You Don’t Need to Be Smaller to Fit Your Clothes
There has been a lot of unexpected learning on my end while building and launching BPS.
The thing that has stuck with me the most is how women show up to try-on events and continually cram their bodies into clothes that are too small.
I watched it over and over again.
Sthira leggings aren’t cheap or overly stretchy.
They’re structured.
They have lines.
They’re designed to give you shape.
Which means they make it obvious when you’re wearing a pair two sizes too small.
And my brain keeps coming back to the same question:
Why do we do this to ourselves?
Why do we get so hung up on the number on a tag?
I’m not above this either.
There have been plenty of times I’ve put something back on the rack simply because I didn’t want to size up.
But after watching this happen across every size—from a 4 to a 24—it’s hard to ignore the pattern.
This isn’t about size.
It’s about shrinking.
Why are we constantly trying to make ourselves smaller?
Maybe you’re reading this after trying something on.
Or after ordering something online and immediately picking yourself apart when it didn’t fit the way you hoped.
Stop.
You are a woman.
Maybe a mother.
A sister.
A friend.
A daughter.
A lover.
You are not a number on a tag.
Sthira was made for your body as it is.
That’s why we carry XXS–6X.
That’s why we test across real bodies.
That’s why we don’t hide how things actually fit.
If you’re unsure about sizing, send us a message.
There’s a good chance we have someone in our data bank with your exact measurements, and we’ll help you find your Sthira size.
You don’t need to shrink to fit the clothes.
The clothes should fit you.