--- title: Melissa McCarthy is Starting a Plus-Sized Clothing Line description: The actress is out to change the industry, or at least make it more relevant to more women canonical: https://time.com/2827773/melissa-mccarthy-started-a-plus-size-clothing-line-because-nobody-would-dress-her-for-the-oscars/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-05T20:19:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:14:59.209Z og:title: Melissa McCarthy is Starting a Plus-Size Brand After Fashion Designers Wouldn't Dress Her for Oscars og:description: The actress is out to change the industry, or at least make it more relevant to more women og:url: https://time.com/2827773/melissa-mccarthy-started-a-plus-size-clothing-line-because-nobody-would-dress-her-for-the-oscars/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf39c970362ce75eb/698696701eebf7931d37154c/melissa-mccarthy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1948 og:image:height: 1096 og:image:alt: Melissa McCarthy og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Melissa McCarthy is Starting a Plus-Size Brand After Fashion Designers Wouldn't Dress Her for Oscars twitter:description: The actress is out to change the industry, or at least make it more relevant to more women twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf39c970362ce75eb/698696701eebf7931d37154c/melissa-mccarthy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Melissa McCarthy Started a Plus-Size Clothing Line Because Nobody Would Dress Her for the Oscars > Sponsored content. 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Rodriguez—Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jun 5, 2014 8:19 PM UTC Shame on you, Hollywood designers who refused to dress Melissa McCarthy! The _Bridesmaids_ star recently revealed in an interview with Redbook that she went ahead with her own plus-size clothing line because when she asked fashion designers to dress her for the Oscars, they all said no. “When I go shopping, most of the time I’m disappointed,” the star told [Redbook.](http://www.redbookmag.com/fun-contests/celebrity/melissa-mccarthy-interview?click=list#slide-1) “Two Oscars ago, I couldn’t find anybody to do a dress for me. I asked five or six designers—very high-level ones who make lots of dresses for people—and they _all_ said no.” Names! We want names! Who would dare turn down Melissa McCarthy? But if that kind of short-sightedness on the part of designers means we will have another influential woman in the fashion industry, it’ll be a win for everyone in the end. 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