Fuller Figured Versus The Real Woman

2008-06-06 Word Count: 333 Category: Clothing

It's amazing to think that if you are above a size 14 in women's fashion today that you are considered to have a fuller figure and need to be accommodated with plus size, large clothing.

The role of women has change throughout history as too has fashion and the desire to be thin. Centuries ago women with curvaceous bodies and voluptuous features were in high demand on the movie scene and used as models in incredible art pieces. Gone are the days were having a large set of hips is the in thing and trend.

Many women today struggle with the issues of body weight and image however, some fashion houses have only generated this way of thinking too. They are making it all the more difficult for women to accept and embrace their bodies and encouraging women to get on the ‘get really sickly thin' treadmill so as to fit into current trends and styles. By making smaller and smaller sizes more and more women are finding it hard to find clothes that fit well. You know there is a problem when you see a small framed woman wearing a larger size.

Furthermore if you have a real woman's body shape with actual flesh attached to your bones and child bearing hips then, in this day you are considered to be full figured, big boned and in need of plus size clothing.

So what is fuller figured or plus size and what is simply being a real woman? It's an argument that can be battled out for days, years and obviously centuries but in short you are considered a plus size in women's fashion when you just don't fit in to a particular designers' line of clothing. So when a designer only caters for size 6-10, and you need a large size - hate to break it to you but umm, plus size! However, real women know the real meaning and can tell the difference.

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