Surrounded by racks of colourful dresses and blazers in China's manufacturing hub of Guangzhou, plus-size clothing brand owner and influencer Amanda Yao is on a mission to promote body positivity.
She is part of a small but growing number of women in China challenging restrictive beauty standards, including thinness, pale skin and childlike features.
She is part of a small but growing number of women in China challenging restrictive beauty standards, including thinness, pale skin and childlike features.
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00:00Because this section, they were homeworked before, but they are now.
00:24I decided to do women's clothing because I came back to China in 2015.
00:28After I came back to China, it was very difficult for me to buy clothes.
00:31It was very difficult at that time.
00:33I often bought clothes that looked beautiful, but were not pretty when I got them.
00:40I was very angry.
00:42During that time, I had to go abroad to buy clothes.
00:58I hope that my clothes can be worn by my clients.
01:10I hope that my clients can show their inner feelings.
01:13I hope that they can see themselves, not just a soulless clothing.
01:28What I have seen to be most harmful and hurtful to young people,
01:48not just young women, but young men as well,
01:51is that they start to see their sense of self-worth through the lens of these appearance standards
01:56and start to conflate the meaning of their own worth through what they look like.