When it comes to clothing, I don’t really have to worry about sizes - I have become a true blue M and not some “halfway” size freak. Honestly, plus size clothing here is really for plus size people and well, L is an L and not an M, and so forth.

Okay, maybe I ought to elaborate a little bit more about this. If you come from an Asian country like Malaysia, Thailand, etc, and am blessed with a little bit more flesh than the average stereotypical 24-inched waisted Asian woman, there aren’t many options for you to choose from in terms of clothing.

With our rich diets of nasi lemak, roti canai and what-not, it’s crazy how much slimming advertisements dominate the scene and not many people realize that for starters, our diet and lifestyle is hazardous and secondly, our clothes don’t fit not because we are too big but because they are not made to our real proportions.

Try looking around for a top that really gives you a nice curve around the breasts and ends at the waist and not at the hips. Or how about pants which allow for bigger hips and a nice tapered leg that ends at the ankles instead of on the floor? What about breasts that need support in the form of 36Ds or 36Cs? Do I need to go on about the dresses?

Over here, somehow the cutting is just nice, the sizes don’t lie and well, I think the fashion industry here is more grounded in reality. Plus I don’t see a lot of slimming advertisements or billboards around.

Are Asians obsessed about “thin” for appearance’s sake or for health reasons??? Also do designers really do think that Asian women have no breasts and no arse?

Or is it just me?