Dressing Differently

Trend trauma from years past, societal deconditioning, and branching out of my style comfort zone

For so many years of my life, I dressed to look skinny. I would actively choose clothing that flattered my body and didn’t make me look too “big.” Talk about a fatphobic narrative. Especially growing up in the late 90s/early 2000s, diet culture was ingrained in the flesh of our society. The fad diets like Slim Fast in the decade of low-rise jeans being …