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It’s Not Your Body, It’s the Towel.

Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith

CHAPTER

The Problem With Vanity Size

When we have sizing standards, they're all made up and back dates. There's certain brands where you're like, Oh, I know that's not going to fit me. And that's because their size standard is not made for your body or etc. Well, there's also something that's called vanity sizing. Basically, vanity sizing is when they take a size that's traditionally a larger fit and they put a smaller label on it. So with psychology, if you see the smaller size, you normally wear a bigger size When you go to their store, you wear the smaller size,. They're using essentially fat phobia to make you feel bad about yourself to shop at their store.

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