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What is considered plus size?

According to PLUS Model magazine, "In the fashion industry, plus size is identified as sizes 18 and over, or sizes 1X-6X and extended size as 7X and up".

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Type of clothing

Plus-size clothing is clothing proportioned specifically for people above the average clothing size.[1] The application of the term varies from country to country, and according to which industry the person is involved in.[nb 1] According to PLUS Model magazine, "In the fashion industry, plus size is identified as sizes 18 and over, or sizes 1X-6X and extended size as 7X and up".[2] The article continues "Susan Barone [...] shared, 'Plus sizes are sizes 14W – 24W. Super sizes and extended sizes are used interchangeably for sizes 26W and above. Sometimes the size 26W is included in plus size'."[2] Such clothing has also been called outsize in Britain, a term that has been losing favor. One example of this is the renaming of "Evans Outsize" to simply "Evans",[4] as well as losing their advertising slogan "Evans – The Outsize Shop", which also featured on their clothing labels. A related term for men's plus-size clothing is big and tall (a phrase also used as a trademark in some countries).[5][6] A relatively new alternative term for plus size (or large size) gaining consumer and editorial favor is curvy. In a euphemistic sense, curvy is regarded as less offensive to those that wear larger sized clothes. There is evidence of this term gaining media and market traction.[citation needed] In current media use, while 'curvy' can appear less offensive, it appears to associate with a younger style of dressing than plus size or larger size when used as a general reference term.[citation needed]

History [ edit ]

Lane Bryant began trading in the early 1900s as a producer of clothing for "Expectant Mothers and Newborn"'.[7] By the early 1920s, Lane Bryant started selling clothing under the category 'For the Stout Women', which ranged between a 38-56 inch bustline.[7] Evans, a UK-based plus-size retailer, was founded in 1930.[8] In the 1920s, small boys' clothing store, Brody's in Oak Park Mich (now Bloomfield) started the "Husky" size clothing.[citation needed] The large-size fashion revolution of 1977–1998 in the US began after the Fashion Group of NYC released a study predicting the demise of the Baby Boomer Junior Market, as the Boomers were coming of age. Mary Duffy's Big Beauties was the first model agency to work with hundreds of new plus-size clothing lines and advertisers. For two decades, this plus-size category produced the largest per annum percentage increases in ready-to-wear retailing. Max Mara started Marina Rinaldi, one of the first high-end clothing lines, for plus-size women in 1980.[9] The first plus-size fashion line to show at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week was Cabiria, featured in the Fashion Law Institute fashion show in the tents at Lincoln Center on September 6, 2013.[10][11][12] On February 6, 2019, luxury e-tailer 11 Honoré, which sells designer clothing in sizes 12 to 24, opened New York Fashion Week with a fashion show focused on size inclusivity. The runway show featured looks from Christian Siriano, Prabal Gurung, Cushnie and Brandon Maxwell. Actress Laverne Cox closed the show wearing a custom dress by designer Zac Posen.[13]

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Plus-size clothing patterns have traditionally been graded up from a smaller construction pattern. However, many retailers use statistical data collected from their own measuring projects, and from specialized Body Scan Data collection projects to modernize the fit and construction of their garments. U.S. companies Lane Bryant and Catherines teamed up over a three-year period to source data to modernize the companies' garment construction. 14,000 women were measured in what was the most extensive female sizing study in the U.S. in more than 60 years.[citation needed]

Market [ edit ]

Australia [ edit ]

The Australian plus-size clothing market has been growing since at least 1994, with major department stores such as David Jones, Myer, and Target producing their own brand ranges, and an increase in the number of individual boutiques and national chain store outlets across the country. Sizing in Australia is not synchronous with the US; plus-size garments are considered to be size 16 and upward, which is the equivalent of a US size 12.[3] A recent study conducted by IBISWorld that "65.2% of the population aged 18 and over are expected to be overweight or obese in 2017-18."[14] This is resulting in more interested and competition in the wider fashion industry resulting in more department stores that stocking plus-size clothing. Notable Australian chain store brands for plus-size clothing include Plus Size Clothing Co,[15] Maggie T, Autograph (formerly 1626), Free People and City Chic (formerly Big City Chic). There is also a boom in Australian designer independent plus size labels such as Camilla Jayne, Curvy Chic Sports, Hope & Harvest, 17 Sundays, Sonsee, Lowanna Australia, and Harlow.

