“See me as your wonderful, beautiful daughter and leave my struggles with weight for me to deal with when I’m older”
Kudos to Miriam (Pascal) Cohen for her courage in highlighting issues related to weight. I’d like to bring up another issue, definitely related to the subject at hand. For many years I’ve noticed that the sizing of clothing offered by Jewish-owned companies totally differs from the sizing of non-Jewish companies. Our garments are sized much smaller!
I recently went shopping and wasn’t happy that I had to buy two sizes larger than what I normally wear. I tried on several items just to make sure that it wasn’t just that initial item that was sized incorrectly. I was upset and felt badly about myself. And I’m an adult. I’m into fitness. I eat relatively healthy. The fact that I couldn’t fit into my normal size disturbed me.
It’s amazing that we’ve come so far and now have creative members of our frum community with their own lines of tzniyus clothing. But the fact of the matter is, the sizing is off, and it’s causing angst and distress among adult women, teenagers, and young girls.
While shopping recently, I overheard a young girl in the dressing room next to mine sobbing hysterically to her mother that she was embarrassed to buy a T-shirt that was size 2XL. Only after the mother reassured her that she would remove the tag did the girl agree to this purchase.
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