size clothing lines.

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Plus Size Wedding Dresses

18.05.12

The second thing you should know is where to shop for some of the best deals on plus size dresses. David’s Bridal is an excellent source of dresses plus size and any other size you may need. They often run promotions where they will outfit your entire party should you enter their contest and win. It is certainly worth the time to fill out and submit the form. You will also have the opportunity to check out their entire coordinating lines for everyone in the bridal party from the groom to the mother of the bride. It may be the only place you need to shop, especially since they also offer tailoring, shoes and jewelry.

That special day is going to require some sheer lingerie, so you may want to consider hitting a store that specializes in sexy plus size lingerie. You may not be able to find what you are looking for at Victoria’s Secret but if you go online to Hips and Curves, http://www.hipsandcurves.com, then you may find some great deals on wedding lingerie for that special night.

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Ridiculous Photoshop Jobs Somehow Make Being A Bridesmaid Even Worse

18.05.12

This week, several websites took note of a particularly terrible Photoshop atrocity, in the form of this apparently organ-shrinking Vera Wang bridesmaid gown available from  David’s Bridal . But that specific image is just the tip of the unfortunate iceberg; on the sites for both David’s Bridal and Vera Wang, many of the models are rail-thin (and, occasionally, teenagers ), who have then been additionally digitally altered to the extreme. Because that’s what bridesmaids need. Another reason to feel bad about their bodies.

Here’s another winner from the site:

“Brideorexia,” which was frequently used to refer to Kate Middleton ‘s weight loss prior to her wedding, is a concerning enough phenomenon, but what about bridesmaidorexia? Being a bridesmaid can be a supremely body-shaming experience. A handful of women, usually of different shapes and sizes, all getting fitted together, and then trying to fit into the same (or similar) dresses, knowing full well that they will be standing next to each other, in front of a crowd, where their bodies will be on display. It’s not awesome as-is…and with the addition of pages upon pages of 14-year-old models in tiny sample-size gowns making pouty faces, it’s enough to put even a confident woman precariously close to a crash diet or other extreme weight loss solution.

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