E! host, Nina Parker, opened up in a tweet, revealing that she had to have her Oscars gown custom-made for her due to the lack of plus-size options among popular, luxury brands that we often see on the red carpet.
E! host, Nina Parker, opened up in a tweet, revealing that she had to have her Oscars gown custom-made for her due to the lack of plus-size options among popular, luxury brands that we often see on the red carpet.
But there was one red carpet look that sticks out from the rest, but for a reason you may have not expected.
Nina revealed in a tweet on the day of the Oscars that she had to have her dress custom made because of the lack of plus-size options available.
Unfortunately, this makes it difficult for anyone larger than a size 6 to get their hands on designer gowns.
But if that celebrity can't fit into the designer's sample size, then they're out of luck.
Bebe, who is a size eight, was turned down by designers, prior to last year's Grammys, who refuse to style anyone that isn't "runway size".
She explained in the video that this year's Grammy's were a big deal for her because she received her first-ever nomination. But not being able to find a dress was ruining the experience for her.
"You're saying that all the women in the world that are size eight and up are not beautiful and they cannot wear your dresses," she continued.
When questioned about the controversy by Teen Vogue, Bebe fired back again, saying:
“Yo, you wish you could’ve dressed my fat [expletive]."
"I've been doing award season a few years now, and I think a lot of people don't know that there are a lot of stylists who don't even know how to style a plus-size woman," she told Buzzfeed.
"That takes a little bit of vetting and conversations just to find someone who knows where to go and how to fit you," she said.
"But, obviously, you want to have some type of variety," she explained.
"You want to get a photographer to take pictures of you and end up on best-dressed lists."
"So that was also an issue, because we reached out to those people. We heard back from a few people and then they kind of just disappeared and we didn't really hear back in a timely manner.
"We decided to kind of break off and do our own thing, and my stylist found a dressmaker who could basically just make our idea come to life," she continued. "I think that one of the biggest problems is that people who are making these plus-size clothes are not plus size."
"I want people to just stay tuned and stay on board with me because my hope, obviously, is for that to happen one day," she concluded.