2 Clothing makes the Woman
How can one be a size
zero? Does that mean you don’t exist? Are you just a wisp in someone’s
imagination? Young girls are being given the wrong message. Although there
seems to be a movement towards not using rail thin models in magazines and on
the runways, walking into a clothing store to buy an outfit you are bombarded
by clothing listed as size zero. Ms. Barron said “She was
showing me what was really special and what she wanted me to have.”
The West, however, has
become a culture of fast food. Childhood obesity has reached new heights
throughout the United States and Canada. Children regularly have a meal from McDonald, Wendy or Pizza Hut. So why the size zero? Why is going to wear it?
Designers and
manufacturers have cleverly changed sizing to accommodate this new trend. How
many of you want to buy a size 16, 18, or 20? Of course, the answer is no one.
However what was once a size 12 is now called a size 10 and you realize you no
longer wear a size 12 but instead a size 10 does this not make you feel good? But Jeannette Montgomery
Barron's "My Mother's Clothes,"
Companies have
cleverly entered our psyche in order to fool us into thinking we are smaller
than we actually are. Of course, no one truly is a size zero in a world based
on reality. However, our dreams and that which we try to make our lifestyle are
not based on reality. It’s based on television, magazines, and fantasy. So we
buy into that fantasy and pick up the size zero and happily jaunt to the cash
register.
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