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Speaking to reporters she said, "I’m just a short, chubby girl. It’s hard for me to find a dress to wear to something like this! It’s a lot of pressure, I’ll tell ya. No designers are coming to me.”
Star of 'The Help' (2011), Octavia Spencer, struggled to find someone to dress her for the Golden Globes in 2012. She gave the press her thoughts on the matter.
She said, "I had my team hit out a lot of designers and a lot of them do not want to dress me because I’m too big." After the tweet multiple designers offered to dress her.
In 2021 Queen Bey is probably fielding dress offers left, right, and center. But when she was starting out with Destiny's Child in the early 2000s, the picture was very different.
She told PeopleStyle, "It makes you feel like you’re 'less than' when you only have four options and three of them are in black or blue. It’s really not fun."
The third Kardashian sister, Khloé, is another celeb who finds that she gets more interest from designers now that she has lost weight.
Back in 2010 Jennifer Hudson lost 80 lbs. She spoke to the Daily Mail shortly after losing the weight and described how different her experience with designers had become.
Afterward, the designer sent her white roses along with a note that said, "You looked beautiful last night." That seemed to stop the critics from talking.
"When you’re not ‘sample’ size, or when you don’t have a direct relationship with a designer, or if you don’t have a lot of notice, those types of size 6 dresses just aren’t that available that much."
In an interview she revealed, "I couldn’t find anybody to do a dress for me. I asked five or six designers—very high-level ones who make lots of dresses for people—and they all said no."
Speaking to Harper's Bazaar she said, "I definitely think the fashion industry, and people in general, look at me more now that I’ve lost weight."
Sources: (People) (Insider)
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Actress and comedian Melissa McCarthy, who also starred in 'Blockbusters' (2016), struggled to find someone to dress her for the Oscars one year.
In the end she wound up with a knock-out Christian Siriano dress for the event, after which she was quick to tweet, "Congrats aren't in order. A change is."
When Tom Ford refused to dress more than one celeb for the 2014 Golden Globes, 'Nashville' star Hayden Panettiere committed a crime on fashion and bought her own.
Actress Bryce Dallas Howard often buys her own dresses for events because of the lack of offers she receives. She has previously spoken publicly about the issue.
When a number of designers refused to dress star Leslie Jones for the premiere of 'Ghostbusters' (2016), she shamed them in a very public way.
Speaking of her difficulty finding a designer to dress her, she told Vogue in 2016: “I understand that it’s business, but still, it’s like, really?"
In January 2019 singer Bebe Rexha took to Twitter to voice her frustration at the fact that no one offered to dress her for the upcoming Grammys, even though she was a nominee.
Actress Danielle Brooks, who is best known for her role as Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson on 'Orange Is The New Black,' has spoken out about her lack of choice when it comes to the red carpet.
Actress Megan Mullally, who has spoken before about buying her own clothes for events, posted to Instagram in 2019 about the fact that no one offered her a dress for the SAG Awards.
She revealed, "Looks like I will be buying my dress online though, as per my usual, even though there is literally a 100 percent chance that I will be on camera, because I’M HOSTING IT. Designers do not send me dresses."
Plus-size model Ashley Graham has no qualms about calling out the fashion industry for its size discrimination. She even did so once live at the Oscars.
"Trying to find a dress for the Oscars—girls my size—I mean, it has been a whole job in itself. So I am happy tonight with my outfit." She was wearing a Bao Tranchi dress at the time.
In 2017, Rachel Bloom spent US$3,500 on a dress to wear to the Emmys. The actress and comedian didn't appear to mind too much, however, because it was within her price range.
In the words of the 'Saturday Night Live' cast member: "I am young and I am cool and I want to wear cool clothes! I don’t understand what the resistance is to it."
In her words, "The truth is, so many more opportunities open up when you’re on the other side, as I am now. I had no idea what I was missing out on. It’s like a whole other world."
In 2019 actress Aidy Bryant told PeopleStyle that she "begged" designers for years to make her clothes that don't "look like they were designed for the mother of the bride."
Dascha Polanco, who also is also best known for her role on 'Orange is The New Black,' has criticized designers who dress sample size influencers and ignore others.
When she received the CFDA Fashion Icon award in 2016 she said: “When we were starting out in Destiny’s Child, high-end labels, they didn’t want to dress black, country, curvy girls."
To quote the 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' star, "It is hard to get places to lend to me because I am not a size zero, but also I can afford it, so it’s okay."
When it comes to red carpet events, many stars dress in clothes made by the world's top designers. It's a win-win arrangement: the celebrity looks great in front of the camera, and the designer of the dress gets that all-important publicity.
There is just one problem: many designers are reluctant to dress celebrities who don't conform to the size 0 sample size. Size discrimination has been an issue in the fashion industry since time immemorial, and although things may be changing slowly, there is still a long way to go.
Check out this gallery to see which stars designers refuse to dress, and what those stars have to say about it.
Stars whom designers refuse to dress
And who have something to say about it!
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When it comes to red carpet events, many stars dress in clothes made by the world's top designers. It's a win-win arrangement: the celebrity looks great in front of the camera, and the designer of the dress gets that all-important publicity.
There is just one problem: many designers are reluctant to dress celebrities who don't conform to the size 0 sample size. Size discrimination has been an issue in the fashion industry since time immemorial, and although things may be changing slowly, there is still a long way to go.
Check out this gallery to see which stars designers refuse to dress, and what those stars have to say about it.