Next to top name designers and department stores, plus-size clothing companies are among to hardest hit by the economic recession. Today, New York’s CBS aired a segment which pointed out that many stores are cutting back on the purchase of plus-size garments or eliminating them altogether, making shopping much harder and fashions sparse for plus-size shoppers. Blame it on the fact that plus-size clothes cost around 10% more to produce or the fact that demand isn’t as high, but plus-size women, as if it weren’t already hard enough to find well fitted, fashionable clothing, are going to have a hard time dressing themselves as the recession only gets worse. 

So, what next? Plus-size women taking the recession friendly route of starving themselves until they fit into the more abundant, smaller sizes? The plus-size modeling industry will undoubtedly suffer, and models, like America’s Next Top Model Whitney Thompson, will soon enough find themselves in the unemployment line. Basically: chaos…like this:

Jezebel!

If Daisy Lowe is considered “curvy,” then America’s Next Top Model cycle 10 winner, Whitney Thompson, despite her beautiful plus-size model body, is “morbidly obese.” 

Okay, so Lowe is the new face for Marc Jacob’s Marc by Marc Spring 2009 campaign. Rumor also has it that she snagged the DKNY campaign, to be shot by The Sartorialist photographer Scott Schuman. Jacobs calls her “adorable” and and Fashionologie says Lowe could bring about “the death of size zero.” Compliments? Yes. Patronizing compliments? You bet.

Whoever thinks Daisy Lowe is a “curvy” model really ought to have their eyes checked. Let us assess the situation: 

Height: 5′ 10″

Measurements: 32.5″ – 25.5″ – 35″

Lowe is an A-cup, with a tiny waist, the average model hip measurements and a typical model height. She isn’t curvy at all. If anything, Whitney Thompson should be considered curvy and NOT plus sized. And the media wonders why eating disorders are so popular these days.

Thanks Fashionologie.