It’s time to talk about the BIG elephant in the room: No, not the fact that I ruined dry Jan by day 3… DON’T SHAME ME; it was needed. I’m talking about oversized clothing. We love to see it, we do. Somehow it makes every piece of clothing look chic even if it’s just a pullover, t-shirt or button-down. I’d even go as far as to say that the oversized silhouette seems to be reigning, for years now, over all the spectrums of fashion in some way. It’s the most prevalent style in streetwear, casual-chic wear, grunge, suiting, outerwear and lounge. We love inclusivity, yaaaaaasssss... Except it’s really not for plus-size peeps. Sickening, no? Let me answer that for you: NO.
I bet you thought you’d seen the last of my ‘lack of plus-size options for men’ posts, didn’t you?!
Make It Make Sense!
Let’s call it what it is: the appropriation of oversized clothing and the blatant rejection of plus-size inclusion. It honestly feels like they’re celebrating our bigger shapes, but excluding us from being able to wear them. Also, it is so weird to me how these pieces can somehow be oversized but still not fit a truly “bigger figure.” It all sort of feels like our iconic silhouettes are being exploited or colonized (Lol, leave me alone I can be a bit dramatic… but I’m not wrong.) Like you cannot sit here and make oversized clothing because it looks so “chic,” and then basically tell a whole-ass market; sorry it’s just too ✨EXPENSIVE ✨ to make bigger clothes. Sounds like ✨fatphobia✨ to me. 👏🏽MAKE 👏🏽 IT 👏🏽 MAKE 👏🏽SENSE.
Now Come On Now, They Are The Moment.
ASOS is that girl, now come on now.
What makes this situation even harder to wrap my head around is the oversized fact that some of these retailers actually offer plus-size options — BUT STILL REFUSE TO GIVE US THOSE SAME REGULAR-OVERSIZED-OPTIONS. Like instead of giving us the same Ecru puffer jacket, you instead offer last year's popular color for us plus-size peeps... baby, that's not it (ASOS, I’m looking at you). We wanted that last year. It’s too little — literally fix the sizing inconsistencies — too late. By the way, ASOS please do not feel picked on; if I constantly mention you in my blog posts it’s merely because to me, you are the standard when it comes to inclusivity at attainable pricing. But you MUST do better, baby. I’m rooting for you! And I’m also waiting for you to cut me a check.
Why are you so obsessed with me?
To brands who refuse to open their doors to plus-size bodies, I just want to know...if you don’t even want to offer plus-size clothing options, then why are you so obsessed with us? Maybe leave the oversize silhouettes to us. Oh right, you can’t because they’re cool af and sell insanely WELL. It’s like I’ve always said: you’re losing money by forcing a norm that is no longer acceptable. Opening up your doors to the plus-size market will not put you under. If you think it will, then why do you choose to offer oversized clothing? Get with the program or get left in the dust. Purr.
Line Them Up: Shoulders Back, Stomachs In!
I wanna hear from you. Use this post to tell the brands that you like that they must begin to offer acceptable, fashion plus size clothing if they want to flaunt their oversized aesthetic. Line them up! Here, I’ll go first! Miss UNIQLO: to the front of the line, please! Don’t think I don’t see all your nice oversized options and lack of plus-size representation. You’ve become a global brand, now act like it. Your turn: Share this, post this on your stories (don’t be afraid to be messy and tag the brand/retailer, lol), comment below or do what you must do, but by all means, get the word out! Oh, and don’t forget to tag me in the process so I can send you grateful messages of me crying about supporting this post!