Comments on: Is Visibility In the Offing? http://manolobig.com/2008/07/27/is-visibility-in-the-offing/ Fashion, Lifestyle, and Humor for the Plus Sized Woman. Thu, 24 May 2012 20:20:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Opticians http://manolobig.com/2008/07/27/is-visibility-in-the-offing/comment-page-1/#comment-285005 Opticians Tue, 18 May 2010 10:14:26 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/07/27/is-visibility-in-the-offing/#comment-285005 Wonderful to read! Wonderful to read!

]]> By: dcsurfergirl http://manolobig.com/2008/07/27/is-visibility-in-the-offing/comment-page-1/#comment-30886 dcsurfergirl Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:21:01 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/07/27/is-visibility-in-the-offing/#comment-30886 I still read Allure, Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. I just like them. Italian Vogue is definitely on to something. It would be lovely to see a US magazine do the same. I would also just love to see a high-end designer get a clue and make plus-size clothes (up to at least size 26). I am sick of scrounging through Lane Bryant and Wal-Mart for clothes that fit my taste and budget. (Torrid is not near me, Ashley Stewart colors and patterns tend to overpower me and online shopping is its own brand of crazy) It always boils down to dark tops (few patterns), jeans or dark slacks (don't get me started about Lane Bryant jeans),plain black dresses and accessories to brighten these plain outfits. This is why I diet. I still read Allure, Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. I just like them. Italian Vogue is definitely on to something. It would be lovely to see a US magazine do the same.

I would also just love to see a high-end designer get a clue and make plus-size clothes (up to at least size 26). I am sick of scrounging through Lane Bryant and Wal-Mart for clothes that fit my taste and budget. (Torrid is not near me, Ashley Stewart colors and patterns tend to overpower me and online shopping is its own brand of crazy) It always boils down to dark tops (few patterns), jeans or dark slacks (don’t get me started about Lane Bryant jeans),plain black dresses and accessories to brighten these plain outfits.

This is why I diet.

]]> By: Nemtynakht http://manolobig.com/2008/07/27/is-visibility-in-the-offing/comment-page-1/#comment-30837 Nemtynakht Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:15:53 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/07/27/is-visibility-in-the-offing/#comment-30837 I couldn't agree more. Not to change the topic, but I get very, very, very upset when mainstream women's magazines deign to offer a weak "clothes for every body type!" wherein they offer one each of a busty, heavy, boy-figure, and short woman in a flattering outfit. (OMG! short women shouldn't wear capris! Way to teach women to try to hide themselves in the pursuit of looking tall and skinny!) Followed by... 10-20 pages of models in ridiculous outfits. Personally, I would immediately subscribe to a magazine that actually showed women, as they are, in fashions that people can wear. Edgy, sure. Expensive, well, okay. But not anorexic models on heels at the beach. Ugh. I couldn’t agree more.

Not to change the topic, but I get very, very, very upset when mainstream women’s magazines deign to offer a weak “clothes for every body type!” wherein they offer one each of a busty, heavy, boy-figure, and short woman in a flattering outfit. (OMG! short women shouldn’t wear capris! Way to teach women to try to hide themselves in the pursuit of looking tall and skinny!) Followed by… 10-20 pages of models in ridiculous outfits. Personally, I would immediately subscribe to a magazine that actually showed women, as they are, in fashions that people can wear. Edgy, sure. Expensive, well, okay. But not anorexic models on heels at the beach. Ugh.

]]> By: Patia http://manolobig.com/2008/07/27/is-visibility-in-the-offing/comment-page-1/#comment-30811 Patia Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:38:59 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/07/27/is-visibility-in-the-offing/#comment-30811 I was addicted to fashion magazines in my teens and twenties. Around 30, I successfully weaned myself off them. They made me feel bad about myself. I was an avid supporter of Mode, Grace, BBW and Radiance during their lifespans, though. Now I can't believe that with all the niche magazines out there, there is nothing for plus-size women anymore. I would LOVE to see magazines with all shapes, sizes, colors and abilities!!! I was addicted to fashion magazines in my teens and twenties. Around 30, I successfully weaned myself off them. They made me feel bad about myself. I was an avid supporter of Mode, Grace, BBW and Radiance during their lifespans, though. Now I can’t believe that with all the niche magazines out there, there is nothing for plus-size women anymore.

