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Tim Gunn love must be spread.
Aug. 23rd, 2006 08:51 pmI don't care if no one on my f-list is a Project Runway fan, I still must share. Because Tim Gunn is like 97 different shades of cool.Love letter to Tim Gunn.
Aug. 23rd, 2006
Actually, I love it. =D
This is just coming from the experience of shopping for some new pants at Target, and then seeing the new Project Runway episode where they were 'designing for the everyday woman'.
To those responsible for making clothing, and defining beauty and health:
Point one: Plus-sized girls are not automatically brain-dead or body unconscious. Nor are our lumpy bodies the perfect carbon copy of each other. This means that it would behoove you to have more than one cut of blue jean in your plus-sized department. Same with having more than one cut of dress-shirt, dress-pant, skirt, jacket, casual shirt, and dress. Also, don't call your one cut of jean slim-fit. I'm sure someone takes comfort in it but it just seems so...inappropriate to me.
Point two: Being fat/plus-sized is not a sin. It does not make anyone automatically ugly. Believe it or not, some people actually prefer women who have fat on them to women who show their bones. And some even prefer them to women who are a more normal weight. I can pretty much testify, there is always someone who can appreciate any body type. I think a problem with a lot of 'less attractive' people men and women alike is a lack of confidence in who they are.
On the Project Runway note, there is no reason why this design for a larger woman should not have won over this design for someone about as close to the model body type as possible for this challenge. One of these is fun and flattering for a wide range of figures, the other one is a sheath dress with a 'wtf' type collar.
Point three: Being a certain heavier weight isn't necessarily unhealthy compared to the alternatives. I'll be honest here, I am trying to lose weight first to fit into real clothes, and second just because I want to control it now before I shoot up to a weight that I'm not comfortable with. But if it came down to surgery, dieting to the point of starving my body, doing the diet and binge cycles, or using drugs with unpleasant side-effects, I would choose to remain my rather hefty weight, because it's not the thinness that's most important, but the health. (Right now I'm just cutting back on refined sugars and a lot of artificial foods, drinking more water, and taking time out to exercise).
Point four: Everytime I see a girl or woman under the size of a 14 complain about being fat, I want to shake her and ask what the heck she's been smoking. This isn't a logical thing, just one of those things that really just riles me. Especially when my mother (who is tiny) talks about how she wishes she could just be anorexic. Please, just be healthy and love yourself. There is probably someone out there who wishes they could have the same body you loathe.
/end rant
In other news. Classes started todays. Yays. Introduction to Islam has worksheets. Statistics has a Russian guy who trys to be a comedian.
Gumi and Sabi droppped by unexpectedly to chat. We had fun, or at least Muu and I did. It's great to see Gumi again. (Can you believe that you folks in New York got to see her after coming back from Spain than Dagas who goes to the same school?). Also, have a nice little time in Washington D.C. Sabi. Mwaaah!
Over and out.
This is just coming from the experience of shopping for some new pants at Target, and then seeing the new Project Runway episode where they were 'designing for the everyday woman'.
To those responsible for making clothing, and defining beauty and health:
Point one: Plus-sized girls are not automatically brain-dead or body unconscious. Nor are our lumpy bodies the perfect carbon copy of each other. This means that it would behoove you to have more than one cut of blue jean in your plus-sized department. Same with having more than one cut of dress-shirt, dress-pant, skirt, jacket, casual shirt, and dress. Also, don't call your one cut of jean slim-fit. I'm sure someone takes comfort in it but it just seems so...inappropriate to me.
Point two: Being fat/plus-sized is not a sin. It does not make anyone automatically ugly. Believe it or not, some people actually prefer women who have fat on them to women who show their bones. And some even prefer them to women who are a more normal weight. I can pretty much testify, there is always someone who can appreciate any body type. I think a problem with a lot of 'less attractive' people men and women alike is a lack of confidence in who they are.
On the Project Runway note, there is no reason why this design for a larger woman should not have won over this design for someone about as close to the model body type as possible for this challenge. One of these is fun and flattering for a wide range of figures, the other one is a sheath dress with a 'wtf' type collar.
Point three: Being a certain heavier weight isn't necessarily unhealthy compared to the alternatives. I'll be honest here, I am trying to lose weight first to fit into real clothes, and second just because I want to control it now before I shoot up to a weight that I'm not comfortable with. But if it came down to surgery, dieting to the point of starving my body, doing the diet and binge cycles, or using drugs with unpleasant side-effects, I would choose to remain my rather hefty weight, because it's not the thinness that's most important, but the health. (Right now I'm just cutting back on refined sugars and a lot of artificial foods, drinking more water, and taking time out to exercise).
Point four: Everytime I see a girl or woman under the size of a 14 complain about being fat, I want to shake her and ask what the heck she's been smoking. This isn't a logical thing, just one of those things that really just riles me. Especially when my mother (who is tiny) talks about how she wishes she could just be anorexic. Please, just be healthy and love yourself. There is probably someone out there who wishes they could have the same body you loathe.
/end rant
In other news. Classes started todays. Yays. Introduction to Islam has worksheets. Statistics has a Russian guy who trys to be a comedian.
Gumi and Sabi droppped by unexpectedly to chat. We had fun, or at least Muu and I did. It's great to see Gumi again. (Can you believe that you folks in New York got to see her after coming back from Spain than Dagas who goes to the same school?). Also, have a nice little time in Washington D.C. Sabi. Mwaaah!
Over and out.