Unfortunately, that’s not how it went for her.
When Li read all the responses, her first thought was that plus-size women deserve better.
Now, she’s using her platform to shed light on the ways the bridal industry excludes plus-size women.
But her first try-on wasn’t anything like that.
“Honestly, at my first try-on, I was crying,” Li admitted.
“My mom showed me pictures.
She’s like, ‘I took pictures.
You don’t look very happy.’
They’re literally having to settle for the limited options that they have.
‘Can I have better?’
She was painfully aware that she didn’t have the options that thinner brides had.
“We’re spending thousands of dollars,” Li pointed out.
“Some girls spend $10,000.
If I’m spending $10,000 on a dress, why do I have to imagine it on myself?
I want what everybody else has.
I want the opportunity to have what everybody else has.
I don’t understand it.
I don’t get it.”
Though the plus-size market is huge, no one seems to care about catering to plus-size brides.
“Nobody is talking about plus-size brides at all,” Li bluntly stated.
“It’s not even a conversation.”
For more updates on Catie Li’s work, you could follow her onInstagram.