I would LOVE to see magazines with all shapes, sizes, colors and abilities!!!

]]> By: Jennie http://manolobig.com/2008/07/27/is-visibility-in-the-offing/comment-page-1/#comment-30810 Jennie Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:23:49 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/07/27/is-visibility-in-the-offing/#comment-30810 OMG!!! A fashion mag that sold without anorexic, impossibly pale, mournfully sad, tweeners as the models! What are they thinking? Next you'll see adult women in the mags, people with a BMI over 10, gray hair, wrinkles, oh shudder! Real people! When will the madness end! OMG!!! A fashion mag that sold without anorexic, impossibly pale, mournfully sad, tweeners as the models! What are they thinking? Next you’ll see adult women in the mags, people with a BMI over 10, gray hair, wrinkles, oh shudder! Real people! When will the madness end!

]]> By: Avi http://manolobig.com/2008/07/27/is-visibility-in-the-offing/comment-page-1/#comment-30809 Avi Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:16:41 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/07/27/is-visibility-in-the-offing/#comment-30809 This news has me cackling in glee! It took too long but finally, they're behaving like proper capitalists and seeing what sells instead of what they they think people want. First, the fashion magazines, next: Hollywood! Bastien of never-grown-up-boys! This news has me cackling in glee! It took too long but finally, they’re behaving like proper capitalists and seeing what sells instead of what they they think people want.

First, the fashion magazines, next: Hollywood! Bastien of never-grown-up-boys!

]]> By: gina http://manolobig.com/2008/07/27/is-visibility-in-the-offing/comment-page-1/#comment-30807 gina Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:49:49 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/07/27/is-visibility-in-the-offing/#comment-30807 I actually put off buying a pair of fabulous shoes just to purchase/order a copy (I had to call a NY newsagent to get it). I'm completely glad I did, and am considering buying another just to keep in the shrinkwrap. It's funny how proud I felt just turning the pages. Maybe this is an open door for other types of beauty to be explored? (maybe MODE magazine can come back?) I actually put off buying a pair of fabulous shoes just to purchase/order a copy (I had to call a NY newsagent to get it). I’m completely glad I did, and am considering buying another just to keep in the shrinkwrap. It’s funny how proud I felt just turning the pages. Maybe this is an open door for other types of beauty to be explored? (maybe MODE magazine can come back?)

]]> By: marjorie http://manolobig.com/2008/07/27/is-visibility-in-the-offing/comment-page-1/#comment-30799 marjorie Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:29:07 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/07/27/is-visibility-in-the-offing/#comment-30799 couldn't agree more. the people who've huffed that this issue is "tokenism" are way off base -- it's calling attention to an essential and huge and ridiculous injustice. the same limited vision is what's dictating that only super-skinny girls be in magazines. i looked in every magazine store in the east village and in midtown for this issue, and kept being told that it had sold out immediately. i finally got a copy the other day. the store had just gotten a second shipment; there was a sticker on the front saying it was a second printing. the shop owner said he normally sells 10 copies of italian vogue a month; this time he'd sold 60. so far. there is a market for a broader conception of beauty than we're currently getting. hopefully, money will talk. and yet i'm not so hopeful. couldn’t agree more. the people who’ve huffed that this issue is “tokenism” are way off base — it’s calling attention to an essential and huge and ridiculous injustice. the same limited vision is what’s dictating that only super-skinny girls be in magazines.

i looked in every magazine store in the east village and in midtown for this issue, and kept being told that it had sold out immediately. i finally got a copy the other day. the store had just gotten a second shipment; there was a sticker on the front saying it was a second printing. the shop owner said he normally sells 10 copies of italian vogue a month; this time he’d sold 60. so far.

there is a market for a broader conception of beauty than we’re currently getting. hopefully, money will talk.

and yet i’m not so hopeful.

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