KJ Elizabeth

It’s been reported that Australian fashion designers have criticised the Prime Minster’s wife, Therese Rein, for her apparent poor fashion sense. It’s unfortunate that in this day and age the number one thing an accomplished and high profile woman is criticised for is her clothes. It’s alright for the blokes, all they have to do is whack on a boring suit and their set. While it might be true that sometimes Ms Rein looks like she just stepped out of the 80s, the beef I’d like to make is with the fashion designers who have made these criticisms.

NOTE TO FASHION DESIGNERS - If you bothered to make clothing for women like Therese who are on the voluptuous side, perhaps they would wear them. How dare you exclude full-figured women from your range of clothes sizes and then criticise them when they wear other clothing that you don’t approve of. I can’t imagine that stylish formal business clothes in plus sizes are in ample supply. Many “larger” women would love to be better dressed, but the only fashion readily able to them is god awful. What is the purpose of airing these trivial criticisms in public anyway? If it’s that much of a problem, would it be too much for someone to pull her aside and have a quiet word?

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