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| Displaying clothes and the current ideal for women. (Considering all of the beautiful women you know, how many look like this? ) |
I think C.Jane's guest blogger nailed it:
How many of us go into a dressing room with 2 or 3 different sizes of the same pants and stare into the mirror blaming our body for not fitting into clothes that were made across the world on an assembly line? How often do we walk away from a trip to the dressing room feeling “fat” or “disgusting” and resolving to begin another weight loss diet? If you had a tailor who continually made clothes that felt too big, too tight, too long, too short . . . would you change your body? Or would you change tailors?
You can read the full post here.
3 comments:
Thanks for this. As the mother of a teenage girl, I constantly remind myself how important it is to speak positively and realistically when referring to body sizes and shapes. Distorted expectations and realities are essentially ALL she sees and hears in the media and at school. It falls upon me (and other like-minded ladies like Sharon Cliff, no pressure :) to change what these girls think is reality to what is actual reality. It's a constant uphill battle but one worth fighting.
Oh Sharon, we are soul sisters in the long torso mother/daughter department! I cringe when its time to take my girls swim suit shopping. However, your daughters are so lucky to have you for a mom! I didn't realize I had a "long torso" until I was an adult. That understanding would have helped a ton during those teenage years when no one-piece on the planet would fit right. Now we can help our daughters understand an appreciate their bodies even when clothing mass-producers don't.
Funny, I overheard a mom at the pool the other day say something about how she had to alter her daughter's swim suits. You know, buy one that is long enough and take in a pinch down both side seams. Wow - I wish I'd thought of that 6 years ago. Good luck, I'm sending swim-suit-success vibes your way.
Oops - published as Katie above.
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