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size zero

noun

  1. a very small size in women's clothes, originating in the US, equivalent to a UK size 4

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"On one hand, we now celebrate things like being super curvy or having a tiny waist or a big bum, and that's great because it's not size zero," she says.

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Diamandis has been working in the industry since 2008, when being a size zero was still a toxic ideal - however, she just thinks society has switched one set of body standards for another.

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Going beyond the trend of showing models who are more than a size zero Jurrien made his entire collection either one size fits all or adjustable.

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I can't steal her clothing because she's a size zero and I'm a size 16.

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Mr Ramani says "it's alright if people want to be size zero because they want to look a certain way, but it's not an idea that should be imposed on others".

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