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38. Always made sense to me

Mon Oct 21, 2013, 11:51 AM

Oct 2013

Who are they trying to sell to? If it looks good on a size 0, it may not look good on me. It actually makes advertising sense to use all different sizes.

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What if using size zero models to sell clothes is totally wrong? [View all] KurtNYC Oct 2013 OP

They also need to use some older models SheilaT Oct 2013 #1

I agree! redstatebluegirl Oct 2013 #2

Elastic waist pipi_k Oct 2013 #5

I can't afford to buy clothes anymore cali Oct 2013 #9

HAHAHA! Rainngirl Oct 2013 #76

They actually need to design clothing for the variety of larger body types - Ms. Toad Oct 2013 #77

I'd like to see some classic styles, and not just "fad" clothing targeted to very young women. winter is coming Oct 2013 #59

Skin cream ads are so funny - as if those twenty-year-olds have wrinkles in the first place! polichick Oct 2013 #68

I always end up cursing pipi_k Oct 2013 #3

What irritates me ... Myrina Oct 2013 #24

Do you find pipi_k Oct 2013 #82

Yes but I figured it was because Myrina Oct 2013 #94

Have you looked at so-called "wide calf" boots? tblue37 Oct 2013 #96

I have these u4ic Oct 2013 #111

Oooh, those ARE cute! Myrina Oct 2013 #113

You're welcome! u4ic Oct 2013 #114

The woman on the left looks normal weight fitman Oct 2013 #4

I think that is part of the problem Marrah_G Oct 2013 #6

You have to be kidding me fitman Oct 2013 #13

Hell. The one on the left might have even been considered... bunnies Oct 2013 #31

Heavy? Only compared to Twiggy, who was pnwmom Oct 2013 #42

I suppose that when I think about the 70's... bunnies Oct 2013 #46

Clothing sizes aren't what they used to be - so true! CrispyQ Oct 2013 #88

Yes! bunnies Oct 2013 #99

It's called "vanity sizing." That's what allowed a still overweight tblue37 Oct 2013 #97

Is that what its called? bunnies Oct 2013 #100

Yep. So do I. nt tblue37 Oct 2013 #102

Try buying patterns and sewing your own... Ms. Toad Oct 2013 #103

Youre so right. bunnies Oct 2013 #108

"nearly all looked (like) the one on the left" -- bullshit. Gormy Cuss Oct 2013 #54

I was referring to her general weight fitman Oct 2013 #57

and your memory is faulty when it comes to shape Gormy Cuss Oct 2013 #58

What a sexist comment fitman Oct 2013 #61

No, you said the shape was typical. Gormy Cuss Oct 2013 #65

I used the word normal, not typical fitman Oct 2013 #67

I guess you're taking this too seriously. Gormy Cuss Oct 2013 #70

See polichick's comment fitman Oct 2013 #71

I agree with you - when I was growing up in the 70s more women did look... polichick Oct 2013 #66

Thank You Please tell that to poster Gormy Cuss fitman Oct 2013 #69

There were also not nearly the number of overweight kids when we were younger. CrispyQ Oct 2013 #89

No, larger women were there, alright... no name no slogan Oct 2013 #116

Men are also broken down to their looks just as much as women fitman Oct 2013 #15

if you don't believe men aren't objectified as much or more than women tillikum Oct 2013 #21

I agree with you 100% fitman Oct 2013 #23

all good. im not talking about hitting on you, im talking straight sexual assault. tillikum Oct 2013 #27

You must have a face of a god or one heck of a party you are going to fitman Oct 2013 #29

lol. not really. i get told i'm pretty masculine looking though *shrug*. tillikum Oct 2013 #37

You two PasadenaTrudy Oct 2013 #41

im a giver by nature so...you're welcome! tillikum Oct 2013 #44

Me too! nolabear Oct 2013 #87

Just look at the magazine rack Nevernose Oct 2013 #86

The woman on the left looks perfectly normal to me. RedCappedBandit Oct 2013 #19

Here's what a size 0 model looks like: sinkingfeeling Oct 2013 #20

That is foul. Myrina Oct 2013 #25

O_o Triana Oct 2013 #35

This is what you look like after getting out of an NSA prison. L0oniX Oct 2013 #39

So sad! polichick Oct 2013 #72

She looks like a walking skeleton, and Halloween is coming up. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #95

She's probably a 5' 10" size 0; a 5' 4" size 0 would look different FarCenter Oct 2013 #119

She's bigger than my wife NoOneMan Oct 2013 #52

They both look normal weight to me, and to most people, I would imagine. Quantess Oct 2013 #120

