[ SECRET POST #7078 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #7078 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Plus Size Women's Fashion

[(Anonymous)]

The internet seems to think the 50s-70s.

Re: Plus Size Women's Fashion

[(Anonymous)]

absolutely the fuck not.

I was born in the 70s and have studied my own era. through to the mid-late 1980s the pattern companies copying real life fashion were still working on the 1940s drafting models. That is, there was and always has been a base set of measurements provided to all commercial pattern drafters that has its origin traced to about 1945. It never changed. It was 100% moderate bust/underbust, wasp waist, and wide hips. It hasn't resembled actual people of any demographic, but double-no plus-sized people, since probably the Regency (1820). What's truly troubling is that what all commercial patterns consider the waist is the bottom of the ribcage, NOT the navel as we all generally assume it is.

My honest answer to the thread OP is right now. I have never seen clothing patterns correctly sized and marketed to plus-size consumers like I have right now. Whether or not those clothing designs are flattering, I can't say, as I'm a slightly overweight transdude. If I had to vote, it would be Regency era since the high-waisted everything hid a multitude of sins.

Nayrt

[(Anonymous)]

As the nonny below, just to clarify… I definitely didn’t mean actual fashion items from the 1930s and 1940s. You’re spot-on with your comment.

I thought OP was looking for general style inspiration rather than actual era-accurate clothing. And while current offerings for plus-sizes are better than ever, I’m not sure what I’d say are the defining styles of the current era. Flowy tiered skirts? Sheath dresses?

Regency era high-waisted dresses are an interesting choice. Maybe it’s just not something I personally find attractive or flattering on almost any body, so I’m biased against it.