. The navy gown, which revealed her beautifully bare arms, made me want to travel back in time to inform my teenage self that I really don’t need to wear three-quarter length sleeves in the middle of summer. Yes, plus-sized women in the spotlight have dared to bare their upper arms in the past, but rarely without a stylist chucking a pashmina at them to subtly cover the area.
Fashion for bigger bodies is frequently geared towards making yourself appear smaller. In a roundabout way, it’s women being told to take up less space. And yes, it can be fun to cinch and accentuate, but thin women are allowed to play with voluminous silhouettes, too – perhaps because onlookers can rest assured that, once the gown comes off, they will return to their pixie-like proportions.