--- description: Melissa McCarthy is taking the fashion industry to task with her new clothing line title: Melissa McCarthy: Labeling Clothing as Plus Size Tells Some Women They're Not 'Worthy' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88c1c5f307b12aa8/69885faa8e06010ab4461eae/melissa-mccarthy-seven7.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Melissa McCarthy Says Labeling Clothing as Plus-Size Tells Some Women They're Not 'Worthy' by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 17, 2015 7:41 PM CUT  Melissa McCarthy debuts first fashion collectionat HSN Studios on August 13, 2015 in St Petersburg, Fla. Melissa McCarthy debuts first fashion collectionat HSN Studios on August 13, 2015 in St Petersburg, Fla.Gerardo Mora—Getty Images by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 17, 2015 7:41 PM CUT Melissa McCarthy wears a lot of hats: movie star, mother, comedian and [fashion designer](http://time.com/2827773/melissa-mccarthy-started-a-plus-size-clothing-line-because-nobody-would-dress-her-for-the-oscars/ "undefined"). And now that her clothing line [Melissa McCarthy Seven7](http://www.hsn.com/shop/melissa-mccarthy/13424 "undefined") is launching at multiple major retailers, she’s adding body positivity advocate to the mix. The star’s main issue is with the label “plus size,” and how it feels when women’s clothing is segregated in stores. “Women come in all sizes. Seventy percent of women in the United States are a size 14 or above, and that’s technically ‘plus-size,’ so you’re taking your biggest category of people and telling them, ‘You’re not really worthy.’ I find that very strange,” she told [Refinery29](http://www.refinery29.com/2015/08/92450/melissa-mccarthy-plus-size?utm%5Fsource=facebook.com&utm%5Fmedium=post&unique%5Fid=entry%5F92450 "undefined"). “I just think, if you’re going to make women’s clothing, make women’s clothing. Designers that put everyone in categories are over-complicating something that should be easy.” McCarthy, who will appear in the upcoming all-female [_Ghostbusters_](http://time.com/3981927/ghostbusters-cast-boston-hospital/ "undefined"), revealed that some “very big retailers” are going to help her “chip away” at how plus-size clothes are placed in stores. Her line comes in sizes four through 28 and includes basics, leggings, tees and loungewear. In June 2014 with _Redbook_, the actress shared her motivation for why she decided to launch her own line. “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 "undefined") “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.” Now wouldn’t it be nice if we could get her to rid the fashion industry of the phrase ‘skinny jeans’? ### On fame  Getty Images ### On loving life  Getty Images ### On body image  Getty Images ### On feeling fulfilled  Getty Images ### On confidence  Getty Images ### On being yourself  Getty Images ### On women  Getty Images ### On weight  Getty Images _Read next:_ [_The All-Female_ ](http://time.com/3981927/ghostbusters-cast-boston-hospital/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined")[Ghostbusters _Cast Surprised Young Patients at a Boston Hospital_](http://time.com/3981927/ghostbusters-cast-boston-hospital/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day_](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4000679/melissa-mccarthy-clothing-line-plus-size/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4000679/melissa-mccarthy-clothing-line-plus-size/"},"headline":"Melissa McCarthy Says Labeling Clothing as Plus-Size Tells Some Women They're Not 'Worthy'","datePublished":"2015-08-17T19:41:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:07.873Z","description":"\"Designers that put everyone in categories are over-complicating something that should be easy\"","url":"https://time.com/4000679/melissa-mccarthy-clothing-line-plus-size/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Living"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88c1c5f307b12aa8/69885faa8e06010ab4461eae/melissa-mccarthy-seven7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"ashley Ross","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88c1c5f307b12aa8/69885faa8e06010ab4461eae/melissa-mccarthy-seven7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Melissa McCarthy - Seven - HSN","caption":"Melissa McCarthy - Seven - HSN","creditText":"Gerardo Mora—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4000679/melissa-mccarthy-clothing-line-plus-size/","name":"Melissa McCarthy Says Labeling Clothing as Plus-Size Tells Some Women They're Not 'Worthy'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Kanye West on Being The Robin Hood of Fashion","description":"The artist describes the nature of his influence in an exclusive video interview with TIME","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/IiBgYdyR/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-16T01:24:04.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/IiBgYdyR.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4000679/melissa-mccarthy-clothing-line-plus-size/","duration":"PT2M56S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4000679/melissa-mccarthy-clothing-line-plus-size/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```