According to a 2016 study done by the International Journal of Fashion Design Technology and Education, the average American woman is between a size 16 and 18, and 67% of American women are considered ...

The rise of Ozempic and weight-loss drugs is a convenient excuse for the fashion industry and retailers to cut back on plus-size clothing options.

Why some fashion brands don’t make plus size clothing Lisa Bowman. Published February 28, ... ‘We then tested this extensively with a size 20 model to check we had got this right.

Straight-size shoppers don’t know about fat safety net stores. ... You’d think plus-size people could at least rely on exclusively plus-size brands to deliver clothing we’re excited about, ...

“We collaborated with For Days, because—in my opinion—they made the best-quality, most sustainable T-shirts for straight sizes, and we wanted to bring that option to plus-size shoppers ...

Lena Dunham’s new plus-size clothing collaboration with luxury plus-size clothing brand 11 Honoré is small. The collection comprises just five items: a handkerchief hem dress, a sleeveless ...

And plus-size fashions accounted for just 0.3 percent of looks for autumn/winter 2025 at major fashion weeks, according to a Vogue Business analysis. That’s down from 0.8 percent the previous year.

PostEverything Selling plus-size clothing isn’t just good for business. It’s also the right thing to do. Why do retailers continue to make excuses for not making clothes in larger sizes?