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Takings were $21.3bn last year.
去年的營業收入已達2130億美元。
Social media has played an important role in changing attitudes in the fashion business, says Madeline Jones, editor and co-founder of PLUS Model Magazine.
大碼女裝雜志PLUS Model Magazine的主編和聯合創始人瑪德琳·瓊斯說，社交媒體對于改變時裝業的看法起著重要作用。
Nonetheless, designer brands still hold back (Walmart sells the most plus-size apparel).
盡管如此，設計師品牌依舊猶豫不決（沃爾瑪銷售最大碼服裝的量最多）。
Some brands, such as Michael Kors, do sell plus-size ranges but do not advertise them or display them on websites.
一些服裝品牌如邁克·科爾也在銷售大碼服裝，但卻不會為其進行廣告宣傳，更不會在其網站上進行展示。
For those that are willing to take a chance, several internet startups that deliver personally styled outfits to individuals, including plus-size women, offer data to “straight-size” designers.
對于那些樂于嘗試的人，如一些電商新貴會配送包括大碼女裝在內的個人定制服裝，并向那些“骨感”設計師提供他們的數據。
Gwynnie Bee, Stitch Fix and Dia & Co, for example, share information with designers on preferred styles and fits.
比如，Gwynnie Bee，Stitch Fix，Dia & Co這些公司會和設計師分享用戶偏好的風格以及合身尺寸。
Tracy Reese, a designer known for creating Michelle Obama's dress for the Democratic National Convention in 2012, is one brand that recently enlisted Gwynnie Bee's help to create a new plus-size collection.
翠西·瑞斯是一位設計師，因為米歇爾·奧巴馬設計出席2012年的民主黨全國代表大會的服裝而成名，這個姓名同時也是一個品牌，近期該品牌尋求Gwynnie Bee相助來設計新款大號系列服裝。
Gwynnie Bee prompted the label to create bigger patterns and more appealing designs.
Gwynnie Bee促使翠西·瑞斯擴大規模，同時創新更奪人眼球的設計。
Not all plus-size shoppers are convinced.
對此，不是所有的大碼顧客都心悅誠服。
Laura Fuentes, a hairstylist from Abilene, Texas, says that many upmarket department stores still keep their plus-size clothing sections poorly organised, badly stocked and dimly lit, if they stock larger clothes at all.
來自德克薩斯州阿比林的發型設計師勞拉·福恩特斯說，就眾多高檔百貨公司而言，若這些公司真有大碼服裝的話，其大碼服裝部門仍是缺乏管理，積貨嚴重且門庭冷落。
Yet such complaints should betaken with a pinch of salt, says Ms Thompson.
湯普森女士認為，這些抱怨，不可盡信也不可不信。
“We're nowhere near where we should be but we've made progress,” she says.
她說，“我們雖仍未達標，但已取得一定進展。”
譯文來源考研英語時事閱讀
