Whoever's designing for plus-size doesn't get it. The entire garment needs to be reconceived. You can't just take a size 8 and make it larger.
Interpretation
Designing for plus-size involves a complete rethinking of the garment, not merely scaling up smaller sizes.
Tim Gunn emphasizes that creating clothes for plus-size individuals requires a fundamental redesign rather than simply enlarging existing patterns. This points to the necessity of understanding the unique shapes and proportions of plus-size bodies to create clothing that fits well and flatters, reflecting a deeper commitment to inclusivity in fashion design.
In practice
Use this quote in a fashion seminar to discuss the importance of inclusive design.
I've had my own moments in front of designers when I've actually said, 'You know, there's a market here for expanding your work, and here it is. And frankly, there are two markets: The women who are larger than the 12, and then there are women who are petite. And most designers that I talk to have absolutely no interest in addressing either of those populations, which I find repugnant.
Life is a big collaboration - and when you're tackling something that is painful and troubling and is causing you such desperate grief that you think life's not worth living - you need to reach out. To people who will reach back.
My manners also came from when I was in college and began participating in critiques. You have to speak with someone respectfully about their work and be honest and open, without hurting them.
It's easy to make clothes for a model, but when you can put them on real women and real curves, that's the test.
Many women have asked me if it is possible to have a well-built wardrobe on a limited budget. 'Money,' I tell them, 'is no guarantee of taste, and an overstuffed wardrobe is often as bare as a skeleton when it comes to wearable apparel.'
Fashion in the past meant conforming and losing oneself. Fashion in the present means being individual and finding oneself.
I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little - if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that's the day she has a date with destiny. And it's best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.
These heels are candy for the feet; theyβre for pleasure, not practicality.
When I started, I knew nothing about fashion. I remember, my first day going to my agency, I was wearing these huge bell-bottoms - they were patchwork corduroy and denim, which, at the time, I thought were amazing. My agent told me, 'You have a casting with Prada - you have to burn those jeans.'
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