subject: Women's Plus Size Clothing Designer's Challenged To Supply Plus Size Demand [print this page] Recent statisticsclearly showtheaverage sizewoman isa size 14 and there are over 63% of women in the US that are either overweight or obese. In theUnited Kingdom figuresshow that 1/3 ofwomenthere are wearing asize 18or higher.
The fashion industries top designers and leadingmanufacturersare starting to responding to the current statistic'sand the impact they are having on theshopping needs of plus size women. These women have spent over 3.8 billion pounds last year on clothing and that type of spending gives us all a fairly accurate indication of the hugemarketout there forplus size clothing.
Designers are already responding to this huge demand andleading fashion designer Mark Jacobsis in the planning stages just yet but hopes to launchhis new line of women's plus sizeclothinglater next year. Evansalready cater's for sizes 16-24 is setto open his new line in plus size teen clothingthis year. The success of these lines will hopefully prompt other leading designers to take on the challenge also of designing and manufacturing plus size clothing.
The fashion industryisalso experiencing some positive changeas our beautiful plus size modelslead the wayon the catwalksall around the world andarebecoming increasingly popular inadvertisingcampaignsbeing seen in the media,magazines and TV.Our plus sizemodels arealso out there playing an important rollin oureffort to change the waysociety respond and see the average body shape of women today. Theultra thin body images seen by our society as being "perfect" and socially accepted do very little for our young girls and women's self esteem and self confidence.
Plus size women everywhere are hoping to gain equal rights in the fashion industry and are looking forward to the day plus sizescan enjoy the same highly fashionable clothing that is presently availableto only smaller sized women. The clothing being designed for plus size womenshould flatter and compliment curvy women of all sizes and body shapes, in avariety of stylish designsthat incorporate fashion, quality, comfort and affordability.
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Women's Plus Size Clothing Designer's Challenged To Supply Plus Size Demand
