Snippet of some of the tweets referred to below
Can't people just accept that? Over on Twitter, I am having a debate w/ someone about clothing sizes. There was a tweet about Marc Jacobs not making larger sizes because people don't want to buy them (apparently they want to make plus sizes). I said that it might be because Marc Jacobs clothing just isn't made to look good on most people who are of a larger size. The reply I got was more or less a WTF (actually, he said "Fashion is a celebration of yourself, no matter what size you are." and referred to body image activist Ben Barry and owner of an "all sizes" modelling agency (well, sort of all sizes, since he doesn't really have petites on his roster - nor does he really mention them). I replied saying that as a petite woman, I don't wear calf-length skirts because they don't look good on me. Makes sense, right? There's a reason why most petite lines don't make skirts meant to be mid-calf. Anyway, this is a guy who seems to think that everyone can pull of everything if it's the right size. Nuh-uh. Not true.
