Followers of shopping chain Marks & Spencer were left delighted by a new item of swimwear - and praised the choice of model. Many visitors to the M&S Instagram page said the body positive image of the person modelling the pink outfit was ‘brilliant’.
In the video she is seen enjoying a day out in the sun, including sunbathing and a dip in the sea, with people commenting that she was ‘like the rest of us’. The Ribbed Padded Square Neck Swimsuit is available on the M&S website here for £32.50.
In a post on Instagram M&S simply said: “This. Pink. Swimsuit.” The post proved popular with
Sim 981 said: “Great to see Marks are using women of a variety of sizes in their ads. We love to see it.” Time to redress added: “Personally I think this is one of the best adverts so far! Your model is amazing and the pink really works with her colouring. It’s brilliant to be able to see clothes on a woman that’s got curves and isn’t a size 0 or 2/4/6 she’s not a large girl just more like the rest of us well done to both model and M&S.”
Eileen Fur said: “I love these posts of your clothes on women who aren’t size 8 and 5'10'' makes them look completely different keep it up.” Carole Wade said: “I would never buy this from the photos you have online but this lady looks amazing in it.”
Stoned Mason said: “Bravo for your choice of model.” Prompting this reply from Stacer18: “Was just about to comment the same thing! So refreshing to see a full figure woman modelling.”
SwBee said: “Yay, a body I can relate to not that all the models don’t look lovely , regardless of size, big or small or in between. It’s just that I imagine I look more like this on the beach than a size 8-10 lady. It’s nice to see x.”
