Marketing to plus-sized women = Fat-shaming. Low blow, bold response.

[WLSResources/ClothingExch 3,444]

Have you seen this? I found the first item slightly confusing, but, when googling "Christina Ashman," the designer of plus-sized clothing who sent out her take on the offensive ads, found that BuzzFeed filled in the blank.

http://hellogiggles.com/fashion-designer-ad-critique/

lick either "a one time thing" within the text or click this next link

http://mic.com/articles/123549/this-is-seriously-how-a-pair-of-plus-size-are-being-advertised-on-the-internet

Take this next link for the full picture of the middle-fingers-up photo:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/laurasilver/this-woman-gave-the-best-burn-to-a-website-that-put-a-model

Edited March 13, 2016 by WLSResources/ClothingExch

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

Have you seen this? I found the first item slightly confusing, but, when googling "Christina Ashman," the designer of plus-sized clothing who sent out her take on the offensive ads, found that BuzzFeed filled in the blank.

http://hellogiggles.com/fashion-designer-ad-critique/#disqus_thread

click either "a one time thing" within the text or click this next link

http://mic.com/articles/123549/this-is-seriously-how-a-pair-of-plus-size-are-being-advertised-on-the-internet

Take this next link for the full picture of the middle-fingers-up photo:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/laurasilver/this-woman-gave-the-best-burn-to-a-website-that-put-a-model

The first link wouldn't load.

I did read the second or third. I get her point but the first thing I thought when I read the 2nd link is "Isn't Alibaba a site that sells Chinese knockoffs?" They probably just picked the largest slave laborer in their employ and made her "wear" the leggings so they could take a picture. They probably don't have a lot of plus-sized folks working for them.

Am I bad?

[WLSResources/ClothingExch 3,444]

@@Inner Surfer Girl, yes, you are very bad.

Try the first link again? It works for me. Otherwise, copy into the address bar? Okay, I'll try it again here, maybe including more or less than I did the first time.

http://hellogiggles.com/fashion-designer-ad-critique/

In seriousness, I only know of Ali Baba's existence as an Ebay sort of site and that the owner/founder is wealthy enough to own the People's Republic of China and Taiwan and still have money left over to take us all to lunch. Maybe I'll take a look at it some time.

Edited March 13, 2016 by WLSResources/ClothingExch

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

I like inexpensive clothes as much as anyone, but I really don't want to help perpetrate worldwide labor abuses. My sister-in-law is Chinese and I know that a lot of good comes out of China, but I have a very hard time buying cheap anything from Chiba knowing their record on labor abuse. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to tell where most things are manufactured since there are so many steps in the production process.

[WLSResources/ClothingExch 3,444]

I hadn't thought about the origins of goods in a long time and wasn't quite clear on the "made in xyz" labels. Maybe the "made in..." refers to the place where the final piece was assembled? Labor abuses are so widespread in the world. I have no idea whether huge, American retailers have real effect when they issue policy statements on contracting with manufacturing facilities and buying only from companies whose workers have decent conditions.

[LipstickLady 25,682]

I'd call it ignorance not fat shaming. I think people are looking to be offended in many cases when they should simply be considering the fact that most people are idiots.

[WLSResources/ClothingExch 3,444]

It hurt me to use the term "fat-shaming" and it was a first. It never quite made sense to me, as it smacks of what seems to have grown into a broad victim movement of the past decade or so. Ignorance, yes, unkindness or thoughtlessness, yes, but often shame or victimhood is one's own product. That's not to say always, but often enough.