How small do I have to be?
With this kind of topic, I know this blog post will turn into a rant. Honestly, how can Michael Jeffries think like this? I should explain who this Mr. Jeffries is. Well, he is the CEO of a store called Abercrombie and Fitch, the store who everyone knows as the 'petite' store. They haven't sold clothes sized larger than an XL. Anyways, this guy says that he doesn't want to sell clothes that big because he doesn't want over-sized people shop at his stores and just the kids who are 'cool' and has a lot of friends. Since when was XL over-sized?
1. First of all, no one is ever not-cool enough to shop at a store. Everyone is beautiful and a store like Abercrombie and Fitch shouldn't be telling people that if they're not lower than an XL that you're not skinny enough for the store. I am frustrated at Mike Jeffries because there are a lot of teenagers who already goes through the insecurity stages of their life and they don't need a CEO of a store to put them down even more. He's so inconsiderate to me because of how many teenagers he probably brought down. Honestly, he's just going to lose costumers because he made himself look bad. Everyone is beautiful in their own way and no one should tell them they're not.
2. Every store should sell clothes in every size. I think they should all sell all up to an XXL. No one should be able to say, "I can't go to that store because they don't have anything in my size." It's such a put down to know that you might be too big to wear clothes from a store. I think its so unfair to target a particular group of teens. Especially choosing to target those who are 'cool' instead of those who already don't feel good about themselves. Everyone should feel good about their body and a store shouldn't make them feel like they're not. It is so unfair to only sell to a particular group because they're discriminating all the rest.
3. In our society today, teens already go through depression and anxiety because they are put down from everyone around them. The media is a big influence on this; they show too many pictures of women and men's bodies that can never be achieved by a normal teenager because they Photoshop every picture they advertise. What I'm trying to say is that the beauty they show is how the body looks like and that's not at all what beauty is about. Beauty is found inside the heart not on the appearance of a person. Now Abercrombie and Fitch is contributing to what the society already perceives the world. I just find it so stupidly annoying that people think they're not beautiful anymore because they look down on themselves.
Here are 3 questions that will expand my thoughts on the previous paragraph.
1. How do you feel about Michael Jeffries’ view on who should wear Abercrombie and Fitch’s clothing?
2. Is it fair/equitable to target a particular group of teens? Why or why not?
3. How does this contribute to our already biased perception of what beauty is?
2. Every store should sell clothes in every size. I think they should all sell all up to an XXL. No one should be able to say, "I can't go to that store because they don't have anything in my size." It's such a put down to know that you might be too big to wear clothes from a store. I think its so unfair to target a particular group of teens. Especially choosing to target those who are 'cool' instead of those who already don't feel good about themselves. Everyone should feel good about their body and a store shouldn't make them feel like they're not. It is so unfair to only sell to a particular group because they're discriminating all the rest.
3. In our society today, teens already go through depression and anxiety because they are put down from everyone around them. The media is a big influence on this; they show too many pictures of women and men's bodies that can never be achieved by a normal teenager because they Photoshop every picture they advertise. What I'm trying to say is that the beauty they show is how the body looks like and that's not at all what beauty is about. Beauty is found inside the heart not on the appearance of a person. Now Abercrombie and Fitch is contributing to what the society already perceives the world. I just find it so stupidly annoying that people think they're not beautiful anymore because they look down on themselves.
And remember to always feel beautiful because you are. Even Fat Amy feels good about her body. Stay beautiful!
I agree with what you said about Ambercrombie and Fitch's choice. I sort of find it ironic at what Mike Jefferies says because he doesn't exactly fit his company's version of "beauty" either so I sort of find that what he said to be sort of hypocritical.
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