You’re not a zero, or a two, four or a twenty-four… so what size are you? Are you somewhere in between? If you are, where do you fit in?
You might just be another midsize baddie. Consider this your official welcome.
That’s where Liz of “The Midsize Optimize” comes in. Liz has a journey similar to mine. We’re not quite an (American) size eight, but we’re not a twenty-eight either. As women who fluctuate somewhere in the middle of that range, we struggle (sometimes) to find clothing that fits us appropriately.
Liz and I are now making this journey public and trying to show the rest of the world what midsize fashion and style can really look like.
This is Liz’s story:
Voge Business explains, “The Vogue Business size inclusivity report showed a plateau in size inclusivity efforts across New York, London, Milan and Paris. Of the 8,763 looks presented across 208 shows and presentations, 0.8 per cent were plus-size (US 14+), 4.3 per cent were mid-size (US 6-12) and 94.9 per cent were straight-size (US 0-4). Plus-size representation is level with last season, at 0.8 per cent. Mid-size representation has inched up from 3.7 per cent — partly driven by the use of muscular men in co-ed shows, who typically present as mid-size. But there also appeared to be more straight-size models at the extremely thin end of the scale.”
At the time of this writing, midsize representation on the runways is (slowly) increasing at a level we’d like to see – rightfully so. More and more of the population are becoming part of this size range.
Get more Liz here.
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