Plus size clothing hasbeen around for a long time, but almost always under the auspices of the term'plus size'. Though there's nothing too awfully wrong with this term, manywomen find it slightly offensive, and it's not difficult to see why. Though it'snot outrageously derogatory (as it would be if these clothes were called, say'fat size'), the term is certainly not a positive one and it is one that causesnegative feelings and takes away some of the joy that women usually feel intheir shopping endeavors.


It is quite natural that women enjoy going out and shopping for all kinds ofnew and beautiful things; perhaps women should not link their self-image andtheir happiness to how good they look in their clothing, but it's incontestablethat when a woman puts on a new outfit that she thinks she looks good in, herface radiates more of her natural beauty and happiness. Looking good in clothesis not just about the clothes being pretty and them fitting well; looking goodalso has a lot to do with how a woman feels in her clothes, and let's face it,it's not fun to be faced with a label that says 'plus size' every time one putsclothing on, takes it off, or puts it through the laundry.


There are many reasons for which the trend in naming bigger sized clothing'plus size'clothing is hanging. One reason is that terms tend to evolve toinclude more politically correct terms as the concept involves.


Many examples of thiscan be seen throughout history, most prominently with words that refer to race,ethnicity, and disease. Another reason that the term 'plus size' is beginningto be replaced is that many more women are finding themselves in this sizeclothing than ever before. Americans, and people across the globe to a certainextent, are growing and unfortunately, they are growing faster outwards thanupwards. This means that more and more women are wearing size 14 and above thanever before.


In addition, different manufacturers have different concepts of where thecut-off between 'regular size' and 'plus size' lies. What this means is thatsome companies place a size ten or a size twelve among their plus size lines.This does not help matters.


In an effort to combat this problem, some retailers are replacing thetraditional term with other terms that are less confrontational. For example,some manufacturers have two distinctions for women's clothing, such as 'Misses'sizes and 'Women's' sizes; this is one way to make the size distinction that ismore politically correct and just plain more attractive than the traditionaldistinctions. Other manufacturers use terms like 'Generous' to refer to theirlines of larger-sized clothing for women. Both of these options are currentlypreferred, and might even contribute to drumming up business for the companiesthat find nicer ways to refer to larger sizes of clothing.


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