topic Re: Plus size models in Q Talk

Plus size models

G-row — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 16:05:51 GMT

I always wonder, while I'm watching the fashion shows, WHY do they have XS and S models showing all the outfits??? When we are told that the average women is a size 12 or larger....Of course all those clothes look good on these tall and thin models... Why oh why don't they show a few size 12 or larger women model these outfits along side the XS models... I want to know what it will look like on ME!!!! I'm not a XXS or XS OR S size women. I'm a plus size woman and I'd like to see what "I" would look like in these outfits... PLUS ..... IF you want to sell to everyone...show everyone ... not just the tall and thin...

My rant is done...thank you very much ...

Re: Plus size models

peajay — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:29:41 GMT

You forgot to rant about the fact that not only are the models all XXS-S, they're all pushing 6' tall. I'm 5' 1/2" tall........so they're no help in that department either!!! Everything looks good on 6' tall, 105 lb. women, I'm guessing!!!???

Re: Plus size models

PinkieBelle — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:02:30 GMT

Every fashion show I've seen on QVC has plus size models as well as missy size models.

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circles — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 22:16:35 GMT

there is never a plus size model....except when Jessie shows up for SG shows....

Re: Plus size models

blackhole99 — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 00:14:08 GMT

Denim & Co. is starting to represent just about all heights and sizes, but the other clothing shows are lacking. SG had a plus size model on all day, but that is rare, she said the model lives too far away to come for just one show. I'm sure Rebecca is not the only 1x model in the area. I will not buy fashions that my body type is not represented, I can't tell you how much I've spent on returns and I'm done.

Re: Plus size models

sylviahomeatlast — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 01:40:23 GMT

I see larger ladies all the time on Q

Re: Plus size models

Moonchilde — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 03:42:13 GMT

"Large" is in the eye of the beholder. To many, a size 16 or 18 or a 1X is "large", but IMO, not very. I want to see 2X models at least. QVC doesn't really want customers to see the 2X and 3X models, because of all of the clothes they are pushing desperately, esp. their "designer" (hahaha) lines, maybe 60% of them look decent on a truly large woman. There is no way they really want you to see that. Yet they clearly sell a lot of clothing to 3X women. And then there is the fact that if they do show a 2X model, the self-described "normal" women will be icked out that they might be wearing something a "fat woman" would also buy. Poor QVC.

Re: Plus size models

sylviahomeatlast — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 06:56:57 GMT

On 3/27/2014 moonchilde said: "Large" is in the eye of the beholder. To many, a size 16 or 18 or a 1X is "large", but IMO, not very. I want to see 2X models at least. QVC doesn't really want customers to see the 2X and 3X models, because of all of the clothes they are pushing desperately, esp. their "designer" (hahaha) lines, maybe 60% of them look decent on a truly large woman. There is no way they really want you to see that. Yet they clearly sell a lot of clothing to 3X women. And then there is the fact that if they do show a 2X model, the self-described "normal" women will be icked out that they might be wearing something a "fat woman" would also buy. Poor QVC.

why so negative? all kind women beautiful

Re: Plus size models

Irishrose136 — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 07:13:08 GMT

On 3/27/2014 moonchilde said: "Large" is in the eye of the beholder. To many, a size 16 or 18 or a 1X is "large", but IMO, not very. I want to see 2X models at least. QVC doesn't really want customers to see the 2X and 3X models, because of all of the clothes they are pushing desperately, esp. their "designer" (hahaha) lines, maybe 60% of them look decent on a truly large woman. There is no way they really want you to see that. Yet they clearly sell a lot of clothing to 3X women. And then there is the fact that if they do show a 2X model, the self-described "normal" women will be icked out that they might be wearing something a "fat woman" would also buy. Poor QVC.

Prejudice regarding weight is one of the last prejudices to still be socially acceptable.

Now just think..............before you say that isn't true. Would you feel comfortable having size 2x or 3x models showing the fashions? Oh? ARE there many 2x and 3x models in the industry?

Think of all the jokes about "fat" or "obese" people you've heard. Many Americans equate being fat with being lazy and untrustworthy. Employers will deny jobs to an otherwise highly qualified applicant. What's worse is that the employer will get away with that type of discrimination.

We can't judge people based on their s*x, religion, ethnicity, race, or sexual orientation. But jokes and prejudice about weight are alive and well in our society.

We diminish ourselves whenever we exclude and "put down" someone else.

