Although she is smiling in the photo, she said she remembers having a hard time finding clothes for her appearance because “no one had samples that would fit me after giving birth”.
“I put together a @lavinoffical shirt and a @netaporter dress to make this beautiful outfit,” she wrote in the Instagram story, adding that “so many clothes from stores didn’t fit, either.”
“It doesn’t send a big message to women when their bodies don’t fit what brands have to offer. It is alienating and confusing. I would like to feel as confident as I do now, a year later, looking back. That body gave me a baby. And he was producing that baby’s entire food supply. What a beautiful miracle. But, instead of feeling proud, I felt insecure. Simply because it didn’t fit in clothes. What nonsense, in retrospect. “
Lively, whose husband is actor Ryan Reynolds, praised businesswoman Katie Sturino, founder of MegaBabe, who uses her platform to ask designers for more inclusive sizes.
“@katiesturino and others are out there challenging brands to do better, helping women not to feel alone,” wrote Lively. “And she is making significant progress.”
“This brand is never boycotted, this brand does not support women with real curves,” she said. “I think it is much better to call a designer or a brand and educate them about the fact that, like, ‘hey, you are losing a part of the population, the majority of the population, and you should perhaps think about offering larger sizes. ‘”