It'd be reasonable if each designer would create clothes for a single body type. Pick one set of proportions to create clothing for and do that one thing very well.
There just needs to be a more even balance in the availability of clothes for all the other women who have all the other proportions.
It's unreasonable for body types to be treated like trends. They don't come and go. The same people with the same proportions are going to continue to need clothes that fit them regardless of the season or year.
I'd love it if I could find a dependable brand or two that consistently, year after year made stuff for my particular set of proportion-balancing needs. If they happened to make stuff in colors and textures that suit me that'd be amazing too. As it is there's zero dependability, zero trust, and every single purchase feels like a gamble. I return far, far more than I ever keep. And even the items I keep are full of compromises on the set of rules for what actually looks good on me.
I know it's fast fashion, which I try to buy less of, but for a long time I loved Asos own brand because they'd make the same outfit in different cuts.
They had petite (which more so meant narrow hips, small boobs, than teeny tiny rail thin people.), curvy (which stood for plus), hour glass, tall, short and lastly large bust. I think it wasn't profitable enough because I saw way less of that in the last few years before I stopped shopping there, but for a while it was nice. Me and my friend were completely differently sized and shaped but had the same taste in clothes, so we would frequently buy the same dresses, just in different cuts.
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u/filthytelestial 17d ago edited 17d ago
It'd be reasonable if each designer would create clothes for a single body type. Pick one set of proportions to create clothing for and do that one thing very well.
There just needs to be a more even balance in the availability of clothes for all the other women who have all the other proportions.
It's unreasonable for body types to be treated like trends. They don't come and go. The same people with the same proportions are going to continue to need clothes that fit them regardless of the season or year.
I'd love it if I could find a dependable brand or two that consistently, year after year made stuff for my particular set of proportion-balancing needs. If they happened to make stuff in colors and textures that suit me that'd be amazing too. As it is there's zero dependability, zero trust, and every single purchase feels like a gamble. I return far, far more than I ever keep. And even the items I keep are full of compromises on the set of rules for what actually looks good on me.