‘Commerce’ Archives
Plus Size News Roundup 5/14/12
Plus Size News Roundup 5/14/12 Weight really is “one of the last acceptable prejudices,” according to a survey performed for Glamour Magazine. I disagree with the statement because there are lots of prejudices that are pretty darned unacceptable that I still see actively embraced. That said, the attitudes behind this particular form [...]
Plus Size News Roundup 5/7/12
The Atlantic reports on the anorexia problems inherent in the fashion industry. Oh, they knew, Ms. Greenfield. This article is related to Vogue’s sudden decision to promote a “healthier” body image – I remember reading an article less than five years ago that mentioned body image/health being “shoved down our throats,” in sister [...]
Charming Shoppes now belong to Ascena
It looks like Charming Shoppes – what we know as Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug, Catherine’s, and Cacique – has been purchased for $890 million by Ascena Retail Group. This is the retail holder of Dress Barn and Maurice’s. Maurice’s only recently entered into offering plus sizes in the past five years, and Dress Barn has gotten word-of-mouth [...]
Plus Size News Roundup 4/30/2012
The Plus Size News Roundup The New York Times Magazine headline speaks for itself: “Apparently using fuller figured models gets you awards.” A plus-size girl was stopped by a bouncer from dancing on a platform in a bar in Iowa. “You’re not pretty enough and you’re pregnant,” is what she says the bouncer told her. Another [...]
Plus Size News Roundup 4/23/12
Image from Stylite’s blog. This blog post talks about Reddit thread: “What’s it like to be a fat person?” It’s angled towards the “fat people are all miserable,” but there is some reality that might be revelatory to those who have never dealt with life above size 14. Huffington Post talks about the place of BBW in the [...]
Plus Size News Roundup 4/16/12
Unknown, left Victoria Grycan, right. In a not-exactly searing article, Northampton Chronicle asks “Are women hated if they are beautiful?” No. Beautiful women, like anyone, are hated if they are jerks. Beauty only has something to do with it when someone ignores a person being a jerk because of their looks – which really says more about [...]
Plus Size News Roundup 4/8/2012
From the Clements Ribiero Line. There’s some interesting responses to Samantha Brick’s “Don’t Hate Me for Being Beautiful,” post. She does it wrong – DEAD WRONG – but the original point raises some interesting points about female social violence. Bragging about her good looks and what it gets her (and that’s what it was) was [...]
Plus Size News Roundup 3/26/12
Vancouver fashion week had exactly one collection that featured a plus-size piece, from Nikki Babie. That still puts Vancouver far ahead of London, Paris, New York. This is mainly because it wasn’t done as a stunt, ala Mark Fast or Jean Paul Gaultier. The UK show the Voice holds auditions where the judges literally have only the [...]
Plus Size News Roundup for 3/19/12
From the Burger Queen contest. Photograph: Sami Knight Burger Queen, something I have caught postings about here and their on my tumblr feed, is a highly off-beat performance and pageant about fat people that breaks stereotypes. I think that’s what they’re going for – it’s a fun take on a complicated subject, so forgive any slight [...]
Plus Size News Roundup 03/12/2012
I don’t know why it’s news now that Kaela Humphries scored a modeling contract as a plus-size model. I could swear I covered this already months ago… For your amusement: a collection of Karl Lagerfield’s most ridiculous comments. Huffington Post runs an essay: why body types should never be “fads.” The Belfast [...]