China Blossoms Shanghai star urges designers to make clothes for ‘normal’ people not just skinny ones, says it is not logical
- Wang Ju tries on dresses, cannot do up zips, feels uncomfortable, fed-up
- Star says people come in all sizes, slams designers, reignites weight debate
A star of China’s hit TV series, Blossoms Shanghai, has called on fashion designers to produce more “normal size” clothes, bucking the skinny stereotype in show business.
Wang Ju, 31, complained that she could not fit into the dresses allocated to her for a fashion event.
In a video clip on Weibo on January 22, Wang revealed that she had tried on about seven ball gowns and could not zip most of them up, and those she managed to squeeze into were unbearably uncomfortable, Bailu Video reported.
“I could not fit into any of them. OK, I will accept this is my fate,” the star said.
“Logically, clothes are made to be worn by people. We have different body shapes, so that should be the priority when they are being designed. When you cannot fit into those beautiful dresses it’s like being gaslighted. It does not make sense,” she said.
Wang said it is not just a problem for her but for many other actresses.