Size Inclusion: A Design Imperative – A Look at The Reality of Consumer Sizing and How our Biases Shape Our Views and Practices

A Critical Conversations Event

Join Pratt’s Fashion Department Professor Mallorie Dunn for an insightful discussion on size inclusion in design, exploring the realities of consumer sizing and the biases that shape industry practices. Despite plus-size individuals making up the majority of the population, they remain widely overlooked in fashion and design. This talk will dive into data-driven research, media representation, and the intersections of size inclusion with sustainability, gender, and disability advocacy. Attendees will gain actionable takeaways to integrate size inclusivity into their design careers and challenge misconceptions about diverse body representation. A Q&A session will follow the presentation.

This event is part of Critical Conversations: creating space for and educating one another about our multiple cultural contexts, activism, civil discourse, and academic engagement.