So, this has nothing to do with the primary content of your post (which I'm over here cheering loudly about, for the record -- thank you for speaking out about this bullshit), but I am also here to say I clicked through to that new H&M trailer (because I am obsessed with this damn six-part documentary), and the comments beneath it are so pitch-perfectly snarky that they made me laugh right out loud.
"These people think I’m fat and stupid." Never had truer words been spoken. Add in Southern accent here and, well, it's a trifecta of gaslighting and hypocrisy. Technically, creating larger garments means using extra material, which does increase the price point. If brand is buying material in bulk and has a dedicated designing and tailoring staff, crafting a plus-size garment shouldn’t increase the final price. They should charge the same price for the garment across the board, especially when "a study published in 2016 in the International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology, and Education revealed that "the average size of an American woman is now between 16 to 18, which is an increase from 10-year-old data that indicated most women in the U.S. were a size 14." https://www.byrdie.com/average-body-weight#:~:text=The%20Average%20Size%20for%20Women%20in%20America&text=The%20average%20size%20of%20an,reported%20as%20a%20size%2014.
So, this has nothing to do with the primary content of your post (which I'm over here cheering loudly about, for the record -- thank you for speaking out about this bullshit), but I am also here to say I clicked through to that new H&M trailer (because I am obsessed with this damn six-part documentary), and the comments beneath it are so pitch-perfectly snarky that they made me laugh right out loud.
"These people think I’m fat and stupid." Never had truer words been spoken. Add in Southern accent here and, well, it's a trifecta of gaslighting and hypocrisy. Technically, creating larger garments means using extra material, which does increase the price point. If brand is buying material in bulk and has a dedicated designing and tailoring staff, crafting a plus-size garment shouldn’t increase the final price. They should charge the same price for the garment across the board, especially when "a study published in 2016 in the International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology, and Education revealed that "the average size of an American woman is now between 16 to 18, which is an increase from 10-year-old data that indicated most women in the U.S. were a size 14." https://www.byrdie.com/average-body-weight#:~:text=The%20Average%20Size%20for%20Women%20in%20America&text=The%20average%20size%20of%20an,reported%20as%20a%20size%2014.