Now, before you label this article as just another “Down with Brandy Melville” rant, hear me out. As long as a company is acting lawfully and humanely, I typically view companies with a “you do you” attitude, and if I don't like it, I’ll shop somewhere else. Even though this tends to be my most common train of thought, this does not mean that some clothing business ideals' aren't harmful. While I won’t demand that the way a company decides to manage and run their business must change, I will go ahead and share my experiences with the popular “One Size Fits All” clothing labeling and the damage it can cause to the way we view ourselves. If this magical one size that supposedly fits all also does not fit you, you may be able to relate to a few of the thoughts I've had while shopping in a “one size fits all” store.

Aside from the issue of the fit, the worst part about “one size fits all” clothing is that it is always the cutest pieces of clothing that I become obsessed with in the window, only to figure out that I would have to pick a favorite buttcheek to cover if I ever wanted to wear the shorts I fell in love with in the first place. I joke about not being able to fit into these clothes now, but I can’t lie and say that it didn't really upset me in the past. It was always hard to see girls wearing the clothes that I knew I would never be small enough to wear and I constantly wished I was the “average” size that apparently we were all supposed to be as girls. As I got older, I quickly realized that it’s ridiculous to criticize yourself for not being able to fit into clothing that was not built for your natural body type. I mean, who was I kidding, I’ve been six feet tall since the 5th grade and I was sad because I couldn’t fit into a “One Size Fits All” T-shirt without it being a crop top? The crazy thing is that we continue to idolize the body type that can perfectly fit into this type of clothing and we fail to realize that beauty comes in so many different shapes and sizes and soon become blind to our very own natural born beauty. So yeah, “One Size Fits All” clothes suck, but only because I'll never get to wear some of the cutest outfits that only come in this form. You should never let this crazy ideology of every girl magically fitting into the same size of clothes get you down in any other aspect besides this, ever.