At size 6, Charli Howard is a plus size model. Howard, a U.K. model, experienced the exacting standards of the industry firsthand when her agency let her go because size 2 was too big, according to StyleCaster. Howard said that to conform to the industry sizing, she used to starve herself. As a result, she suffered various health issues, including irregular menstruation, back problems,…
In the fashion industry, change is everything. Not one trend or style is bound to stick around forever, especially with society always changing their taste and preference in clothing. But for years, the ones sporting this new style and trends were petite models. This was because that is who most designers were making their clothing for. Now designers not only…
Talk of diversity, especially body diversity, surrounded New York Fashion Week this year, both in the approach and the process. Models banded together with the National Eating Disorders Association and the Model Alliance to call for better working conditions and diverse casting, saying they would use the power of their numbers to highlight and honor designers who paid attention. Diversity…
Stitch Fix, a mail-to-you clothing seller, will be including a range of plus sizes starting Feb. 27, according to Racked. It is to add sizes to its available products, featuring over 90 different brands in the size ranges of 1X to 3X and 14W to 24W. The brand currently carries through size 16, the equivalent of a double XL. The additional sizing will…
A new fashion startup, Dia&Co, has launched to bring plus-size fashion to the market, according to Fortune. In an open letter on the Dia&Co website, co-founders Nadia Boujarwah and Lydia Gilbert wrote that they founded the company to help women of all sizes have access to stylish clothing. “Style is not a size,” says the letter, and “All women deserve…
You may not think it judging by her hit show—she wears a nondescript beige prison jumpsuit—but Dascha Polanco loves fashion. In an interview with Vogue, the ‘Orange is the New Black’ star said, “Fashion in my real life is more important to me than fashion in my acting life; it’s expressive, it’s creative, there’s so much to do with it.”…
Who said full figure had to be frumpy? Olga is one full-figure intimate brand that is rejecting the norms of strict comfort and support, rather adding a flirty side to their apparel line. ‘Flirty’ is their new line of vibrantly colored bras, bralettes and underwear for the fall season. And you won’t have to break the bank to own them.…
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Plus-size fashion is currently offering a greater assortment of women’s styles –still they are not readily accessible to all. Sure there are stores like Roamans and Lane Bryant geared toward plus-size women that sell affordable clothing, but for the most part the fashion styles they offer are very similar to one another. For such stores, their plus-size clothing are seemingly…
