Plus Sized Clothing Next To Great Men

When Julius Caesar met his last wife, Calpurnia, he was captivated by her lines and her sensuality. She was not, as one today would call, a skinny woman. But, coming from a very wealthy and renowned Roman family, she had her own curves. Albeit that she was only sixteen at the time. She and many others of her stature, in those days, were voluptuous and would require plus sized clothing.

If one of the most powerful men on earth and across time, was attracted to someone in plus sized clothing, who are we to insinuate that curvy women are not appealing to the man's eye. After all, that seems to be the prevailing story to distract women from being as naturally voluptuous. If one has been introduced to Raman frescos, for example frescos showing Bacchian rites and other art depicting women of the era, you will notice, to no ambiguity, that these women are indeed larger and more shapely.

The peculiar thing about all this is that back in the great ages of art and beauty, the prevailing shape that captivated men, and women, was that of a well curved woman in plus sized clothing. Anything less was relegated to peasants and maids. Is it that we have naturally evolved to appreciate less. Does the 19th century Robert Browning  phrase, “less is more,” apply.  Hardly. “Less is more” is not about the weight of material, it refers to the complexity of design. Les complexity is preferable to more complexity. So when talking about a woman's curves and plus sized clothing, its the opposite, one would venture. Simply because to be natural and true to the original design is to remain with curves and fit in plus sized clothing. To relentlessly shun food and all that is delectable then slave away at the gym and use vacuum gadgets to remove the punds, that is the complexity Browning may refer to in his phrase.

When there was a brief respite in the false pretense that men preferred the skinny look, the industry came crashing in with more media advertising that resulted in an upswing of the the women thinking that men truly like Audrey Hepburn-esque qualities. Audrey Hepburn is not pretty because she is thin, Audrey is pretty because she is classy.  If that were so, how would it be possible that the singer of the most famous “Happy Birthday Song” to President Kennedy was a size 12. And what about Anna Nicole Smith – no doubt there that she was proud in her plus size clothing.