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.
Moving fashion used to be one of my chief goals. It's not necessarily any more. Fashion needs to change when life changes. You only need to move fashion forward when there's a reason to move fashion forward.
The great thing about American women is their energy and the way they love to dress. French women don't really dress; they are too conservative, as it's always a question of money. In America, women are powerful and strong, determined. If they want to be an object, they choose to be in control.
Never, ever, ever wear anything you are uncomfortable in. Because that is what you'll project: 'I look like a fool.'
I'm giving curvy women a seat at a table that we've never been invited to before - a table with high-end fashion people who have never considered us beautiful.
There shouldn't be a segregation of women over a size 16, it should just be all women who want to wear beautiful clothes.
Iβve always been about style for people, not βYouβre going to wear this outfit,β... It was the way you put yourself together and the imagination, not buying this number off the rack, but the way you wear it
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