To think this isn’t fat shaming?

[RedCandyApple]

I was reading this about a woman’s dress that apparently “fell to pieces” on a night out says she was fat shamed when she complained to the company and they told her she should have “sized up” aibu to think this is not fat shaming?

www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/woman-fumes-75-dress-falls-25880168?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=star_main&fbclid=IwAR2ECpS7prl2UptnYVPQaLDXdVw2NeREDtMx6X1SuVn_kNL97lZx4IJQTSw

I'm a 10 on top and she is much bigger than me, I'd say a 14.

Publicity seeking, much ?

@CombatBarbie

The article I read on this showed the original modelled dress, it's supposed to be worn loose.... Presumably to stop it breaking. Def not fat shaming, she wanted it to be like a bodycon dress and that's what the company told her.

Yeah people saying she deserves a refund haven't seen the original dress. Also it's still on sale.. sorelleuk.com/collections/dresses/products/zara-chainmail-dress-red

Honestly every teenage girl has probably done something silly resulting in a wardrobe faux pas .. but paying more than £50 for the privilege??

People don't wear flimsy things to clubs, things with large holes cut out yes but not downright flimsy. At least not after the first time anyway... given how physical it is ;)

Never mind the fat shaming/lack of fat shaming. How the hell was that piece of tat £75.00 😳

Actually, the girl fat shamed other people.

The company told her she should have gone up a size and she said "do I look fat to you?" As if anyone buying the large size must be fat.

So someone did do some fat shaming... But not the company!

This happened in Liverpool and the lack of coat is entirely believable. You don't feel the cold so much when you are young and full of booze.

She is far from fat but the dress was made to hang not cling so a bit of responsibility on both sides I think.

@Clymene

I tell you what is fat shaming. All the women coming in here telling her that she's fat.

What a disgusting thread

I don't believe anyone has said she's fat. People have said she isn't a size 10/12. Unless you think anything over that size is fat?!

Exactly people saying we are saying she’s fat because she looks bigger just shows that that’s what they think it’s fat, anything above a size 12 meanwhile having a go at other people claiming we’ve said she’s fat?! No she just said she looks bigger than that size. That doesn’t mean she’s fat!

@bcc89

Actually, the girl fat shamed other people.

The company told her she should have gone up a size and she said "do I look fat to you?" As if anyone buying the large size must be fat.

So someone did do some fat shaming... But not the company!

Exactly, like the people on here saying we are calling her fat because we said she looks bigger?! So anything above a size 12 is fat they are basically saying as no one has said she’s fat and I’m bigger than a size 12!

@bcc89

Actually, the girl fat shamed other people.

The company told her she should have gone up a size and she said "do I look fat to you?" As if anyone buying the large size must be fat.

So someone did do some fat shaming... But not the company!

I don’t think you understand what fat shaming is

It's fat shaming even if she's not fat. Ridiculous tack to take by a retailer that wants to sell merch.

In fact, reading more of the replies here, There is a few posters here who don’t know what fat shaming is

She was shoehorned into a dress that was too small. That doesn't mean she was fat. It just means her dress needed to be bigger. She got her refund after applying a bit of pressure, then decided to make something out of nothing by going to the Daily Star. She's a plonker.

I don't really give a shit about the dress but why the hell are you sharing this article from such a disgusting paper?

TBF when I was younger going out in central London, I never wore a coat.

It’s a pain to carry it, watch it so it doesn’t get stolen, have beer spilt on it so it stinks at work on Monday (I only had one coat when younger and poor), queue to put it in the cloakroom and collect……. As said above, I just drank loads which warmed me up, then got a cab home.
And no London bar tender would have ‘loaned’ their jacket to a clubber - they aren’t earning much and need it to get home themselves! They’d never see it again.

No matter how tight a dress is it surely shouldn't just fall apart!

@ChargingBuck

Publicity-seeking bullshit.

The young woman & her friend expect everyone to believe that they went out in December in just their clubwear, with no coats? Or any friends/staff who could lend a coat? Or money for a cab home?

I call hogwash.

I’ve seen plenty of people in Newcastle I’m free I g temperatures with no cost. I like to keep warm but people definitely do this.

It probably ripped as it wasn’t meant to stretch,
Like someone said it’s not a body con tight dress it’s meant to hang / be baggy

I can’t believe that dress costs £75. Shoddy merchandise indeed.
How does a medium not fit someone who is size 10/12?!

@Westfacing

No matter how tight a dress is it surely shouldn't just fall apart!

Exactly! It doesn’t look that tight.

It looks like a too to me but it’s not so bad it should have ripped if it’s made well.

@ChargingBuck

Publicity-seeking bullshit.

The young woman & her friend expect everyone to believe that they went out in December in just their clubwear, with no coats? Or any friends/staff who could lend a coat? Or money for a cab home?

I call hogwash.

🤣🤣🤣 You’re not Northern are you! Totally normal to go out in deepest darkest winter with no coat.

@HikingforScenery

I can’t believe that dress costs £75. Shoddy merchandise indeed. How does a medium not fit someone who is size 10/12?!

It doesn't look like she is a 10/12 to me. Maybe she normally wears stretchy clothing?

Like I said when I was a size 12 it’s usually labelled as large so if I was 10-12 I would get large rather than medium , unless I was 8-10 then medium, I think a lot of people don’t like buying things labelled large though

There is no way she is a 10/12 (incidentally, sizes generally based on a 'white woman' model which rarely, if ever, fit women of BAME origin).

This isn't fat-shaming, it's just 'young woman growing up in a white patriarchal society who sadly needs to learn who to buy from'.

The dress was too tight for her, if you look at the photo in this article it's supposed to be a loose, draped cowl fit at the back, which it isn't on the woman.
She also says in her message she wears a medium and it said to size up so she bought a large however the dress doesn't come in a large size so she didn't size up as suggested.