"The signatures did not have my size": Blake Lively and the problem of dressing after giving birth
The actress has made visible on her Instagram account the problems she faced in order to get dressed after the birth of her third daughter. "Instead of feeling proud, I felt insecure," she says.
When Blake Lively went to the popular TV show hosted by Jimmy Fallon a couple of months after giving birth to his third child, Betty, it was she herself who was in charge of dressing for the occasion. The usual procedure in these cases is for a large firm to lend the outfit to the celebrity on duty in exchange for visibility and promotion, but the actress found that none of the brands that used to dress her had a size that corresponded to her in their sample book.
your new measurements after giving birth. It was not easy for her either to find clothes that fit her well in the stores and in the end she combined a semi-transparent blouse from Lanvin and a black dress from Net-a-porter with which she managed to escape media scrutiny. However, a year after that appearance, the actress and partner of fellow actor Ryan Reynolds has decided to rescue the photo of the look in the Stories of her Instagram account to make visible the problem with sizes and clothing that many women experience.
«It is not a good message that is sent to women when their bodies do not fit into the clothes that brands have to offer them. It's confusing. I would have liked to feel at that time more comfortable with my body, as I am now. That body gave me a baby. And it was producing all the food it needed. What a great miracle! But instead of feeling proud, I felt insecure“explained the Gossip Girl actress.
It is not the only time that a great Hollywood star has denounced the problem faced by women with sizes larger than 36, either during a vital moment such as postpartum or permanently. The model Ashley Graham confessed that she did not attend the 2016 Met gala because no designer could make her a tailored suit on time and the firms did not contemplate any design according to her body in her sample books.
A story similar to that experienced by names like Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy (who was rejected by up to six firms to dress her at the 2012 Oscars) or Christina Hendricks. “Everything becomes difficult when awards season arrives, I need to find a dress and only size zero to size two (ie 34 and 36) are available. So it's annoying to see designers telling you: 'We love Mad Men, we love you, but we won't make you a dress'".
The case of Blake Lively is especially striking considering his strong link to the world of fashion and his consecration as an icon of style. It is common in fashion weeks, in the best-dressed lists –unless there were enough events to do them at that time–, she has been considered the sexiest woman in the world and brands have been hit for dressing her at the premieres of her films or those of her husband, Ryan Reynolds, one of the most famous actors in the world.
That a great star of her caliber faces problems finding clothes that fit her figure and her circumstances makes visible one of the problems in the industry that would have to be tackled with the greatest urgency.
