Sidibe's Designer States The Obvious: "It's All About Picking
The Right Silhouette For Her Shape."  The Washington Post's
Robin Givhan takes issue with the calls for designers to feature
more women of various sizes, from 2 to 20. Gabourey Sidibe's
designer Kevan Hall illuminates the reason why many designers
don't: they're egotistical and lazy.  He tells Givhan:  The most
significant difference in creating a dress for a larger size is
that often a designer has to tamp down his ego. He can't as
easily force his vision onto the woman since she doesn't have
the physique of a hanger. "But at the end of the day, it's
always really about the client," Hall says. "Let's be realistic,
after all. What is the end-use of these clothes?"  What Hall is
saying is something many women, regardless of the size, already
know about fashion (high and otherwise): designers aren't
designing clothes to make women look good, they're picking women
to make their designs look good.  If a designer wants to design
a pair of formal, satin