Just emailed to Marie Claire dot com
"OK, here's a question: I just read your article "Flatter your figure, dresses for every size and shape". It only listed sizes 2 though 14. How is that "every"? The *average* North American woman wears a size 16. Average. That means half are larger. So, 2-14 isn't "every", is it? It's more "Flatter your figure, dresses for people who fit our notions of pretty, the rest of you lot aren't worthy of our notice". Hmm?
My skinny seven year old son can wear the XL of most designers lines. In a jacket or a shirt. It fits him in the chest, shoulders, sleeve and waist. A seven year old boy fits a "womens XL". How sick is that? And I mean the sizing.
I am an attractive professional woman with a healthy income and an interest in fashion. I'd happily spend money for high quality clothing. If I could find it. I wear silk, wool, linen, cotton, ramie, rayon, cashmere. I do not wear polyester or nylon or other man made fibers. There is a very lucrative market for women of *average* size and above. "