The Dark Side of Fashion - Exposing the Size Inclusivity Lie. F*ck the Front Row

I’m exposing the dark side of the fashion industry and why size inclusivity in 2026 is nothing but a scam.

And why do luxury brands still refuse to make plus sizes?

Listen up, you beautiful disasters. They told you fashion is about "beauty." They told you it’s about "vision."

I say: Watch me break the f*cking glass house.

As a designer, I’m in the room where it happens. I see the sketches, I see the fabrics, and I see the corpses we’re piling up just to sell a $4,000 polyester blend. We’re not selling clothes; we’re selling a slow-motion suicide.

You want the truth? Put your seatbelts on, because I’m about to prod every single nerve the industry has left.

1. MY TRUTH: "She's Too Fat for Your Art"

Let’s get personal for a second. As a designer, I get sh*t all the time for the women I choose to dress. Critics, "experts," and even colleagues look at my casting and tell me I’m failing because I refuse to hire girls who haven't eaten a solid meal since 2023.

I’ve had photographers look at my models—vibrant, talented, living women—and tell me to my face:

" They aren't pretty enough. They aren't thin enough."

Excuse me? Who the f*ck appointed you as God? Who gave you the right to decide that a woman’s worth is measured by how prominent her collarbones are? I’m here to create clothes for humans, not for ghosts. They want me to manufacture a fantasy based on starvation.

I say: Watch me dress the reality they're too scared to look at.

2. THE HUNGER GAMES: Organ Failure as an Aesthetic

The industry has a body count. We’re talking about a world where the "Heroin Chic" revival of 2026 is being pushed as "aspirational." A study by the International Journal of Eating Disorders found that

62% of models reported being pressured to lose weight by their agencies within the last year.

We’re talking about girls eating cotton balls dipped in juice to survive a 14-hour shoot.

The Reality Check: Backstage isn't a party; it’s a pharmacy of Adderall, cocaine, and laxatives.

Watch Me Break It: They say "She’s a natural size 0." I say: She’s a walking medical emergency, and you’re the ones paying for the funeral.

3. THE SIZE INCLUSIVITY BLUFF: Why is high fashion so thin? Is this The Dark Side of Fashion?

Check the 2025/2026 Runway Diversity Reports. Despite all the "Body Positivity" hashtags,

over 97% of models in the major fashion capitals are still straight-size.

High fashion hates anyone over a size 34. Try walking into a luxury boutique and asking for a size 46. They’ll look at you like you just set the building on fire. They don't want your "type" ruining their "prestige."

The Research: The plus-size market is worth over $300 billion, yet luxury brands refuse to scale patterns because they think "exclusivity" means "exclusion."

Watch Me Break It: They say "Our patterns don’t scale."

I say: You’re just sht at your job and even shttier as a human.

4. THE CREATIVE MEAT GRINDER: Designer Depression

Being a designer in 2026 is a mental asylum with better lighting. We’re expected to churn out 8 collections a year to feed the TikTok algorithm.

Studies show that fashion professionals are 25% more likely to suffer from mental health issues than any other sector. Look at McQueen. Look at Galliano. The industry demands we be marketing geniuses and creative gods 24/7 until we snap.

THE ULTIMATE VERDICT

The fashion industry is like a toxic ex-boyfriend. He tells you you’re ugly, makes you starve, ruins your mental health, and then asks for your credit card.

I’m a designer, but I’m a human first. I’m here to poke the beast until it bleeds. I’m here to tell you that you don't need to fit into their clothes; they need to fit into our f*cking reality.

They told me to stay quiet. They told me I’d be blacklisted for choosing "real" women.

I said: Watch me.

For f*ck’s sake, go eat a carb.

Eti Brener