Ladies Designer Clothes And The Continued Sizing War
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010If you’re a lady that is slightly larger than a size UK 12, you might be seemingly perturbed by the reality of ladies designer clothes always verging on the small side. It’s a good thing if you have curves, but fashion designers don’t seem to think like that and that’s why their clothes always run much smaller than high street labels. Years of designer fashion creations have never really varied from the idea that they are designed for slim women, but with size 0 models promoting designer clothes these days, have things just gone a bit too far?
Of course, all women want to look their best and ladies designer clothes have a great impact on our self-confidence. But the fact is, if you’re curvaceous, designer fashion can be very unflattering. To start with, you have to be able to find a designer brand that caters for your size and this can be a lengthy process for some. It is interesting to note how designer clothes are always on the small side, so whereas you might be a size UK 8 in normal clothes, you would probably have to buy a size 10 to be able to fit into it. There are even many genuinely slim women who get frustrated with designer clothes and the small sizing.
Fashion designers create their garments slightly smaller because their intention is clearly to see them on stick-thin models. However, the reality is that there are many women of different shapes and sizes that still want to be able to wear the latest ladies designer clothes. Designers often only concentrate on how the garment looks down the catwalk, not realising that real women wear the pieces too.
Luckily, this is not the end, and there are some fashion designers that are making their clothes a ‘true’ size UK 12 for example, meaning real women can fit into their pieces finally. The ever-popular Juicy Couture used to be one for making clothes very small, but a Juicy size Large is now perfect for a UK14, so fingers crossed other brands follow suit.