“One size fits all.” How is that even possible? Those pants could be made from the most stretchy material in the world, there’s still no way no way they’re going to fit ALL different body types. This isn’t “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.”
The pressure to suck in your stomach to fit into jeans in 2016 is lessened, but still very relevant. On one hand, sizes are running smaller, healthy diets are becoming trendier and skinny models are all around us. On the other hand, the new Sports Illustrated cover model is categorized as “plus sized” and positive body campaigns are showing up more and more frequently.
What does it mean to be “plus-size?” Recently, actress Amy Schumer was included in Glamour Magazine’s exclusive plus-size issue, but she wasn’t informed beforehand that the issue strictly contained plus-size women. Schumer took to social media by saying; “Plus-size is considered size 16 in America. I go between a size six and an eight.” She talked about how even though plus size women are just as beautiful, which they 100 percent are, and she doesn’t want little girls to see her body type and classify it as “plus-size.”
Schumer called out Glamour magazine for the oversight, and Glamour replied with a heartfelt response: “The cover line on this special edition — which is aimed at women size 12 and up — simply says ‘Women Who Inspire Us,’ since we believe her passionate and vocal message of body positivity IS inspiring, as is the message of the many other women, of all sizes, featured.”
This just goes to show being a woman of bigger or smaller size isn’t a problem. There is no “normal,” because regardless of the tag, no clothing item is “one size fits all,” and there are clothes out there to flatter everybody.
