I took this from Pocket Rocket's Blog and thought that she pointed out some really bad flaws in plus size fashion. The words you read below are TOTALLY hers:
In the two and a half years since starting this blog I’ve seen some welcome changes in plus size fashion, but for the most part while the marketing aspects have evolved, the clothes, frankly… haven’t. But it’s 2012 now – lets look to the future!
At some point last year I asked on my facebook page what kinds of things that are routinely offered in the stores we shop in would we like to see banished, FOREVER. There was some hilarious comments and I’ve wanted to put them on the blog for a while now.
Please, no more…
- garish patterned kaftans
- bejewelled, off shoulder t-shirts with a dodgy graphic print
- hanky hems
- orthopaedic shoes
- tunics that are way too dressy to be a top but too short to wear as a dress,
- crops (especially if they have diamantés)
- baby doll cut tops
- cheap crinkle fabric shirts
- tops with massive round necks
- short tops cut at the belly
- weird granny style patterns
- tops with no arms
- low rise pants
- Jeans with diamante/sequins
- three quarter length sleeves on EVERYTHING
- cheap materials that bobble
- jeans cut just for apples not pears
- badly fitted workwear in cheap fabrics
- t-shirts with elastic round the bottom
- bubble hems
- large print – to “make you look smaller”
- polyester
- tunics which cut you across the top of your boobs
- trousers which assume just coz you have fat belly your hips & thighs are just as fat.
- cropped jeans
- anything with sparkly crap on it
- butterflies
- cropped wide linen trousers
- cropped combat trousers
- the endless supply of checked shirts
- long skirts with bad prints
- shiny polyester work trousers
- rubbish t-shirts with sequins
- bad jeans with sequins
- tops that have a v-neck and empire waist seams that bisect the boobs for some inexplicable purpose, and are always made from some sort of cheap polyester or rayon and include ridiculous flared sleeves or even worse, PIRATE SLEEVES!!!! They’re almost always some garish print and often include rhinestones. (This was too good not to include in full)
- transparent tunics with tank tops underneath
- tacky buttons
- neon seams
- huge shapeless stuff that can’t be saved with a belt
- awful gigantic flower prints
- pockets in the worst places
- tops too wide but too short
- sad adaptations of the regular sized collection
What do you think? Anything you want to add, leave a comment! I can’t wait to read them, haha. (Also I hope it goes without saying this is personal preference – some people love these tops, for example, I love babydolls. It’s more about plus size places sticking to these basics that actually look pretty awful.)
