This is a different blog post compared to what i usually do. I hope you like this. i was just so passionate about the subject.
So i am subscribed to more magazine and LOVE this magazine. I have opened this weeks and they have different clothes for different body shapes.
One being curvy YAY for us bigger girls. The only thing that has miffed me a bit is some of the companies that they have advertised.
I don't know I'f all the names show but the jeans are from miss selfridge i love there clothes but could NEVER buy clothes i'n there because the sizing is so small. No girl over a size 14 maybe at a big push and tight squeeze a size 16 can buy a pair of jeans i'n there. Now of course if anyone has and they fit you then please let me know. The clothes also come up a size smaller my sister is a size 8 i'n all shops but has to buy a 10 here.
Another shop there advertising is boohoo which is an Internet website and the biggest size they do is a size 18 but that was hard to find on there website.
There are a few more shops like this but I'm not going to go through them all.
Now i am a size 18 girl and i know that not everyone is the same body shape as me but to do a "how to" on curvy girls (which is a size 16+ as far as I'm concerned and many other people would agree) then the shops they are recommending should cater for that size range.
This is just my opinion and i would still buy the magazine regardless because i know what shops stock clothes i'n my size.
What's your opinion on this?
Thanks for reading
Love Jane
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I disagree - I understand the term 'curvy' as opposed to tomboyish, lean figures. It doesn't necessarily presuppose that you're going to be a size 16+ - I have a size 8 friend who is very out and in and, well, curvy.
ReplyDeleteI think the word curvy represents an hourglass kind of figure, with curves that go in and out in all the right places, like Christina Hendricks, for example.
I do think the word 'curvy' has been re-appropriated and that the definition has been changed to encompass other meanings, but at base level, it means just what it means: curvy. No other presuppositions, and no size limit! Every size can be curvy! Just my two cents :) xx
I'm a dedicated More! reader and this pissed me off, I also dislike the term curvy.
ReplyDeleteI'm a size 18-20 and fact is, I'm not "curvy" but I'm fat(Don't get me wrong here, I am not saying you are fat, this is my view purely of myself.) I think too many people who are considered plus sized have taken the term curvy beyond it's true meaning, as curvy is a nicer word than overweight,plus sized or whatever.
However I do think More! Needs to get a grip, it has a wide range of readers of all shapes and sizes and a fanbase of say 18-30yr olds(going by facebook) and catering for those of us with bigger clothes sizes would not lose them any readers or make them any less popular.
I would never shop in miss selfridge, hell I barely shop in Primark and I would never step foot in River Island!
@cami Thank you for your comment. Yay your first one on my blog :-D I think hourglass figures and curvy figures are different. in my opinion. I think curvy has been adapted bby bigger women but most people see it that way most shops and a majority of magazines. i think the more article was more about 'plus size' girls aswell but the shops werent aimed that way. xx
ReplyDelete@JewlieMcK I think the term 'curvy' is much nicer then'fat' though. I agree I am fat but wouldnt want someone to refer to me as fat. but Plus size or curvy I don't mind.
ReplyDeleteI think all magazines are the same though they know there's all different ypes of people reading there magazine but don't reach out to them all.
I shop in primark but never miss selfridge or river island I find there sizings way to small. xx