It’s no secret that the fashion industry still largely struggles with inclusivity toward bodies. Today, it’s up to the models, influencers and photographers to spark change and rewrite the rules. Many of them are tirelessly doing exactly that.
Two best friends and social media creators named Denise Mercedes and Maria Castellanos went viral for their “Style Not Size” project which promotes body positivity a couple of years ago. Today, they continue to spread their message, saying that nobody should be confined to what society tells us is the correct thing to wear for specific sizes.
So they’re taking this approach to daily life and the streets of New York, where the duo is putting the same outfit on their different body types. The result is both empowering and normalizing, urging society to get rid of the outdated notion of the “wrong” clothes for the “wrong” bodies.
Scroll down for the most recent Style Not Size looks, upvote your favorite ones and be sure to check out more of the duo’s fashion inspiration in our previous posts here, here, and here.
Denise: DeniseMercedes.com | TikTok | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
Maria: Instagram | TikTok | YouTube
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This style fits them both so well 🥵 I have officially been slayed
Curvy lady absolutely steals the show with this dress 😍 although this dress is making the slender lady look quite curvy too! Both of them nailed it 👏 I have 0 curves so maybe I’ll buy this dress!
Adding this dress to the shopping list! This is so flattering, I feel like anyone would look good in it :)
Interesting what clothes do for the visual of body shapes as they look somewhat similar here.
Honestly I could wear this to work tomorrow (with a longer top, no midriff - and I'd still come nowhere near to killing it this hard)
This is what fashion companies should do: show the same outfits on different body types.
It's beautiful! But the string looks a little photoshopped lol. But both ladies are gorgeous.
Oh Jesus they're both rocking this so hard D: it's like a 6.5 over here
Curvy lady nails it again! (I look just like the slender lady - that blazer would be too big on me too and hide my lack of curves - but she still rocks it better than I could) but holy c**p does this outfit ever suit the lady on the left 👏🥵
This is the only outfit I don’t like on either! Even the most gorgeous girls can’t save a fucky dress 😬
Who designed these outfits? A lot of them look really weird and ugly, regardless of the body type of the wearer.
I think they're just fast fashion. Very cheap looking, poorly made clothes. That these ladies can actually make these clothes look decent, is a testament to their attractiveness and nothing to do with the clothes
Load More Replies...when will bp learn that nobody is here to look at instagram influencers taking poor-quality photos of themselves in ugly clothes to prove a point that didn't need to be proved? all of us here are decent folks who know people can be beautiful & fashionable regardless of body type. this article is pointless clout-chasing. not to mention the curvy girl is still conventionally attractive, with a perfect hourglass figure, flat stomach, & 0 stretch marks. not a whole lot of curvy women look 100% flawless like that, so they ruined their own point of "everyone can be beautiful in the same styles!" by only using conventionally attractive models.
You would be right, except you forgot one important fact. These ladies are not models. They only represent themselves. Your judgement is unfair to their whole concept, which is to love the body you got and to wear what you want, regardless of societies expectations. No one should put oneself in a box.
Load More Replies...Body positivity is great. but maybe it should stretch beyond a conventionally attractive plus size person and a somewhat curvy skinny person. I'd have liked to see people with more "imperfect" bodies, too
Who designed these outfits? A lot of them look really weird and ugly, regardless of the body type of the wearer.
I think they're just fast fashion. Very cheap looking, poorly made clothes. That these ladies can actually make these clothes look decent, is a testament to their attractiveness and nothing to do with the clothes
Load More Replies...when will bp learn that nobody is here to look at instagram influencers taking poor-quality photos of themselves in ugly clothes to prove a point that didn't need to be proved? all of us here are decent folks who know people can be beautiful & fashionable regardless of body type. this article is pointless clout-chasing. not to mention the curvy girl is still conventionally attractive, with a perfect hourglass figure, flat stomach, & 0 stretch marks. not a whole lot of curvy women look 100% flawless like that, so they ruined their own point of "everyone can be beautiful in the same styles!" by only using conventionally attractive models.
You would be right, except you forgot one important fact. These ladies are not models. They only represent themselves. Your judgement is unfair to their whole concept, which is to love the body you got and to wear what you want, regardless of societies expectations. No one should put oneself in a box.
Load More Replies...Body positivity is great. but maybe it should stretch beyond a conventionally attractive plus size person and a somewhat curvy skinny person. I'd have liked to see people with more "imperfect" bodies, too
