Meet the stylish influencers who wear their ‘big’ tag with pride and are making body positivity an accepted reality, one post at a time
#PlusSizeAndProud, #BigIsBeautiful, #FightBodyShaming… How many of these hashtags have you used? Body positivity as a movement has been going through various changes all over the world, but in India especially, the idea of “thin is in” is changing, particularly in the fashion industry. Multiple homegrown brands and online portals are launching lines for the bigger bodied, which is not just about providing clothes in bigger sizes, but clothes in bigger sizes that have a good fit.
“A neighbour once thought I was pregnant... I said ‘Yes I am pregnant, I have a food baby inside!’”
“...Plus size is often associated with being unfit. but what about someone who isn’t big? Are you sure they’re fit!?”
“We have plus- size athletes, and they are just as fit as non plus-size people”
“I’ve seen plus- size men cry [including me] because we’re big but we’re not allowed to feel bad about it or cry, right?”
“My grandma altered my clothes because I love high slits!”
“Being body positive means someone who is okay with their body at any size: Big, small, scarred disfigured, differently-abled, whatever!”
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