{"id":400430,"date":"2021-04-08T14:58:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T18:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=400430"},"modified":"2021-04-08T14:58:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T18:58:50","slug":"woke-critics-slam-lena-dunhams-new-plus-size-fashion-line-for-not-being-inclusive-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-critics-slam-lena-dunhams-new-plus-size-fashion-line-for-not-being-inclusive-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Woke Critics Slam Lena Dunham\u2019s New Plus-Size Fashion Line For Not Being Inclusive Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwoke-critics-slam-lena-dunhams-new-plus-size-fashion-line-for-not-being-inclusive-enough%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=400430&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-953.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Lena Dunham\u2019s new fashion collaboration, designed to improve the availability of high fashion to plus-sized women, is facing a strong backlash from woke critics who claim the line, designed in partnership with the website 11 Honore, just isn\u2019t inclusive enough.<\/p>\n<p>Dunham\u2019s \u201ctightly edited\u201d collaboration with the high fashion site, which features capsule collections of \u201cexpanded size range\u201d clothing from designers like Diane Von Furstenburg, Christian Siriano, Mara Hoffman, and Dolce &amp; Gabbana, features just five pieces to start, ranging in price from $98 to $298, though those five pieces are available in sizes 14-26.<\/p>\n<p>11 Honore touted the line as a major fashion achievement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took a lot of time perfecting the grade up to a size 26 which included multiple fittings on a range of women from size 12-26 with varying body shapes. Our ultimate goal is to dress as many women as possible and we are completely open to expanding past size 26 in the future!\u201d the online fashion outlet noted in its statement.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"86.216679657054\">\n<p>\u201cRight now the only thing I\u2019m doing is speaking about my own experience,\u201d Dunham told the New York Times about the collection, which, she added, filled a gap in her own wardrobe. \u201cSo this clothing line is a direct response to my experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t a direct response to everyone\u2019s lived experience, though, according to woke critics who took aim at Dunham\u2019s collection immediately after it launched, because the line stops at size 26, and that\u2019s just not large enough for some women. So, critics say, Dunham really should not have labeled her five pieces part of an \u201cinclusive\u201d effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe simple solution is not to call it \u2018inclusive,&#8217;\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/kiss951.com\/2021\/04\/07\/lena-dunham-slammed-for-plus-size-clothing-line-not-being-inclusive\/\">one celebrity stylist told entertainment media<\/a>, adding that Dunham\u2019s efforts were \u201ctone-deaf.\u201d \u201cWhen something is called inclusive and stops at 26, it excludes a large portion of the plus-size community, and the most desperate for pieces like these, those over a size 26.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the stylist added, Dunham is actually \u201cprivileged\u201d for being able to connect with a fashion outlet to produce her line. Dunham, the stylist said, should acknowledge \u201cher continued privilege in the industry and now the plus size fashion industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A writer at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/lena-dunham-plus-size-clothing-line-honore_n_606e3bb8c5b6c70eccad7279\">HuffPo echoed the critique<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe backlash against the limited size range of 14\u201326 was pretty immediate. Now, to be fair to Dunham, I have not seen her refer to her line as \u2018inclusive,&#8217;\u201d the writer noted. \u201cHowever, 11 Honor\u00e9 calls itself \u201ca size-inclusive shopping site\u201d in its mission statement \u2014 while also listing a size range of 12\u201324.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-list-component yr-content-list-text text\" data-rapid-cpos=\"4\" data-rapid-subsec=\"paragraph\" data-rapid-parsed=\"subsec\" readability=\"57.846425419241\">\n<p>\u201cI personally don\u2019t believe \u2018inclusive\u2019 can apply to sites that cater to a limited size range that excludes both larger and smaller sizes. That position may be somewhat controversial, but to me, \u2018inclusive fashion\u2019 looks like a brand like SmartGlamour, by Mallorie Dunn, which has a preset size range from XXS \u2013 15X, but additionally offers complete customization of every piece sold, each of which is made to order,\u201d the writer continued. \u201cSimply put, the goal of \u2018inclusive fashion\u2019 should be to <em>actually include<\/em> every body type.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics are also concerned with Dunham even calling herself \u201cplus-sized,\u201d given that she refers to her own weight gain as being the result of taking steroids for ongoing health issues, and Dunham advertises herself as a size 14-16, which HuffPo\u2019s writer does not consider officially \u201cfat.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-list-component yr-content-list-text text\" data-rapid-cpos=\"12\" data-rapid-subsec=\"paragraph\" data-rapid-parsed=\"subsec\" readability=\"32.5\">\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p>By the entertainment industry\u2019s standards, Dunham might be considered \u201cfat.\u201d I do not doubt for a moment that she has felt the vociferous backlash of being in a larger body in an industry that seems to consider women \u201cplus-size\u201d when they\u2019re a mere size 8.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote readability=\"6.5\">\n<div class=\"content-list-component yr-content-list-text text\" data-rapid-cpos=\"13\" data-rapid-subsec=\"paragraph\" data-rapid-parsed=\"subsec\" readability=\"37\">\n<p>In her personal and professional world, Dunham may be the \u201cbiggest\u201d one in a lot of rooms, but there\u2019s still no denying that compared to many of us, she benefits from tremendous privilege where her size is concerned \u2014 even if she can\u2019t see it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"content-list-component yr-content-list-text text\" data-rapid-cpos=\"14\" data-rapid-subsec=\"paragraph\" data-rapid-parsed=\"subsec\" readability=\"49.662921348315\">\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p>This taps into one of Dunham\u2019s biggest problems; the one that is the source of many of her self-created controversies. She seems to exist in a bubble; her vision made myopic by virtue of privilege. I suppose that is why, over the course of a few sentences, when talking about her belly, she informs us that this is where she\u2019s always gained weight.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Critics on social media echoed HuffPo\u2019s concerns, writing that Dunham is misinformed about what is considered \u201cplus-sized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLena Dunham is making a plus-size clothing line that only goes up to a size 26. That\u2019s\u2026 not a plus-sized line. That\u2019s a mid-size line with limited, extended sizing,\u201d one Twitter critic noted.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lena Dunham\u2019s new fashion collaboration, designed to improve the availability of high fashion to plus-sized women, is facing a strong backlash from woke critics who claim the line, designed in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311875,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-953.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Woke Critics Slam Lena Dunham\u2019s New Plus-Size Fashion Line For Not Being Inclusive Enough","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-400430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-953.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Woke Critics Slam Lena Dunham\u2019s New Plus-Size Fashion Line For Not Being Inclusive Enough","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}