{"id":1380,"date":"2016-01-16T00:57:43","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T16:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/16\/why-this-brand-wants-to-reclaim-the-word-flattering\/"},"modified":"2016-01-16T00:57:43","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T16:57:43","slug":"why-this-brand-wants-to-reclaim-the-word-flattering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/16\/why-this-brand-wants-to-reclaim-the-word-flattering\/","title":{"rendered":"Why this brand wants to reclaim the word &#039;flattering&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Smart-glamour-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.0.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAxLzE1L2E2L3NtYXJ0Z2xhbW91LjAxOGU2LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/5827d07c\/900\/smart-glamour-thumb.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Why+this+brand+wants+to+reclaim+the+word+%27flattering%27&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F15%2Fim-flattered-campaign%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F15%2Fim-flattered-campaign%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;You look fat in that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t you think that&#8217;s a little tight?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please don&#8217;t wear that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever been told you shouldn&#8217;t wear something because of your body&#8217;s shape or size, you&#8217;re not alone<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SmartGlamour\/\" target=\"_blank\">Body positive clothing brand SmartGlamour<\/a> aims to fight against that mindset with its latest campaign.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/12\/28\/body-positive-new-year\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">What 8 body positive activists want you to know about losing weight in the new year<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The company, which sells fashions in sizes XXS-6X and beyond, launched the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartglamour.com\/imflattered\" target=\"_blank\">#ImFlattered campaign<\/a> on Monday. 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