#DiversityinLingerie: My $0.02

#DiversityinLingerie I WideCurves.com
#DiversityinLingerie I WideCurves.com
#DiversityinLingerie I WideCurves.com

Today, the #DiversityinLingerie campaign hits the boob blogosphere. Have you seen it? The idea behind #DiversityinLingerie is to encourage lingerie designers and retailers to feature women of all types in ad campaigns: women of color, older women, women with disabilities, women with tattoos, women with scars/stretch marks or women with the body types that differ from “ideal”.

As with the Modesty Panel, diversity in lingerie means something different to everyone – with the underlying idea that our differences are good things. So why did I participate and what do I want to say to designers and retailers through #DiversityinLingerie?

Well, I’d like to see more women my size (that’s “straight” sizes XL, XXL or 14-16) represented in your ads. And while I don’t really expect the gorgeous models you’d choose to look like me, my hope is by including models who resemble me in size, you’d design and manufacture more styles in my size for those gorgeous models in your ad campaigns – and the end result would be to successfully encourage retailers to stock more variety and quantity of upper sizes in stores.

Because, quite honestly, if you don’t make it and retailers don’t stock it…I can’t buy it.

So, there it is…my hope for trickle-down diversity.

What do you think? Do you think there should be more diversity in lingerie advertising? Do you feel you are represented in the ads you see?

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If you want to join the #DiversityinLingerie campaign, take a picture of yourself (can be with or without your face, in lingerie or clothes- whatever you feel comfortable with!) and somehow fit in the hashtag #DiversityInLingerie.  You’re welcome to either post it on twitter with the hashtag or email Braless in Brasil, who will put it up in a post on her blog. 

Women of ALL walks of life and appearance are invited to join in.  By participating you can show the lingerie industry that, yes, you’d buy lingerie from a diverse group of models, not just the ones currently shown.  The campaign wants to be clear that this is nothing against the body types currently shown and we don’t want to get into a “real women” debate. We’re all real women.  We just want a bigger pool of models so that ALL women can see someone like them and say “hey, she looks like me and that bra looks awesome on her, it could look awesome on me too!”.

 For further reading on this topic see:

Lack of diversity in Brazilian lingerie models

Diversity is more than bra size

Why Lingerie for women is ageless

Ladies looking for more “nudes

Token Diversity: A Step Forward or a Way to March in Place?

Other bloggers who are joining the #DiversityinLingerie campaign:

Braless in Brasil

The Lingerie Addict

Thin and Curvy

Bras and Body Image

Les Gros Bonnet

Fussy Busty

Under the Unders

Two Cakes on a Plate

Kurvendiskussionen

Curvy Wordy

The Absurd Curvy Nerd

The Full Figured Chest

 By Baby’s Rules

Muscular Hourglass

The Breast Life

Anytime Yoga

Busty and Thrifty

Diamonds and Steel

The Curves Have It

KathTea Katastrophy

Scarlet’s Letter

The Chocolate Plushie

Butterfly Collection

Quest for the Perfect Bra

A Sophisticated Pair

Sevenlies

Undiegamer

Angela Friedman

More Sand in My Hourglass

Nothing Ever Fits and Nobody Sympathizes

Les seins du Sphinx

Invest in Your Chest

Weirdly Shaped and Well Photographed

Barbarian-Librarian

The Full Figured Chest/WideCurves

Sugarshape

Bra Queen

Faustineli’s Foundations

Well Fitting

Balkonetka.pl

Hourglass with Class

Voluptuously Thin

Warning Curves Ahead

Curvature Boutique

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As always, I welcome (and hope for) input from my readers and fellow boob bloggers! Please comment on this post or drop me a line at info[at]widecurves.com.

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  5. Like you, I am hoping for some trickle down effects from the campaign. Hopefully, more women will see they are not alone in needing certain sizes, and the demand will increase. The more vocal we are, the more likely people will listen!

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