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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Story of plus size clothes

Did you know Abercrombie & Fitch did not stock XL or XXL sizes in women’s clothing for many years even though its competitors like H&M did. In 2006, Mike Jeffries, CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch  said the company deliberately excluded clothes for bigger women because it did not want to appeal to just everyone.

Here’s part of what he said in the interview with Salon:
“In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids,” he told the site. “Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don’t belong, and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely.”
Seven years and 70,000 petition signatures later, the company apologized and invited some teens to a meeting with executives.
“We look forward to continuing this dialogue and taking concrete steps to demonstrate our commitment to anti-bullying in addition to our ongoing support of diversity and inclusion,” the company said. “We want to reiterate that we sincerely regret and apologize for any offense caused by comments we have made in the past which are contrary to these values.”
Abercrombie & Fitch added a plus-size range this spring. Now isn’t that great.
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 21, 2014 at 12:15 PM

    I didn't know that. So snobbish ....

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  2. ChickenPieNovember 8, 2014 at 10:44 AM

    Where can we buy plus size clothes here in Singapore?

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    1. AnonymousNovember 10, 2014 at 1:18 PM

      Can get online- also at Marks & Spencer, I think Dorothy Perkins have also.

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  3. QwertyNovember 13, 2014 at 10:45 PM

    Snow, do u still maintaining the whitening jab? If u stop, would it turn back into the initial colortone?

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    1. CordyNovember 14, 2014 at 1:45 PM

      Yes I still maintain. I'll miss the radiance if I don't ..haha...
      It suppose to go back to the initial tone if you stop.
      But I believe if you are careful- & a bit kaisu as in, stay away from the sun, you'll be OK.

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    2. QwertyNovember 14, 2014 at 11:59 PM

      Snow, how much is the jab package? So u jabbing every month? Any side effect? Initially u were tanned?

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    3. CordyNovember 15, 2014 at 5:31 PM

      It's $1000- for 6 jabs.
      I "try " to jab every month- unless I'm too busy.
      No side effects for me. My pimples did clear up fast though!
      I was kinda tan. (from too much indirect sun )
      Now I am very careful- always using sun block & umbrella :)

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    4. QwertyNovember 15, 2014 at 11:46 PM

      Snow, is the fairness effect evenly on every part of your body? Your face, arms, legs same color?

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    5. CordyNovember 17, 2014 at 2:49 PM

      Cant answer your question as I don't know is your overall tone the same throughout the whole body.
      But it's unlikely. Most people will be more tan at the arms (since its most exposed. People who wear pants most of the time will have fairer legs compared to the whole body.
      What I can say is, the effect will be throughout. How evenly it'll be, depends on how even your tone is throughout.

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    6. QwertyNovember 17, 2014 at 7:52 PM

      Yes my arms are supper tanned while my legs and innerpart of the body are fair. ( ；´Д｀)

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  4. GywnNovember 18, 2014 at 10:07 AM

    I usually buy them when I go Europe or USA for holidays. On second thoughts, I should seriously think about reducing my weight !
    Sob......

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