Does Size Matter? Now that I have your attention, this article is not about human anatomy size but women’s clothing size. I have put on a few pounds, hey it happens when we get older…which means…I had to go shopping! (Let me hear a collective ‘oh no not that’ from everyone who reads this column.) So off to Ross I went. I grabbed 7 pairs of jeans off the rack in 3 different sizes from 3 different designers and into the dressing room I went. Now…here comes the part that made me so pissed it was not funny. Designer #1, 3 different sizes, not one that fit. Designer #2, 2 different sizes, not one that fit. Designer #3, 2 different sizes, not one that fit. Now I have a pretty good body image, hell I run around the bar every Saturday night in nothing more than my dance belt and a bra doing lap dances for people celebrating everything under the sun but here I was in the dressing room, alone with the pants that did not fit, the mirror that makes everything look a million times bigger, and my self-esteem taking a quick plunge down to the lowest depths imaginable. Now I had 2 options…stand there and cry asking the powers that be to strike me down on the spot or put my jeans back on (by the way they are the smallest size that I had grabbed off the rack from the other designers and they fit just fine) and see if there was anything in the store that would fit my huge ass. So I got dressed and gave the cute size 0 girl working the dressing room back the 7 pair of jeans and went back over to the skirts thinking maybe I could find one thing that would fit me before I left. I found one skirt by one designer so I grabbed it in 3 sizes…back into the dressing room I headed. Now I thought I would start with the biggest size since all the other pants did not fit me in the biggest size I figured why torture myself and go through all 3 before I found out that they would not fit. Well…the big size was huge (made me think woohoo…this might make me feel better). The second size was good on the hips but big on my waist…a problem that I always have with pants or skirts. With that skirt in my hands I did not even bother trying on the ‘skinny size’ and I left the dressing room feeling much better about myself and my body than I had just 10 minutes before. Then I got to thinking…if I were to go to the men’s department and grab a pair of pants with a 32 inch waist line, they are all the same right so why do designers of women’s clothing make a size 10 vary from a size 6 to a size 12? No wonder women have such a warped sense of body image. And no wonder women have eating disorders…something that I never thought about before. Is there a reason that women’s clothing varies so much? I’m not sure there are any answers to my questions…all I can say is women…embrace the body you have…if you need to…walk it off…take the stairs one day a week…but love who you are and the curves that god (or goddess) gave you…I will. Just as a side note, I have now found that men’s pants fit just perfectly on me and so do men’s underwear (the long leg boxer briefs are wonderful)…sure I’m not going to give up all of my “girlie” pants but hey why not feel good all day…beauty does not have to mean torture or being uncomfortable all day right? Liberate yourself and wear whatever feels good to you. Do we all really need to be that gender specific when it comes to clothing? I mean get real…life is too short…have fun…. try something different…you never know…you might really like it. Until next time… I remain…. Krystel Belle-Rose Rose Empress XLI and Saturday Night Co-Host |
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