--- title: Melissa McCarthy Plus Size Clothing Line description: Melissa McCarthy is taking the fashion industry to task with her new clothing line canonical: https://time.com/4000679/melissa-mccarthy-clothing-line-plus-size/ author: ashley Ross article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-17T19:41:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:46.413Z og:title: Melissa McCarthy: Labeling Clothing as Plus Size Tells Some Women They're Not 'Worthy' og:description: "Designers that put everyone in categories are over-complicating something that should be easy" og:url: https://time.com/4000679/melissa-mccarthy-clothing-line-plus-size/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88c1c5f307b12aa8/69885faa8e06010ab4461eae/melissa-mccarthy-seven7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Melissa McCarthy - Seven - HSN og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Melissa McCarthy: Labeling Clothing as Plus Size Tells Some Women They're Not 'Worthy' twitter:description: "Designers that put everyone in categories are over-complicating something that should be easy" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88c1c5f307b12aa8/69885faa8e06010ab4461eae/melissa-mccarthy-seven7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Melissa McCarthy Says Labeling Clothing as Plus-Size Tells Some Women They're Not 'Worthy' > Sponsored content. 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Gerardo Mora—Getty Images by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Aug 17, 2015 7:41 PM UTC 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/). And now that her clothing line [Melissa McCarthy Seven7](http://www.hsn.com/shop/melissa-mccarthy/13424) 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). “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/), 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) “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)[Ghostbusters _Cast Surprised Young Patients at a Boston Hospital_](http://time.com/3981927/ghostbusters-cast-boston-hospital/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day_](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:06] When I say, Robin Hood of fashion, what I'm saying is, [00:11] currently the most amazing designers get [00:15] very few opportunities to connect with the masses. The [00:19] most amazing designers have been programmed to [00:22] design inside of a luxury context. It's a simple [00:26] equation. It isn't e equals mc squared, it's like, duh. [00:31] Just go get dope to do stuff for [00:35] mass. I really respect what Zara H & M did because -. [00:40] People used to look down, on the mass and say that [00:44] the mass didn't have good taste. And H & M and [00:47] [ UNKNOWN ] and said, I think [00:51] they do I just don't think they have opportunities. In [00:54] that, current mass world, there, [00:59] as far a clothing goes, there isn't a, res, a perspective [01:02] that is a strong as Johnny [ UNKNOWN ]. And humbly [01:06] or assertively or however you want to word it. I'm [01:11] going to do that. [01:15] [ MUSIC ] [01:19] Music is like, now I think it's in the air. It's like, what do [01:20] they say on [ UNKNOWN ]. It's the [ INAUDIBLE ]. [01:23] [ LAUGH ] You know. It's like. A non, you know what I'm [01:26] saying? You don't need any factories for it. You just [01:30] need a laptop. And to, to, to go out of something that's [01:35] like, strictly in the air to something that is physical. And [01:40] multiple people's jobs are dependent on making [01:44] it and. Shipping it and selling it and [01:48] doing it again its a different level of responsibility I was [01:52] like oh [ NOISE ] ye its here now [01:57] people are gonna be wearing your close and its gonna [02:00] be you got a responsiblity you know like its gonna be [02:04] people who really like how I look its going to be people [02:07] wo are like. Sparking a conversation, because they got [02:10] one of your anoraks on. It's going to be people who [02:12] are cold and, you know, somebody hands it to them in [02:16] the movie theater. So it's a real proposition to humanity [02:20] to make something physical. It; s [02:29] something about when you grab the fabrics now [02:36] that feels like the [02:40] energy of your first day in college, that first [02:45] year in college. The energy of that. The last year in [02:48] high school. 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