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What I really loathe is seeing a shirt on a mannequin, falling in love with it, and then realizing that they’ve used a clip to bunch it up in back so it “fits” the mannequin-  but will never actually look good on anyone.

Grr.

if you’re talking about ready-to-wear designer lines, i completely disagree. there are plenty of people, myself included, who purchase and regularly wear those type of items. haute couture lines, on the other hand, are not really made to be worn. in my opinion, haute couture fashion shows display clothing as a form of art, like art museums display paintings.

@anorexique_xo@xanga - completely agree with you.

Nooo idea.  The clothes that go on the runway are, like, too high fashion for me or whatever.  I don’t understand clothes that WILL look horrible on most people, and DO look horrible on the model, even if she’s beautiful and completely rocking it in spirit.

@MiladyMasked@xanga - hahah, yeah, they tie the back with a clip to make it look flattering but when you try it on, you look like a tent because you do not have that clip to cinch everything back.

I think that there are a lot of people who can fit into those clothes. But the thing is that too many people are trying to make themselves fit into clothes, when it’s supposed to be the other way around. 

They fit skinny models, and a lot of people wanna look like models. That’s why.

enough women can wear them or the designers wouldn’t be making $$…you just have to happen to be rich and thin and tall.

if you’re talking about mere commoners, well haute couture isn’t meant for us anyway LOL but more people should “take the plunge” w/ interesting clothes. i’m sick of boring outfits on the streets.

Speak for yourself, I just bought a pair of leggings that looks like the middle pair in that picture (but no zippers) from Urban Outfitters. And I wore them to go out, and no one complained, despite the fact that I look nothing like Kate Moss. You just have to figure out what looks good on you, and have the confidence to pull it off. 

Super high fashion pieces are not designed to be worn regularly. They are a piece of ART, only designed for those that they were sewn on. Sure, some are sold, but they are more of a statement, something to gawk at and lust over.

i don’t really buy designer, runway fashion, but i do know that most clothing in stores are too big for me! it’s hard being on the small extreme of sizes too );

I don’t usually even look at fashion shows and high fashion magazines.  I’m fairly slender, so I can fit into most things, but I have a long torso, so ultra low rise pants look ridiculous on me.

And I sometimes feel like I look a bit silly in certain Victoria’s Secret styles. The models seem to all have these perfect C cup breasts, and I’m a little on the flat side. hehe

i ‘m fat
many clothes don’t fit me
i was upset because of this

runway fashion is art.

@anorexique_xo@xanga - I am lazy so I am going with what she said.

and about stores pinning clothes on a mannequin to make it look better, you usually only see that at cheaper stores.  I am lucky in that my parents own a dry cleaning business and a have a tailor so I can fix cheap clothes to fit right.  It sucks that off the rack, they usually end up looking like crap. 

I like the middle pair of leggings.  I would totally wear them even though I am 33 years old and too old for trendy teenage clothes.

it’s a lifestyle right?  the designers want people to look like their models in everyday life, and portray that “exclusive” lifestyle.

@pillowpixies@xanga - thank you. if you don’t have the body, don’t buy the clothes. Richard Simmons wasn’t cool in spandex, nor are the girls who normally wear size 16 plus (No offense to the “healthy” generation) and think that stuffing themselves into these pants is going to make them look superhot like the Girls Next Door.
Same goes for the Super Skinny Olsen fans. It looks extremely tacky when not only your skin is dangling off your ribs cage, but when your “stretch” pants are baggy on you as well.

i too been wondering bout this for a long time..

perhaps designers use the runways as a way to gain prestige and differentiate their brands? When in fact, what actually is most highly demanded by consumers is a very small subset of the products produced by their firms?

@anorexique_xo@xanga - i was just about to say that.

OHHH MY GOSH!! I said this exact same thing the other day to my friend in the mall.

It makes me feel like the designers don’t want “fat” women destroying the label name or something. So what do they do… they simply don’t make clothes for “fat” women to wear!

I can’t tell you how many times i see a style or brand that I would kill to wear… but can’t because I can’t find it to fit me!!!!!

I hate it, its disgusting. and you will find SOO many of them on the clearence racks because they can’t sell them all… WHY?? Because not all of us are a size 00!!!!!

I agree with the people above that said most clothing on runways are meant for art. Just like a painting or a sculpture. Its not meant to wear. Its just meant for the model wearing just that one time. They are only to look at. Maybe even to serve as inspiration to others.

As for the designer stuff that’s sold in stores…Some of us are that size! They wouldn’t make it if there weren’t still 00 sized girls in existance. We’re still here. Its not “disgusting”. So not everyone is that thin.

The issue goes both ways. It really does suck to go into a store, find something cute, and end up not getting it because the “extra small” they have is way too big. I’ve found that to get clothes that fit me its often more expensive for me. Finding a size 00 is getting harder. Or at least that’s how it seems to me.

@brittnee_suckaface@xanga - Yep. There are certain clothes that are created for certain body types. The lady I saw walking down the road in short shorts and the most revealing tube top ever (When she was definitely not designed for that type of outfit) hasn’t realized that, along with a ton of other people. (And I agree with what you said about the spandex.)

@pillowpixies@xanga - ahahaha, ok, no joke. A girl I know who weighs atleast 200 lbs, goes out to the docks on the coldest and windiest day ever, wearing a cherry print tube top with jersey shorts. She has a one month old son, so you know that the extra flab is still not toned in. Honestly I wanted to knock her in the water, but fish have to be able to see bait, so my guy would have been mad if they went blind from her nastiness.

@brittnee_suckaface@xanga - That’s insane, on so many levels. I have a firm belief that clothing can be flattering no matter a persons size, it’s just the matter of what clothing they’re wearing. A tube top and jersey shorts don’t cut it in her case, especially when it’s freezing and windy outside. I don’t think I can wrap my mind around that; At least the girl I saw was smart enough to wear her shorts during the Summer. 

i found a post contradicting this.
http://www.lovelyish.com/lovelyish/689699969/wearing-leggings-and-nothing-else/

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