http://www.pasazz.net/blog/2007/07/revisiting-plus.html Plus size clothing and fashion tips for full figured women Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:29:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.pasazz.net/blog/2007/07/revisiting-plus.html/comment-page-1#comment-77 Nanette Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:14:00 +0000 http://pasazz.net/blog/2007/07/revisiting-plus.html#comment-77 The idea of "padding" a smaller model to pass as a real plus-size woman is insulting to all of us with authentic curves, but then again, typically it's all about getting the perfect shot. There's always been a debate about whether women shopping for clothes want to see their ideal fantasy self depicted or the reality of someone shaped just like them, whatever that might be. The truth is that the women who are sized well above a 14/16 are much more likely to be interested in seeing women shaped like them, because they have come to accept themselves and want the truest picture of what that design is really going to do for them. Women who have just recently become a 14, in our 16+ years of experience, have the toughest time with this, and probably much prefer to see a 14 modeled on a 10, because they have not yet accepted themselves at this size.<br/>At <a HREF="www.astartewoman.com" REL="nofollow">Astarte</a> (www.astartewoman.com) we realized long ago that we WANT to show our designs on real plus-size women of a variety of shapes and sizes because it shows better than anything the integrity of the design. So we use "real" plus-size models who are also our customers. Whether they'll ever be in the big leagues as plus models is not as important to them as being proud of their individual beautiful shape, and we support that completely. The idea of “padding” a smaller model to pass as a real plus-size woman is insulting to all of us with authentic curves, but then again, typically it’s all about getting the perfect shot. There’s always been a debate about whether women shopping for clothes want to see their ideal fantasy self depicted or the reality of someone shaped just like them, whatever that might be. The truth is that the women who are sized well above a 14/16 are much more likely to be interested in seeing women shaped like them, because they have come to accept themselves and want the truest picture of what that design is really going to do for them. Women who have just recently become a 14, in our 16+ years of experience, have the toughest time with this, and probably much prefer to see a 14 modeled on a 10, because they have not yet accepted themselves at this size.
At Astarte (www.astartewoman.com) we realized long ago that we WANT to show our designs on real plus-size women of a variety of shapes and sizes because it shows better than anything the integrity of the design. So we use “real” plus-size models who are also our customers. Whether they’ll ever be in the big leagues as plus models is not as important to them as being proud of their individual beautiful shape, and we support that completely.

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