Sizes

On Friday I went to the mall with a lovely friend of mine. It was great to spend some time with her and we both love shopping, so you can't really go wrong with that!


We went to various stores and drooled over things we could never afford but liked to look at anyway. We found things that we really really really needed/wanted. We chatted, laughed, browsed and enjoyed each others company. When we started looking at clothing though, I couldn't help but become sad. Not for me this time, but for society in general.


My friend (who for privacy purposes will be called Cathy) is not a size zero. She certainly isn't obese or even overweight for that matter - she is healthy and happy. As we were looking through different clothing stores and looking at different clothes she mentioned that in some clothing stores the bigger sizes were more expensive and I was outraged. How could any clothing company possibly justify that?? Are you really using that much more fabric that you have to raise the price? And why is it only the bigger sizes that cost more? That's great for your customers self esteem...


Then we were looking for some workout clothes. They are so expensive that we just kept going to different stores to see who was cheapest. As we went to different stores we noticed one disturbing trend; All of the workout clothes were XSM, SM, M. Nothing else. Cathy WHO ISN'T OVERWEIGHT couldn't buy any of them. What, are only skinny people supposed to exercise?? What about someone who isn't a size zero that wants to exercise??

The double standard here is disgusting. "We need to be skinny but if you aren't already then sorry toots, you're on your own".


Then I look around and in most stores there is a plus size section. So we now need to separate the "fat" people and make them go to a separate section of the store. That's a great idea, lets make people feel not only self conscious but HUMILIATED because they aren't worthy of shopping with the rest of the thin people. This is why people have issues with eating disorders and a whole slew of other mental health issues. This is 2014 people, wake up people! What is wrong with this picture??!?!?!?!


Clothing sizes keep getting smaller and smaller. Beauty expectations and ideals become less and less attainable and the media is more aggressive than ever. Cathy is an absolutely beautiful girl. It pains me to hear her talk about some of her insecurities. It crushed me when we found work out clothes and over and over again she couldn't try anything on because it was all the same sizes. There is no reason for some as wonderful and beautiful - or anyone for that matter - to have to go through that.


Till Next Time,


Steph