I was honored to join Huffington Post Live today to talk about the recent medical revelation that fat shaming is not, in fact, effective.
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P.S. Lulelemon? For shame.
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Lululemon: I fit into your yoga pants but I will not be shopping with you any longer. I hope that you find fat shaming is a steep cut to your bottom line rather than the insidious boost you need to survive in this economy. You should be ashamed.
companies that choose to explicitly not cater to plus size women are, for me, less of an event than the companies that choose to cater to plus size women and promote themselves as having awesome plus size ranges, but do so in the most condescending way possible…
example: a department store that has 2 entire ground floor levels of clothing for sizes 0-14, but anything from 14+ is relegated to a dark corner up on level 3, in a poorly lit area, with approximately 4 racks of clothes, all with only 1 or 2 in each size, and all priced at ridiculous markups. eg. a size 12 in the regular section of the same top 2 floors lower is $20, but up on level 3 in the ‘big girl’ section is $75 on sale.
and online stores that have 1000 items in their regular size range, but only 30 products in their plus size range? yup, cause women purchasing from a plus size range want FEWER options to suit.
think i’m going to designing and wearing my own clothing…
facepalm…. *start designing and wearing my own clothing range*
I think I would be what you would consider ‘regular-sized’ as I am currently a size 4 or 6. But as a former sized 12-16 person, let me tell you, it was much easier to find my size when I was a 12, or a 14, or a 16. I recently learned that buyers for our local department stores, here, in the panhandle of FL, only buy one or two pieces each of size 4-6 clothing items, and that’s it. Once the item is gone, it’s gone. And it’s always gone by the time it’s on sale. And the same department store buyer will buy five to eight articles of sizes 12-16. So I always had great clothes, at good sale prices, when I wore size 12-16. So maybe it’s just your area…? Because frankly, I’m practically naked, and reaching for a cupcake.
Kelly i am so sorry to hear that :(
I certainly should have clarified my comments were in relation to australian sizes and what is considered ‘regular’ and ‘plus sized’ over here, and also that i was referring to stores in australia and not the usa.
I work for lululemon, and am a plus size girl. I have NEVER ever EVER felt unwelcomed, even before I worked for them. The article was a terrible story full of things that may be true for that store that this girl worked at for a short amount of time, but its not a true reflection of the whole company. I am a size 16/18 and fit COMFORTABLY in a size 12. lululemon does not shame women. People need to understand that size is nothing but a number, it doesn’t define you. Just because they don’t go higher than a “12” doesn’t mean you can’t wear it. My store never hides the larger sizes, never has, never will. I am constantly talking with people in the store about how the numbers mean nothing, I technically don’t “fit” our clothes based on my size, and people are surprised to find that I can wear them. People need to understand that not everything you read is true.
You were fantastic.