In Toledo, people grow out. Out to the suburbs. Out to the parts of America where the economy is more vigorous. And all too often, out to 48-inch waistbands.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My personal style has developed from growing up in Oklahoma, middle America, where I was wearing jeans and cowboy boots and where people were not running around in miniskirts.
We're getting to this amazing place where the average size in America is a 14-16, and we're starting to see that represented in the fashion industry, and it's becoming more accepted.
Men grow to the stature to which they are stretched when they are young.
I grew to manhood in the Ohio State Penitentiary.
An example of a trend that I tried that didn't exactly work out would be high-waisted jeans. We see them everywhere, but what I realized is that they don't work for every body type.
Because I was always a fat child, I got fatter and fatter, and I ended up 18 stone and with a 40-inch waist.
If you want to be right-sized in body, you've got to get rid of the supersize way of life.
In Cleveland there is legislation moving forward to ban people from wearing pants that fit too low. However, there is lots of opposition from the plumber' union.
I don't know any neighborhoods where everyone's walking around in seven-inch heels and perfect makeup.
I've got a 27-inch waist. Before, I was stupid smaller. Finding clothes in the South was impossible.