Where are the plus size models? The headline reads "Expert says plus-size women make a
mistake by trying to hide under bulky
styles. Another cut is more flattering", but only skinny models are pictured in the article. Misleading to say the least!

isn't this nice.
Give us tips to look slim on already skinny models.
Nice AOL.

FAIL.

It isn't just skinny models in the pictures...rather they are more like toothpicks or bean poles. The middle one at the top of the article is rather anorexic looking. Why do designers think this looks good. They all look ugly. I feel sorry for those models. They are probably always hungry, and so always irritable. What a terrible life to live.

And I would also like to know where the plus sized model is? Of course designers call normal sizes plus size. Obviously they cannot design for normal women. Or they think they can't afford the fabric. Hmm, I think they don't have the talent. Well, I for one do not care about the fashion rules. I will wear what I want to wear and not worry about what others think. As long as I like it, and it is comfortable...that is all that counts in my book.

someone needs to feed these models

Well, I imagine that if I were skeletal like the models in this article, none of this would be an issue, now would it? Jeeeeze, ladies.....eat a freakin' salad! And skip the links to condescending articles from now on, okay AOL?

Dress slimmer that cracks me up. You are not fooling anyone but self. Here is the key to the appearance of being balanced from head to toe. A nice line. The reason certain clothes appear to slim. You have material from head to toe. The second you break that line the illusion is shattered. Most shorts cut off mid thigh which breaks the line with skin. Try this. A tanner is a must if you are going to wear shorts and are a fuller figured woman. In most cases if done right it is very slimming. Same effect as panty hose. Fitted shorts. Stay away from lots of pleats, hip huggers. Think Capri's. With a light weight material. The reason you do not see plus size models in this article is simple. Shorts do not hide anything they expose. It is like thinking you will find a slimming bathing suit. Sure about 1/8-1/4 yard of material will slim you. Anyone want to buy a bridge?

I don't see that most of America is plus-sized. I was thin-normal wieght most of my life and now I am a size 20-22. I live in a state where we are supposed to be the 4th fattest. I still don't see it.

If this were true why can't I find decent plus sized clothing?


Why are so many who look good, who are normal sized women, being told they are plus size? Unless, it is that I am not looking at people from the undersized view of the modeling world.

Being that I went from thin-normal size all my life, I now appreciate how good I looked when I thought I was soooo fat. All you women out there stop looking at the size and the number. This is destructive. Sizes mean different things on different women, tall or short. Bone structure and density make a difference.


If what you see looks good, don't worry about the size. I wish I did this 80 pds. ago when I thought I was fat because statistics told me I was. No one else told me I was fat. I look back now and wow, did I look good. I know it is hard to know if you look good. We are so hard on ourselves. Ask someone else, someone you trust not to be a fanatic but who will be honest with you, ask them to tell you if you look good. I would make a bet most of us would be told we do.

It is a fact, when you feel better about yourself, you eat better, you excersize more. The plus side is, when you feel better about yourself and stop comparing yourself to others, you more naturally stay at a healthier wieght.

Numbers and sizes keep women from loving who they are. And this keeps most of us eating from depression over the numbers, which in turn adds more wieght, which in turn is harder to get off.

Throw away the scales, stop looking at the numbers and the models. Forget about sizes. They are anorexic to begin with to keep off the pds. photography adds.

Eat healthy, excersize and you will look good.

Come on!! Give us a brake!! Not one of these pictures shows a girl in need of any help looking slim! Get real! If you want to help those of us in need of some TLC, show me, an ' adult women' of 60, (and please, a 'mature women' is over 75 and a 'senior woman' is over 80!! ) over 150 lbs how to look slimmer and then you would be doing something!! The statments about 'age' & 'plus-size' are not addressing the fact that today's shorts are not made for us, so we do the best we can with what we are given!! Big & sloppy discribes size 16 or 1X, I say just give me a size 12's colors, prints and styles, just made larger!! None of us need big scooped necked tops or 'fat' pants! We WOMEN are in controll of a lot of money and will spend it to make ourselves look GOOD! And will you all please realize that we still like to be told we look good, even if not like we did at 25, but hubby, do you?

How to Look Slim in Shorts? Is that what the article was about? I read it and said, "The headline should read, How to look sick in shorts." Now one of these women even look healthy. PLEASE. This is nauseating.

WOW ,your article is misleading! Also, you mention about fabric, why don't you give some designer examples for plus size instead of "structured fabric"; tailored, etc! Very sparse information and no help at all to me.In fact this has discouraged me from purchasing shorts.

Good Girls! You get a french fry. To share. We have to watch it or you won't get

any more fat lady jobs.

To "look slim" you need to eat less, therefore losing weight. Also, wear shorts that sit AT the waist, which will accentuate it, as opposed to the low-waist, which enhancees love handles!

Woman, I hope you all notice that the girls (not woman) they show in the photo's are all just so skinny that a light breeze will blow them over. Do you really think that is you dress this way you will look the same? Come-on, how about a little truth in advertising here.

Impossible to fit the USA women into any style of shorts, a fat is a fat is a fat.

I don't think they can look good in everything they put on at all. That last one especially, her hip bones are protruding through her shorts like elbows and the joints of her elbows and knees look like swollen baseballs in comparison to her twig-like arms and legs. To me, that's just not attractive no matter what clothing they're wearing.