My name is Maria Calderara. I have
worked behind the scenes at GHC since 2011. I generally handle
accounting but today I decided to take over the blog. My rant
follows, please share if you agree!
This past weekend I went shopping for a
pair of shorts. After choosing a few pairs that I thought would fit
I ended up trying them all on and putting them all back because not a
single pair fit. Mind you, I tried all sizes ten to sixteen. The
size nor the brand mattered.
I couldn't help but to notice a woman
that was wearing a men's handkerchief that had been sewn into shorts.
No man's handkerchief is going to go around my hips! I'm Italian and
we Italian girls have hips. There's no reason to wait to see what
happens after I have a baby because everyone can see how I'm built
and everything will probably just be more pronounced than it is now.
I appeal to designers. We're in
America and ethnic diversity is here to stay. Though “Vanity
Sizing” has been around for many years, it seems that designers
have expectations that are not real. I guess they think that the
size zero female population has enough money to buy all of those
clearance items. It's obvious that many American women have hips
and thighs that are strong. When I started looking for help to find a
brand that may fit me but I only found suggestions to have my clothes tailor
made. If I use Heidi Klum as my representative, even she won't be
able to find clothes that fit properly.
Designers, what percentage of the
female population do you consider your demographic? We average size
women need you to tell us where we can buy our clothes off the rack.
