{"id":1472,"date":"2019-02-04T14:02:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T14:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/fashion\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2019-02-25T11:47:06","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T11:47:06","slug":"no-wonder-girls-have-such-body-insecurities-fashion-retailer-slammed-for-their-sizings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/fashion\/2019\/02\/04\/no-wonder-girls-have-such-body-insecurities-fashion-retailer-slammed-for-their-sizings\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;No wonder girls have such body insecurities&#8221;: fashion retailer slammed for their sizings."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fashion retailer, Boohoo, has not had the best reputation lately with selling a item containing animal fur but they are under fire again as they labelled a UK size large as an size 8. Many online shoppers have taken their anger to twitter to say how the brand is misleading its customers with unrealistics sizing information.<\/p>\n<p>In a description of one of their products the brand wrote\u00a0\u00a0&#8216;L is a size 8, M is a size 6 and S is a size 4&#8217;,\u00a0 it left many angry and disgusted that there was no size for any size above a size 8.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">i beg your pardon <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boohoo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@boohoo<\/a> since when was a size 8 a large&#8230;.. sort it out <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nfEqVP32JB\">pic.twitter.com\/nfEqVP32JB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 katie (@kaatiecassidy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaatiecassidy\/status\/1079142917644738565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Many said Boohoo&#8217;s &#8220;sizing is horrendous&#8221;. With one shopper saying\u00a0&#8220;I really don&#8217;t know where they get there sizes from. I&#8217;m a size 8 and their size 8 would fit a 10 year old.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time the brand has received criticism for their sizing. Over a long period of time they have been under fire for their &#8220;plus sized&#8221; models who are far from plus sized and are slim.\u00a0 This has received so much criticism as for many girls looking at the website may think they are plus sized by comparing to the photo but are not. This is also bad for the models as they are being put it plus sized clothes when they are not and it could affect mental health. One shopper took to twitter to say\u00a0&#8220;no wonder girls have such body insecurities&#8221; when they are using slim models for plus sized.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How is this girl considered &#8216;plus size&#8217; on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boohoo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@boohoo<\/a>? Genuinely can&#8217;t get my head around that \ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qRxqrcl3bw\">pic.twitter.com\/qRxqrcl3bw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Samantha (@Sammie312x) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sammie312x\/status\/1091768670127382528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Madness how this model has been used as a \u2018plus\u2019 size model \ud83e\udd14 No wonder girls have such body insecurities if this is in anyway considered plus!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boohoo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@boohoo<\/a> \ud83d\ude21\ud83d\ude44 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d84Ec7mmQF\">pic.twitter.com\/d84Ec7mmQF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jess Higgins (@JebzHigg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JebzHigg\/status\/1091336228581056513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PLUS SIZE????? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boohoo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@boohoo<\/a> it is disgusting and damaging that you would consider this \u201cplus size\u201d this is literally why women struggle with body confidence, because we have huge companies like this advertising this beautiful woman as \u201cplus\u201d \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2640\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VrIlBRImjF\">pic.twitter.com\/VrIlBRImjF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hayley (@hayleymolyneaux) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hayleymolyneaux\/status\/1092031880038371328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fashion retailer, Boohoo, has not had the best reputation lately with selling a item containing animal fur but they are under fire again as they labelled a UK size large as an size 8. 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