加大號(hào)身材，加大倍樂(lè)趣

Claire Chattermonkey： I’ve been interested in fashion， probably since the release of Sex and the City. And just remember watching how much fun the four women in that show had with fashion. A friend of mine always 1）complimented me on what I wore， and she was， like， “Oh， you always look really good，” and “It’s really good how you’ve obviously got limited selection being…being fat. How do you manage to look so good？” And I took it as a compliment. It didn’t really sound like a compliment.

I think， “Well， I wonder if there are plus-size bloggers out there，” so I started having a look， and I set myself a challenge， and thought， “Right， 10 days， 10 dresses， take a picture of me every day， and I’ll put that up on my blog.”And it started from there really.

The biggest thing， as someone my size， that I found is， not many stores cater for me， and I’ve had to be quite creative in what I want to wear.

Plus-size blogging has been growing massively. When I first started there was maybe 20 of us. There must be hundreds of plus-size bloggers now， and brands have realized that there was a real market for them to reach out to the bloggers， and… and use them as…as a guide， and that’s really what brands have tapped into.

Woman A： We’re quite an outspoken group， and I think we’re quite sure of what we want， and I think， yeah， some brands have really responded well.

Woman B： I tend to like kind of， quite simple， 2）minimalistic things， and it’s an absolute nightmare to get things like tailored kind of trousers that are slim， whereas， when you’re non-plus-sized， that’s easy.

Claire： We’re a cheap alternative to advertisement. We’re giving what a lot of people shout for. We’re not plus-size models. Plus-size models are often size 14， 16， and that body looks very different to someone who’s size 24， 26. So， when you see someone who’s a size 26 wearing an outfit， you get a better idea of how you’re going to fit into that.

I’ve always been the biggest of all of my friends， and that’s been a really positive thing about moving into plus-size blogging is that I’ve met people who’re the same size as me. It’s a really nice feeling.

克萊爾·查特蒙其：大約從《欲望都市》播出開(kāi)始，我就對(duì)時(shí)裝發(fā)生了興趣。我還記得當(dāng)時(shí)看到時(shí)裝給劇中的四個(gè)女人帶來(lái)了如此多的快樂(lè)。我的一個(gè)朋友總是稱贊我的穿著，她會(huì)說(shuō)：“噢，你總是穿得很好看，”又說(shuō)：“真的好看，你這么……這么胖，顯然選擇很有限，你是怎樣穿得這么好看的？”我將這些話看作恭維，盡管那聽(tīng)起來(lái)真不像是好話。

我想：“啊，在網(wǎng)上是否有穿加大號(hào)的人在寫(xiě)博客呢？”于是，我開(kāi)始留意，然后向自己挑戰(zhàn)，作出了一個(gè)決定：“10天，10套服裝，每日拍一張照片，將它們放到我的博客上去?！蔽揖褪悄菢娱_(kāi)始行動(dòng)起來(lái)的。

我發(fā)現(xiàn)，身材像我一樣的人面臨的最大問(wèn)題是，沒(méi)有多少服裝商店可以滿足我的需求，我一直要?jiǎng)e出心裁地為自己的穿著想辦法。

加大號(hào)博客一直大批增長(zhǎng)著。剛開(kāi)始的時(shí)候，我們大概只有20人，現(xiàn)在，已有數(shù)百名加大號(hào)的博主加入。各服裝品牌生產(chǎn)商已經(jīng)意識(shí)到，通過(guò)與這些博主建立聯(lián)系可以開(kāi)發(fā)一個(gè)實(shí)實(shí)在在的市場(chǎng)，還可用這些人的需求作為市場(chǎng)導(dǎo)向。這是品牌廠家真正得以開(kāi)發(fā)利用的資源。

女士甲：我們是一群直言不諱的人，并且我認(rèn)為我們很清楚自己想要什么，我覺(jué)得，一些品牌已經(jīng)有了好的市場(chǎng)回應(yīng)。

女士乙：我傾向于喜歡那種比較簡(jiǎn)單、簡(jiǎn)約的東西，但如果找到的是一些裁剪得體的衣服，比如細(xì)長(zhǎng)的褲子，那絕對(duì)是一個(gè)惡夢(mèng)。當(dāng)然，如果你不是加大號(hào)的身材，那事情就容易得多了。

克萊爾：與廣告比起來(lái)，我們是更經(jīng)濟(jì)實(shí)惠的選擇，我們給許多有迫切需要的人提供了幫助。我們不是加大號(hào)模特兒，加大號(hào)模特兒通常穿的是14、16碼服裝，這個(gè)尺碼的身材與穿24、26碼的人看上去非常不同。所以，如果你見(jiàn)到26碼身材的人穿著一套服裝，你會(huì)對(duì)自己穿上這身衣服是個(gè)什么樣子更加心中有數(shù)。

一直以來(lái)，我在所有朋友中都是身形最大的，進(jìn)入加大號(hào)博客群后，一個(gè)好處是我遇到了與我一樣身材的人。這種感覺(jué)真好。