Re: Plus size models

Daysdee — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:19:35 GMT

On 3/27/2014 sylviahomeatlast said: I see larger ladies all the time on Q

Same here. Also the models may xxs, xs or small but they don't truly represent customers as most of us that size are not 5' 10". I guess we are lucky that QVC uses models and I realize they cannot represent every one of us, but seeing them does give us some idea how the fashions look. They look much better than the photos on the website or on a hanger.

Re: Plus size models

Kachina624 — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 23:28:35 GMT

I think they have a good variety of sizes represented. The truth is, clothing looks best on a tall slender person and that person wears a small size. The idea is not so much to show clothes on what the average customer looks like as it is to show clothes so they look their very best and will be purchased.

Re: Plus size models

Moonchilde — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 01:25:50 GMT

I find it interesting that two people assume I am "fat-bashing." You mistake my cynical sarcasm for disapproval/trash talking. I vary between size 1X and 3X, depending on what I'm wearing. My cynicism is not directed at large women, since I am one. I was saying that people often think someone who wears a 1X is huge, and anyone who wears a 2X-3X is just disgusting and who cares what they want, etc. It is often the attitude all over these forums, along with age-ism. And my other point was that if QVC had more truly 2X and 3X models, they would risk turning off/grossing out "normal" women, who think of themselves as "normal" vs. "fat", with all the typical politically incorrect commentary. I see age-ism and fat-ism on these forums and on all of the "hidden" private forums that discuss QVC and HSN. Irishrose, you have it spot on.

Re: Plus size models

sylviahomeatlast — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 06:39:06 GMT

puh-leeze---in the real world and on this shopping channel there are women of every description ---I have tiny friends and 3x friends---you are way too judge mental about large women --by he way, I'm on the opposite extreme of sizes and height---I love all these women you are the one doing "fat" bashing

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Moonchilde — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 06:56:56 GMT

On 3/28/2014 sylviahomeatlast said: puh-leeze---in the real world and on this shopping channel there are women of every description ---I have tiny friends and 3x friends---you are way too judge mental about large women --by he way, I'm on the opposite extreme of sizes and height---I love all these women you are the one doing "fat" bashing

LOL. Drama much? Sarcasm eludes you, doesn't it? Well, that's okay, hon. No worries.

Re: Plus size models

sylviahomeatlast — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 06:58:42 GMT

I think restraint is in order

Re: Plus size models

Moonchilde — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 07:00:37 GMT

There, there. Just go back to sleep, dear.

Re: Plus size models

stevieb — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 12:33:41 GMT

Oh for heaven's sake... It seems to me that QVC has a fair range of shapes and sizes modeling clothes most of the time. I realize everybody wants to see a model representative of them, but really, they'd have to fill the entire stage with models to capture every conceivable shape, size, color, disability and so on, and still there wouldn't be enough room, and STILL someone would claim they were left out...

Re: Plus size models

Goldengate8361 — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 23:53:47 GMT

On 3/29/2014 stevieb said:
Oh for heaven's sake... It seems to me that QVC has a fair range of shapes and sizes modeling clothes most of the time. I realize everybody wants to see a model representative of them, but really, they'd have to fill the entire stage with models to capture every conceivable shape, size, color, disability and so on, and still there wouldn't be enough room, and STILL someone would claim they were left out...

iTA!

Re: Plus size models

maryebrown_1 — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 02:11:01 GMT

Since the Q sells *all sizes*, I think they should have a Plus size model, at least a true 1X, in every fashion show! It would cut down in the # of returns, AND the Plus size customers can actually "see" what the garments look like on a Real person. The so-called measurements on the 'click here' feature online vary so much, and are totally unreliable. When the largest model shown is Jackie (who is stuffed into many of her "size L" things) it doesn't represent curvier women who don't dress that way. I have a much smaller waist than Jackie - I can't believe she had a 43" waist 'before', then changing into a shaper w/ 1-1/2" difference "after", on a show!

Women know that models who are XXS, S, M, will look good in almost anything but it's unrealistic of the Q to misrepresent (by omission) what the garments look like on larger-sized ladies! Quacker Factory is the only line that consistently shows Angel (a Plus sized former model) in the clothes but she is apple shaped (not all plus sized women are). I vary between a L, XL, 1X in a top and L, XL in the bottoms; I'm curvy AND I need to see Real Women modeling before I spend any more money on the Q's fashions.

Re: Plus size models

sylviahomeatlast — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 04:29:17 GMT

I SO don't understand these complaints---no one is shaped EXACTLY like me---skinny is skinny and fat is fat