In the modern world of contemporary art and space-age transportation and personal computers and technologies so complex, we are able to recreate miniature black-holes. Compared to that, it would seem that the human mind is just another frontier left to conquer. Like Caesar marching north through Gaul, scientist have marched north and attempted to conquer the deep recesses of the mind.
Scientists and psychologists have found ways to convince the unprotected mind of almost anything. From subliminal persuasion to using sex in messages, advertisers can sway public opinion, change fast impressions and alter the consumer's desires as effortlessly as turning on a light bulb. With this knowledge they moved plus size clothing out of the mainstream and replaced it.
Plussize clothing was the anchor that women of voluptuous curves hung on to to accentuate their beauty. But with the tide of opinion moving toward the Size 6s it was hard for a larger women to not be convinced she needed to go a size smaller. One thing holds true in apparel, the proper size of clothing, when well tailored makes the person look elegant. Even a pale, cadaverous frames look alive and well when dressed in eloquently designed clothes, so to, the same applies to plus size clothing.
However, with more an more people trying to down size their dress size, the plus size designers did not find the profit in producing countless styles and colors and so began the slippery slope journey to oblivion for plus size clothing. A simple decision to target women's psyche because it was common knowledge that it was easier to part money from a women than from a man. Combine that with the fact that women, predominantly, are more sensitive to their appearance and what results is a combustible cocktail with the power to move the mind.
As the mind goes, so do the hands. People are easily manipulated into action once the mind has been convinced of something. In this case the world's mind was convinced that being skeletal was best. The day of the curvy goddess was in the rear view mirror and fading fast and plus size clothing with her. Anchises would be so disappointed with the turn of events since the the love of his life, Aphrodite was most certainly curvy. After all she was the Greek goddess of love and beauty. If she adorned plus size clothing, who are we to differ?
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