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From: jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: The "Weight" Problem
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Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 09:04:04 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 23 09:04:04 1985
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jj (J.J.) @ alice.UUCP (New Jersey State Farm for the Terminally Bewildered*),
writing about women's clothing, says:

>  Due to the lack of change of pattern/(in a shoe it would be
>  called "last") the person in size 12 clothing LOOKS FAT,
>  regardless of whether she is fat, slightly pudgy, or actually
>  skinny (relative to the "best" body weight).

Why would clothing that doesn't fit make someone look fat?  Wouldn't it just
look like they are wearing baggy clothing, or that their clothing won't stay
on?  I can sympathize with this problem, inasmuch as I am thinner (at a
skeletal level) than most people of comparable height, and thus have
trouble finding clothing that fits; but the result is that it won't stay on
properly, or looks baggy.

I would suggest that the perception that it looks ``fat'' is in the eye of
the observer.


* I sincerely hope this is not a trademark of AT&T, but it came right out
of the parent article, honest.
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