I’ve worked in the fashion industry for 17 years dressing women and the thing that always gets to me is how females always blame themselves when clothes don’t fit them.
Immediately they think it’s their body shape that’s ‘wrong’ and try squeezing in to their ‘usual’ size but leave the shop empty handed, body confidence knocked yet again.
It also amazes me how differently women view their body versus men.
For example, my female clients break down each body part, analyse it and criticise it. My male clients look in the mirror, see their overall physique and say ‘I’m pretty good’.
Don’t we think it’s time we took a leaf out of their book?
I understand that the size label we wear is an emotional ‘tag’ we carry around with us that represents our identity, part of our personal brand and some women are very attached to a certain number.