[JustJay]

This article and the comments had me rolling today. Pretty much some "Plus Sized" sympathizer by the name of Tim Gunn, wrote this feel good article for overweight women.



"Far more women in this country wear a size 16 than a size 6, but the industry seems not to have noticed."

"I love the American fashion industry, but it has a lot of problems, and one of them is the baffling way it has turned its back on plus-size women. It’s a puzzling conundrum. The average American woman now wears between a size 16 and a size 18, according to new research from Washington State University. There are 100 million plus-size women in America, and, for the past three years, they have increased their spending on clothes faster than their straight-size counterparts."

It's already over 1500 comments with top comments being the typical overweight fat acceptance speech.

Anyway have a look if you wish, gave me a good laugh.

Cheers


https://www.washingtonpost.com/postevery...5#comments

[philosophical_recovery]

I have some fashion design accessories for them:





Until they work out enough and eat less and look like this:

[Surreyman]

Clothing companies dont want to be associated with fat chicks, its a PR disaster, and could kill a brand.

Burberry nearly collapsed from chavs in the UK.

[kmhour]

(09-09-2016 09:53 PM)JustJay Wrote:  

The average American woman now wears between a size 16 and a size 18, according to new research from Washington State University.

I don't want to live in this world anymore.

[gamelearner2016]

And this is why I refuse to date girls who is size 10 and above. The under size 10 girls have no problems with this. They should take the hint.

[kosko]

This topic has been brought up before with fashion designers resistance to cracking to fatties Americans.

It is simple business at play. These fatties pay more for extra cheese on a pizza so you would have to pay more for extra fabric that goes into a shirt as well.

If fatties who are now the majority don't want to pay extra for bigger clothes then they are out of luck.

Big and tall men, and tall shoppes for tall women routinely charge more for their clothes. This group has always had to pay a premium as they understand to cater sections to them that are stylish requires more resources and thus higher production costs.

Clothing companies are not in the business of subsidies. Not like a supermarket that can price down loss leaders to entice fatties to buy more junk, clothing companies don't have the equivalent.

If clothing companies offer fatty options at higher prices you would still here them complain. Let them wear their garden tarps and keep quiet.

[MikeS]

I don't know how American female sizes work. Is a size 16 2.67 times larger than a size 6? And if so, have the airlines and any other chair dense companies and locations been removing every other seat?

[Oz.]

(09-09-2016 10:02 PM)philosophical_recovery Wrote:  

[weambulance]

My SWAG is the dress size is probably related to the perimeter of the female body at certain points around the vertical axis, and while the sizes may increase linearly with a woman's perimeter, there has to be a baseline minimum perimeter for size 0. So, a size 16 is not likely to be 2.67 times larger than a size 6 in terms of functional width of the female.

...

Internet says a size 6 is 34.5 - 26 - 36.5. A size 16 is 41 - 32.5 - 43. So, about a 18-19% increase in perimeter, which corresponds to a substantial increase in volume and thus (generally) mass, according to the square-cube law.

Basically, while women are still relatively thin (say, size 10 and below) the progression between sizes is linear. Once you get into fat territory, the dresses get larger faster with each incremental size increase. Size 18 to 20 is approximately the same incremental increase as size 2 to 6. Vanity sizing? Recognition that slim girls actually care about their appearance, so they offer easier customization of fit? Hard to say why the clothesmakers do things this way, since the fatties outnumber the slim girls now.

[AboveAverageJoe]

(09-10-2016 08:23 PM)weambulance Wrote:  

My SWAG is the dress size is probably related to the perimeter of the female body at certain points around the vertical axis, and while the sizes may increase linearly with a woman's perimeter, there has to be a baseline minimum perimeter for size 0. So, a size 16 is not likely to be 2.67 times larger than a size 6 in terms of functional width of the female.

...

Internet says a size 6 is 34.5 - 26 - 36.5. A size 16 is 41 - 32.5 - 43. So, about a 18-19% increase in perimeter, which corresponds to a substantial increase in volume and thus (generally) mass, according to the square-cube law.

Basically, while women are still relatively thin (say, size 10 and below) the progression between sizes is linear. Once you get into fat territory, the dresses get larger faster with each incremental size increase. Size 18 to 20 is approximately the same incremental increase as size 2 to 6. Vanity sizing? Recognition that slim girls actually care about their appearance, so they offer easier customization of fit? Hard to say why the clothesmakers do things this way, since the fatties outnumber the slim girls now.

Way too complicated. I use boner math. My boner can't perform for anything larger than a 6 and thats being generous in my opinion.

[XPQ22]

(09-10-2016 08:23 PM)weambulance Wrote:  

Size 18 to 20 is approximately the same incremental increase as size 2 to 6. Vanity sizing?

Most lower-priced American women's clothing is vanity-sized. So keep in mind that a woman who wears an American "size 16" really has similar measurements to a woman who would wear a size 20 in 1970, that is hips and bust headed north of 40 inches.

Quote:

There are 100 million plus-size women in America

Keeeee-rist. The Northeast is one of the statistically least obese parts of the nation, there are many slim girls here and I personally prefer women somewhat "curvier" than many guys on the forum I'm sure (like legit size 12s and 14s), but I see way too many gigantic chunkers for comfort. And I'm getting a rose-colored view of the problem.

[Irenicus]

I was bored today, so I have browsed the old RoK articles.

And I found this gem:


http://www.returnofkings.com/67312/swedi...othing-ads


How these harpies can be retarded so much? Who wants to see a pig dressed in a bikini?

[Suits]

(09-09-2016 09:53 PM)JustJay Wrote:  

The average American woman now wears between a size 16 and a size 18, according to new research from Washington State University.

Enough is enough.

[cascadecombo]

Reminds me of when I first landed there.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane suits.