Plus-size clothing

Plus-size clothing is clothing proportioned specifically for people above the average clothing size.[1] The application of the term varies from country to country, and according to which industry the person is involved in.[nb 1]

According to PLUS Model magazine, "In the fashion industry, plus size is identified as sizes 18 and over, or sizes 1X-6X and extended size as 7X and up".[2] The article continues "Susan Barone [...] shared, 'Plus sizes are sizes 14W – 24W. Super sizes and extended sizes are used interchangeably for sizes 26W and above. Sometimes the size 26W is included in plus size'."[2]

Such clothing has also been called outsize in Britain, a term that has been losing favor. One example of this is the renaming of "Evans Outsize" to simply "Evans",[4] as well as losing their advertising slogan "Evans – The Outsize Shop", which also featured on their clothing labels. A related term for men's plus-size clothing is big and tall (a phrase also used as a trademark in some countries).[5]

  1. ^ "plus-size". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  2. ^ a b c "Size Specific… What Sizes are Considered 'Plus Size'?". PLUS Model Magazine. 2007-01-12. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013.
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  4. ^ Richard Best (2013-06-11). "From outsize to downsize... Evans to shut up shop". The West Briton. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014. While Evans, a store that started life all the way back in 1930 as Evans Outsize
  5. ^ "Benelux merk" [Benelux Trademark]. Benelux Office for Intellectual Property. Archived from the original on Jun 30, 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-20.


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