Plus Size Cocktail Dress ? Making A
Legendary Entrance

So what exactly is a cocktail dress? My
mom tells me that a cocktail dress I one
that ends around your knees as opposed
to being full length. But does it count
if it hits mid calf? I have always been
confused on this. My mom calls anything
around your calf tea length but I think
she made this up a long time ago. Or
her mom made it up and she just stuck
with it.

I looked up cocktail dresses on the
internet and they seem to be in all
shapes and sizes, they just aren?t full
length gowns. There is a wide array of
things available out there. Cocktail
dresses for garden parties, some more
appropriate for weddings. I think the
word cocktail dress encompasses a lot.
I even found websites devoted solely to
plus size cocktail dresses, or so they
claimed.

I was intrigued when I saw these sites
claiming to be devoted solely to plus
sizes so I investigated. The do have
some very nice things; however you can
understand my confusion when I see that
half of the models are stick thin. This
sight says it caters to plus sizes,
leading you to believe that the dresses
are for larger women. But then you look
at the dress and the girl wearing it
can?t weigh more than 110 pounds. I
admit I am not exactly sure what
constitutes a plus size but I am pretty
sure it is not a size two.

For some reason I finds this kind of
angers me. The culture in the US is one
that makes 12 year old girls anorexic
and puts 8 year olds on diets. I feel
this situation is just another example
of what is wrong with our society. A
girl goes on a site claiming to cater to
people wearing here size, and of course
wants to see what the dress will look
like on someone like her, only to be
confronted with a thin lizzy string back
at her. Well I wonder how that makes
her feel?

So what exactly is a cocktail dress? My mom tells me that a
cocktail dress I one that ends around your knees as opposed
to being full length.

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