CyberChic January 5, 2001
Vol. III, No. 1
In this issue:
~All about fit
~Back to basics
~Gab: Do plus-size magazines help women?
*All
about fit
Waistbands that pinch, button-front tops that gap, sleeves that hang to the knuckles.
Sound familiar? Almost every woman complains about how difficult it is to find clothes to
fit. Discover why they don't (it's not just your body!), what types of special sizes there
are and how to take your own measurements.
*Back to basics
Start off the new year right by reviewing fashion basics. Here are the links that can get
your style in shape:
1.The How-To Index (Dress slimmer,
Makeover your man, Shop in a ritzy store and much more
2. Fashion FAQs (Navy with black? Hose with
sandals?)
3. Five style blunders (and
how to fix them)
Gab: Do plus-size magazines
help women?
"We're a long way from true size acceptance here in the U.S....If it weren't for BBW,
Mode and other publications for women like me, I probably wouldn't look as good or hold my
head up nearly as high as I do." -- PAMELA
WIGGINS
"These magazines...make a lot of claims about normalizing advertising images and bringing reality back to fashion...Sometimes it seems as though they're protesting too much...They seem defiant and separatist rather than part of a true movement to make normal women a normal feature of every fashion magazine." -- CAMERONM2
Dig deeper into the issue of body image and how the media and culture influence it: Women's Issues Guide Karen J Gould shows you the way.
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Here's to looking great!
Cynthia Nellis
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