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Probably relevant life and body positivity tip from a sewist, pattern drafter and seamstress:
The clothes are the problem. Please try to remember that you are not the wrong shape, size or dimensions. If the shirt doesn't button closed the shirt is too narrow, you're not too wide. If the dress sags at the back it's the dress pattern, not your ass. Absolutely nobody makes clothes that are Actually Your Size unless you custom order or make them yourself. Even then fitting is a skill and an art!

You're not the problem, the clothes are.

This has been a two in the morning thought. I don't know if I should put some kind of content warning on there, I didn't think so, but please let me know if I should and I'll do it in the morning!

@sinituulia All that. It used to be that clothes were handmade to fit the person. It wasn't cheap but we respected our clothing more and it looked better on us; it was more sustainable consumption, too.

I can't think of a vintage photo of persons before mass manufacturing of clothes in which clothing didn't fit well save for laborers who dressed for their jobs and comfort.

@femme_mal A lot of people would also buy second hand, but all in all they'd own less and use it until it wasn't wearable any more. Sometimes it didn't look very nice, but certainly much more sustainable.

Femme Malheureuse

@sinituulia I think of Japan's boro with sashiko repairs as an example of extending use even beyond wearability. Old items became patches, beautified with stitching. No waste, only wabi-sabi.