Jameela Jamil Quotes

I did not label myself 'plus size.' The fashion industry did.

I think the word 'plus-sized' is so divisive to women.

Our cultural discussion of fat bodies and how we clothe them has nothing to do with health concerns, the obesity epidemic, or the comfort of fat people. It has everything to do with what we expect from women, what we've been told by the fashion industry, and the value we place on 'perfect' bodies.

At the end of the day, it just means 'curvy.' That's why I think the word 'plus-size' in the industry is very different from people's mind view of what 'plus-size' really should mean.

I'm interested in looking for solutions because it's become the case that in fashion you're either a villain or a victim. Look at the industry's very limited remit in terms of body size, for example.

No one wants to see curvy women.

Though designed as a mere convenience, clothing sizes establish an unintended norm, an ideal from which deviations seem like flaws. There's nothing like a trip to the dressing room to convince a woman - fat, thin, or in between - that she's a freak.

I'm a size 4. In modeling, that's often too big.

For so long, I have been an outsider because of my size. And I think that fashion has always, in some way, catered to celebrities or to a thinner idealistic model.

I'm so grateful that I model at a time where 'plus-size' models are being championed, but they're still called 'plus-size' which is actually quite a stigma in itself. It's just healthy, curvy women.

The average British woman is a size 12 to 14, but in modelling, a size 12 is considered huge, which is ridiculous.

At my worst, I was a size 22, and at that size, you can't go down the high street and buy yourself things that make you feel good. Your shopping options are limited in a way they aren't when you are a size 12.

The concept of plus-size is so derogatory and weird. What does that mean? Plus the normal size? It shouldn't exist any more.

There shouldn't be a segregation of women over a size 16, it should just be all women who want to wear beautiful clothes.

I'm considered a huge model because I'm a size six. But... I had a standard body size for catalogues.

I had so many agents tell me that at size 18, I would never work or work again. I heard, 'Go home and lose some weight.'

The fashion industry at large has been the worst public relations vehicle for larger women and petite women, they are both maligned and neglected. And I honestly do believe it's getting better.

Clothing creates the illusion that bodies fit an aesthetically pleasing norm. And that illusion depends on getting the fit right. Garments that bunch, pull, or sag call attention to figure flaws and often make people look worse than they would without clothes.

Very skinny women don't look beautiful in clothes.

There's all body types, but there's just one size.

There are varied experiences of overweight women throughout the country; there's not just one experience.

I love my body. I'm very much OK with it. I don't think artists are ever the ones who have the problem with their weight, it is other people.

I definitely have curves. I don't intend on losing them.

I think if more designers designed clothes with a more fuller figure in mind, it would represent women in a greater sense.

The one thing I like about 'Playboy' is they don't have the anorexic look. The women are voluptuous. So I didn't really want to diet. I just wanted to tone up.