By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-06-11 20:37:22 | Updated at 2026-06-16 20:14:06
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A shopper has slammed Target for charging more for larger clothing sizes - dubbing it the 'fat tax.'
Social media influencer Samyra took to TikTok with a screenshot from the Target app, showing the same item of clothing - a pair of black underwear - in two different sizes but listed for two different prices.
The content creator went into store to ask an employee at the register if she could price-match the item.
'For some reason in the app they were showing that the 3X was $8 but the large was $6,' she explained.
'It just seemed a little weird to me,' Samyra added.
In response, the Target worker explained that sometimes larger clothing sizes cost more due to the extra fabric required.
'It does sometimes happen just because of more material,' she told Samyra.
She then acknowledged it sounds 'stupid and ridiculous.'
Social media influencer Samyra took to TikTok with a screenshot from the Target app, showing the same item of clothing - a pair of black underwear - in two different sizes but listed for two different prices
'So I'm going to change it anyway for you because I don't agree with that myself,' she said. 'Personally, I've never agreed with that... It doesn't make any sense.'
'Getting the "fat tax" at Target removed,' Samyra wrote in overlaid text across the video.
She added that there appears to be a 'fat tax' on that thong but not others.
'Had I not gotten lucky finding this plus size in the store, I would have had to unfairly pay $2 extra online,' she pointed out.
'$2 extra because we wear above an XL. This isn't right,' Samyra captioned the video.
Viewers flooded the comment section with their thoughts - with the majority siding with Samyra.
'If the argument is "because it's more material" then why don't all sizes cost different due to the amount of material used???' wrote one.
'I mean I wear size 6 shoes, and I pay the same as someone who wears size 11, even though mine use less material, so why would I pay more for the plus size clothing?' asked someone else.
The Target worker explained that sometimes larger clothing sizes cost more due to the extra fabric required (stock image)
'Bigger shoes aren't more expensive. Smaller clothes aren't cheaper. Baby clothes aren't hella cheap,' pointed out another.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Target for comment.
It's not the first time that plus-sized consumers have complained about having to pay more for clothing.
In 2018, British clothing line New Look was accused of introducing its own 'fat tax' for plus-size clothing.
Consumers were fuming after realizing the clothing giant was charging an extra 15 percent for plus-size trousers compared to an identical pair in its standard range.
A shopper told the Daily Mail at the time she had been browsing online when she spotted a pair of green stripe wide leg trousers that were on sale for £19.99 in New Look's standard, tall and petite ranges yet for sizes 18 and above, they cost £22.99.
She said she believed the retailer was alienating itself from vast swathes of shoppers by having price disparities on apparently identical items of clothing.
