Of all these shows I only watch Chopped and Project Runway, but like, c’mon, do some basic research. I joke with my husband that I should become a Chopped coach- learn to use an ice cream machine BEFORE you get there and do not use truffle oil or raw red onions! 

I do have to say though that on this show they’re not working from patterns and having to make adjustments. They take the measurements straight off the models body and cut exactly to those. It’s more a matter of knowing what to measure to make sure it fits than in making the adjustments to an existing piece. 

That’s actually pretty similar to how food photography works! :)

Except most people have a backstory that goes, “I am a super fan and I tried out for 17 years before I got to be on Survivior. No, I cannot swim.” They have years to prepare.

Project Runway has a good track record, it’s not like many designers are household names in general. 

The model and I have pretty similar body types, which might be plus size for fashion, but is fairly average if your tall (5'10"+). I wear bold prints and colors all the time and it works because the cut of the clothing is flattering. Nadine shouldn’t blame her poor design choices on the model she’s dressing.

I think they went too far in the opposite direction from plus-size clothes being frumpy and matronly to...whatever the hell glitter zebra print is supposed to represent.

What Nadine said was so gross. I would have started crying if I were that model. And she’s a fukken model!!! She’s beautiful and just happens to have a body that isn’t a size 2. This isn’t like she was given an alien with three arms and sixteen legs. She got a woman with breasts, hips, and a butt.

And! Nadine KNEW she was getting a plus-sized model BEFORE she went to Mood and bought her fabrics. Sure, she did all her sketching before she knew, but you can always rework a design in your head if you realize the silhouette won’t suit the client.

I don’t do animal print (I don’t really like prints at all but animal print just skeeves me out). I shop so much from Universal Standard because it’s almost entirely dark neutrals, some jewel tones, and just classic, well-fitting garments for plus-size women. I love everything about their advertising and the models…

Unless I am insane, on the newest season of Queer Eye, Tan says that the thing about how larger folks shouldn’t wear horizontal stripes is not a thing. I can, however, vouch that small people should not wear certain prints full-body, lest they want to look like they are being eaten by said print. 

Particularly because the show has made an concerted effort to steer the designers toward more diverse projects and challenges that REFLECT the realities of the fashion world. So while they still do high fashion and editorial challenges, they’re also asked to do things that could be ready to wear right now, with some…

As a fat woman I know people are going to judge me no matter what I wear so I’ve just started to wear what I want. Bold prints are awesome. 

Number two is why the whole “plus sized” conversation pisses me off. We always seem to be talking about women who are size 14-16. This is the average size of women in America, and should be referred to as such. Throw this bs term out.

That always gets me. Just think about what YOU would like to wear JESUS!

just wanted to give kudos for “camouflage if you’re going on safari in some Lisa Frank alternate universe,” which is a wonderfully worded description.

Right, but from what I see, the designer herself is no size 0. So what the hell?

It’s one thing to have anxiety about not having experience designing for plus-sized women, it’s another thing entirely to have an openly contemptuous attitude about it. Nadine needed to go home based on her attitude alone.

1. That outfit is fucking hideous and would look awful on anyone.

You can't call yourself a fashion designer when you can't actually design.