Imagine my confusion when I looked at my news feed and saw one City Chic's posts about body slimmers, or shapewear. I like having this company on my feed because they normally post links to amazing blogs about body acceptance and plus sized models, etc.
But, check this out:
Now help me figure this out, because I'm a little confused.
What about squeezing into shapewear is celebrating and EMBRACING your body? I'm a little dense at times, but one would think that by squeezing your fat and curves into underclothes that mask, flatten and mould your body into acceptable shapes (acceptable by social standards) would be HIDING your body, and not accepting it for what it is naturally. I know I'm far from wanting to embrace anything when I spend 30 minutes trying to get my ass into Spanx, that's for sure.
But that's just me.
Help me find a common ground here before I make a rude comment on this post.
Oh, and *DING* *DING* *DING* we have a winner for catch phrase of the century. Can you guess what it is?!
Yep: "Real Women".
On the flip side there's also the hiding by wearing clothes too big. That's what I did. I always wore big, baggy clothes. I was hiding from myself, hiding from life and hiding from people.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's not hiding so much as accentuating? The body displays the dress as well as the dress displaying the body.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Thanks for your comment :)
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