Yah, skin and bones... pipi_k Oct 2013 #12

I don't know. Xyzse Oct 2013 #28

That's what I thought. Woman on the left is NOT a "size 0". She may be a size 6, 8 or 10. n/t Triana Oct 2013 #30

I think the disconnect comes from the clothing manufacturers... bunnies Oct 2013 #33

No doubt. I'm a about that size too (4,5,6) Triana Oct 2013 #34

exactly. bunnies Oct 2013 #40

Who gives a fuck about your "taste"? pnwest Oct 2013 #50

Thank you for saying what I was thinking! blue neen Oct 2013 #64

I was bumping around the comments and my comment fitman Oct 2013 #93

"Normal" is not a term that is applicable. Both these women look fine to me. uppityperson Oct 2013 #74

I think the one on the right is just closer. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #78

My thought, as well. n/t Ms. Toad Oct 2013 #104

The one on the right looks luscious. roody Oct 2013 #90

The Models are both beautiful in their own right. Even though each person has the right... BlueJazz Oct 2013 #7

Two beautiful women! JNelson6563 Oct 2013 #8

Yeah, the one on the our right is absolutely amazing. Vashta Nerada Oct 2013 #10

I'm surprised no one noticed the size-ism in the photo Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #11

About the large purse pipi_k Oct 2013 #14

The point is Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #17

Not sure that I understand the staging of that photo out of its original context KurtNYC Oct 2013 #22

you might be over-analyzing the graphic in OP. the model on the right is SELLING more items. KittyWampus Oct 2013 #43

I went and looked at the pics in the link Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #45

I'm also a bit surprised at the staging of the photo enlightenment Oct 2013 #18

No problem with lady on right. Wrap? Don't need no stinking wrap! Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #26

Having women of many body sizes is difficult makes production much more difficult AngryAmish Oct 2013 #16

As a woman who wears a size 18 JoDog Oct 2013 #32

Over wieght is the new normal in the US? Ask a doctor what normal weight is for your size. L0oniX Oct 2013 #36

A lot depends if you are a endomorph, ectomorph etc fitman Oct 2013 #47

Point is that it should be your doctor that tells you ...not some model picture. L0oniX Oct 2013 #49

There is no such thing as endomorph, ectomorph AngryAmish Oct 2013 #83

I was not referring to personality etc-was not even part of the conversation fitman Oct 2013 #84

Bingo! It's all a byproduct of the fantasy world that Americans live in. Egalitarian Thug Oct 2013 #55

This message was self-deleted by its author polichick Oct 2013 #75

According to the BMI - Ms. Toad Oct 2013 #105

Always made sense to me treestar Oct 2013 #38

the irony of size zero... Javaman Oct 2013 #48

what the hell is "size zero?" Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #51

I think Olive Oyl probably wears a zero. n/t Cleita Oct 2013 #56

It is like having a guitar amp that goes to 11 KurtNYC Oct 2013 #79

brilliant... Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #80

"So why not just, y'know, make Size 2 smaller?" nomorenomore08 Oct 2013 #107

After my husband died, I gained weight until I became Cleita Oct 2013 #53

And on Project Runway, when they have a challenge with real sized women, CrispyQ Oct 2013 #91

I remember that guy. Cleita Oct 2013 #92

I don't watch Project Runway but I remember seeing an ad for the show and the "designer" Number23 Oct 2013 #98

Lots of catalogs coming to our house, since my wife orders MineralMan Oct 2013 #60

1) If true, then the problem would have fixed itself cthulu2016 Oct 2013 #62

They represent a fantasy LittleBlue Oct 2013 #63

That was CW but consumer research shows that sales increase when KurtNYC Oct 2013 #81

the one on the right seems to have most of her weight in the thigh and chest areas JI7 Oct 2013 #112

In Hollywood (and some other places), women have breasts like the woman on the right... polichick Oct 2013 #73

k&r Beautiful! idwiyo Oct 2013 #85

The author fails to understand the purpose and messaging of glamour advertising... Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #101

...and for some designers, it's both physical apperance and socio-economics Earth_First Oct 2013 #106

This op reminds me DonCoquixote Oct 2013 #109

i'm 72. my first job in '58 was in the garment center. DesertFlower Oct 2013 #110

Remember sample shoes? SoCalDem Oct 2013 #118

lol. my mom was a size 5. DesertFlower Oct 2013 #121

I'll take the one on the right, thanks n/t JesterCS Oct 2013 #115

The one on the left (if she is the zero) would probably have been a sz 10 in my youth SoCalDem Oct 2013 #117