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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Weird post. I have noticed a dramatic change in “size inclusivity” of the past five years. Now there are mannequins and models of all shapes and sizes. The local athleta regularly displays skin tight spandex on a size 22 mannequin. [/quote]

OP here, and I have barely been shopping in the last 7 years. I known size inclusivity is a thing in the industry and I've noticed it in ads, but I gotta say when I was at the mall yesterday, I didn't see much of it. It definitely felt like a throwback to the 90s when clothes were only advertised on impossibly thin 15 year old models. I felt extremely old and huge (I am a size 4).[/quote]

Welcome to middle age, I guess. Ads were much worse 10, 20 years ago. It only bothers you know because you are no longer young and in the age used to sell clothes. Nice dig at Chicos, by the way. Maybe a bit of self reflection might be in order? [/quote]

No one has to self reflect on not liking chicos. If you like it, fine, but it's not fashionable and tends to look women look older and fatter. It's okay to say "no way, not for me."[/quote]

It’s possible to not like things without dumping on the people who do. Not for the OP, but for normal people.  [/quote]

Chicos is a total cliche of "we man who has given up on looking fashionable or wearing anything without an elastic waist." Culturally, that's what shopping their means. I know there are women who find that empowering, like they look forward to wearing comfy clothes that don't adhere to fashion trends. OK. But it's also okay to decide, nope, I'm going to keep working to fit into clothes with non-elastic waists, and want to look fashionable even at middle age.

It's also just annoying when the response to someone saying that it feels like the fashion industry doesn't have anything for them is "just shop at Chicos." This really contributed to the perception that it's about giving up.[/quote]

When was the last time you actually looked at the stuff there? I just looked at the all the sundresses people posted in another thread and considering the oversized, shapeless, waistless stuff that gets posted (just from socially acceptable stores, I guess), it doesn’t seem like you have an actual argument, just a boogeyman.[/quote]

I'm about to make you so mad: You think that because you don't have good taste or an eye for fashion. You look at the clothes at Chicos and say "whatever, how is this any different from that other stuff" because you don't notice details like how a sleeve is fitted or how a few inches difference in a hem can make something look chic or dumpy, or how the styling of an item can totally transform it.

You're also all up in your feelings because you self identify as someone who shops at Chicos so if someone says "Chicos sells ugly, unfashionable clothes," you take that personally. But if I said "Forever 21 sells cheap, poorly made crap that rips of trends," I bet you wouldn't yell at me that I'm hurting the feelings of the teens and 20-something stocking up on crop tops there. Or if I said "Lululemon sells overpriced athletic gear to rich suburban women who need people to be able to see how many hours they spend in barre class," you'd probably chuckle to yourself. Why? Because while these assessments are harsh, they are also true.

Well the harsh but true assessment of Chicos is that it's for older women who have given up and like elastic waists. [/quote]

Lol, I don't even shop at Chicos.  You don't make me mad at all.  I don't think it's a flex of any sort to notice hems or sleeve fittings.  You waste your energy.  But go ahead and continue to think you are fashionable.  All I see is an aging mean girl.  [/quote]

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