Whoever's designing for plus-size doesn't get it. The entire garment needs to be reconceived. You can't just take a size 8 and make it larger.
Interpretation
Designing for plus-size involves a complete rethinking of the garment, not merely scaling up smaller sizes.
Tim Gunn emphasizes that creating clothes for plus-size individuals requires a fundamental redesign rather than simply enlarging existing patterns. This points to the necessity of understanding the unique shapes and proportions of plus-size bodies to create clothing that fits well and flatters, reflecting a deeper commitment to inclusivity in fashion design.
In practice
Use this quote in a fashion seminar to discuss the importance of inclusive design.
I've had my own moments in front of designers when I've actually said, 'You know, there's a market here for expanding your work, and here it is. And frankly, there are two markets: The women who are larger than the 12, and then there are women who are petite. And most designers that I talk to have absolutely no interest in addressing either of those populations, which I find repugnant.
Life is a big collaboration - and when you're tackling something that is painful and troubling and is causing you such desperate grief that you think life's not worth living - you need to reach out. To people who will reach back.
My manners also came from when I was in college and began participating in critiques. You have to speak with someone respectfully about their work and be honest and open, without hurting them.
I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes - where a woman's personality and sense of style are realized.
Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody's buying far too many clothes.
Though designed as a mere convenience, clothing sizes establish an unintended norm, an ideal from which deviations seem like flaws. There's nothing like a trip to the dressing room to convince a woman - fat, thin, or in between - that she's a freak.
Fashion today is available to everybody in a way that it's never been before: you've got every designer you've ever heard of working for H& or Target. That's fantastic.
Today couture has to be expensive, but it shouldn’t look expensive.
I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
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