Dear Fashion Industry/Designers:
I have a bone to pick with you and I know I don't feel alone on this issue.
It is once again summer time the time for cooler clothing and bathing suits. In my younger years this meant sporting shorts, cute t-shirts, and fun one piece bathing suits to summer outings and family reunions; it was a time of fewer cares and a much younger (i.e. slimmer) body. Now I am in my 30's and summer shopping has become a complete nightmare and honestly I blame you!! I no longer possess the sleek slim body of youth, instead I have a body that has delivered a baby, been through various life changes, and gained a few pounds over the past decade. It's an adjustment but I can live with the body that I have, what I can't live with however is how you, the fashion industry, hasn't changed. You refuse to design anything for the modern 30 something woman who doesn't wish to appear as a teen, reveal too much, or look like a grandma.
My own personal goal in dressing is to achieve comfort and modesty all while remaining fashionable. Each summer I set out looking for something to wear that will keep me comfortable in 100 degree weather and each year I come away disgusted. You have it in your deluded brains that every woman wishes to wear shorts that almost expose butt cheeks and tops that cover next to nothing. If I find shorts that are long enough they look like something pulled from the closet of a 70 year old woman and give me the dreaded "mom butt" look and shirts with sleeves are either sheer (creating the need for a shirt underneath defeating the purpose of staying cool) or are once again frumpy looking. Summer clothing options seem to fall into either one of two categories "let me show you my lady parts" or "Little House on the Prairie meets capris". Can we please stop this madness?
Understand that my desire is to appear fashionable but not show everyone the cellulite on my thighs, the extra baby weight that still lingers around my middle, or the size and brand of my underwear. Please realize that not all of your consumers want to dress in a way that exposes us. Believe it or not there is a large number of us that would like to dress modestly, fashionably, and stay cool without exposing all of our assets. We want to keep our bodies to ourselves, we want to appear cute and fashionable without compromising the modesty standards that we uphold, but most of all we want to have to stop pulling our hair out because summer shopping is impossible!
So dear fashion industry/designers create something that a more modest woman can wear in the summer and still feel cute, cool, and comfortable in?
Sincerely,
A fed up consumer
P.S. Swimsuits fall into this category too!!
Ditto!!!
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