United Kingdom [ edit ]

In the UK there are more than 60 brands for plus-size women's clothing; however, only a small number of these brands are manufactured or owned by UK-based companies. High-street stores such as Yours Clothing, Elvi, Evans, Ann Harvey, Dea London and BeigePlus sell only plus-sized garments, while many other brands and department stores carry extended sizes in their shelves, such as Debenhams, River Island, ASOS, Fenwicks and New Look. More recently, stores specifically supplying plus-size sportswear, fitness wear and bras have opened such as State of Mind, Charlotte Jackson, Eve Activewear, and We Fit In. Notable online sites also include ASOS.com, Dearcurves.com and Style908. Anna Scholz has been creating clothes for the high end market since 1995.[16] Another notable online retailer which specialises in manufacturing and retailing plus-size clothing is Love Fashion. Opened in 1985 and based in the Midlands, they are global suppliers of all plus-size women's apparel.[17] Name Distribution channels Headquarters in UK Year established Multi brand UK size range Founder Ann Harvey Mult channel Yes Unknown No 16 to 32 Unknown Anna Scholz Online Yes 1996 No 18 to 26 Anna Scholz BeigePlus High Street, Online Yes 1970 Yes 16 to 28 Leanda Walters Charlotte Jackson Online No 2009 Yes 16 to 24 Helen Crossland[18] Dea London Online Yes Unknown No 16 to 26 Jelena Fehmi Dearcurves Online Yes 2013 No 14 to 26 Ojoma Idegwu Debenhams Mult channel Yes 1778 Yes 16 to 26 William Clark Elvi High Street, Online Yes 1940 No 14 to 26 Elin Vissor Evans High Street, Online Yes 1930 No 14 to 32 Jack Green Fenwicks Mult channel Yes 1882 Yes Unknown John James Fenwick New Look Mult channel Yes 1969 Yes 18 to 28 Tom Singh River Island Mult channel Yes 1948 Yes 18 to 24 Bernard Lewis YoursClothing Mult channel Yes 1990 Yes 18 to 24 AK Retail Specialist plus-size brands (found in independent plus-size shops) known to be active in the UK (2010) include: Hebbeding (the Netherlands), Dearcurves(UK), Escaladya (Germany), Martine Samoun (Belgium), Marina Rinaldi (Italy), Persona (Italy), Elena Grunert (Germany), Elena Miro (Italy), Verpass (Germany), Chalou (Germany), Kirsten Krog (Denmark), Wille (Germany), Jomhoy (Spain), Yoek (Netherlands), Be The Queen (France), Alain Weiz (France), Tummy Tuck Not Your Daughters Jeans NYDJ (USA), Anathea by Didier Parakian (France), Fred Sabatier (France), Tia (Denmark), Rofa (Germany), Jorli (Denmark), NP (Finland), OpenEnd (Germany), A Big Attitude (USA), Terry Precision Cycling (USA), and Carmakoma (Denmark).

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In November 2013, the Debenhams department store chain indicated that it plans to add Size 16 plus-size mannequins in all 170 UK stores.[19]

United States [ edit ]

Notable women's specialty plus-size clothing retail market include Lane Bryant (ascena Retail Group), Avenue (Avenue Stores, LLC), and Ashley Stewart (Ashley Stewart, Inc.). Walmart also offers a limited but inexpensive plus-size apparel line. The department stores J. C. Penney, Kohl's and Macy's also offer plus-size apparel. Torrid (Hot Topic) is a retailer geared toward plus-size young adults. International online retailers, such as Simply Be (N Brown) from the UK have started marketing in the United States. Part & Parcel, a social commerce company focused exclusively on clothing for plus-size women, launched in May 2019.[20] On the men's side, Destination XL Group, Inc. is a major specialty retailer of men's big and tall apparel, with over 300 retail stores throughout the United States, Canada and London, England.

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Notes [ edit ]

^ [2][ failed verification ] the equivalent sizes are 14W (United States),[3] 42 (France), 40 (Germany) and 16 (Australia). As sizes vary from country to country, the reported starting point for plus sizes varies. For example, in the UK the starting point is size 10,the equivalent sizes are 14W (United States),42 (France), 40 (Germany) and 16 (Australia). The purpose of the study is to determine the current average clothing size of adult American women. Secondary data of average body measurements from the most recently published National Health and Nutritional Examination Surveys were compared to ASTM International industry clothing size standards.[21]

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