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As a rule, most women go on a diet (or at least start thinking about it) in the first days of January, which, in theory, would allow them to have the “perfect bikini body” for summer. We're missing the point with this approach, a blog post that has gone viral says.
Gabi is a size 18 and she's ... |
26 May 2012
08:51 GMT |
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While brother Kris Humphries was making headlines for his 72-day marriage to reality star Kim Kardashian, his sister Kaela was negotiating her first ever modeling contract. She is now officially a plus-size model. She is now signed with Ford Models, the plus-size division, and she has moved from Minnesota to New Yo... |
25 May 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Emmy-winning actress Melissa McCarthy is looking to branch out, using the boost in popularity she’s enjoying right now as a launching platform. First thing on the table, a plus-sized clothing line. McCarthy first came to New York to be a fashion designer, after completing her studies in this domain. Things turn... |
30 September 2011
16:31 GMT |
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Just recently at the Sydney Fashion Festival, department store Myer hosted a Big Is Beautiful show, using only plus-size models. The Australian is arguing that this is just as worse and irresponsible as using size 0 girls. In a piece that begins with “BIG can be beautiful but fat should not be in fashion,&rdquo... |
25 August 2011
20:21 GMT |
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Because the world of fashion is all about selling illusions, it turns out not even plus-size models are actually as “plus-size” as they appear. Marquita Pring, who has modeled for Levi’s and Jean Paul Gaultier, says she sometimes uses hip padding to appear curvier. She’s one of the hottest plu... |
28 July 2011
15:01 GMT |
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It’s very uncommon to see a fashion magazine – especially one as popular as Vogue – feature plus-size models in its pages, let alone put them on the cover. The latest issue of Vogue Italia comes to make a difference, by putting not one, but three such gorgeous women on its cover. Editor Franca Sozza... |
3 June 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Gossip singer Beth Ditto may work as a plus-size model, but the other day she showed there is also room for her on the catwalk of an haute couture show at Paris Fashion Week, as she modeled for Jean-Paul Gaultier. Granted, this is not the first time that the esteemed fashion designer puts a plus-size girl among his s... |
4 October 2010
15:31 GMT |
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Just As Beautiful has been catering for the real-size and plus-size community since January 2007. Now, it’s also available in the UK and it promises to put only “real” women in it, while also completely ignoring dieting tips.This is yet another magazine that is trying to turn its back on the size 0 ... |
1 October 2010
16:31 GMT |
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Thin doesn’t always equal healthy, just like fat doesn’t necessarily mean unhealthy, singer turned plus-size model and fashion designer Beth Ditto says when asked about body image. The singer, who has long stood up to speak up for curves and how thin shouldn’t be norm, is stressing again t... |
27 September 2010
14:41 GMT |
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Precisely one year ago, Glamour magazine introduced women worldwide to plus-size model Lizzie Miller via a small photo in which she, wearing only a thong, smiled brightly despite a roll of fat on her tummy and visible stretch marks. Her photo, buried deep in the pages of the magazine and almost suffocated by other ph... |
20 September 2010
15:11 GMT |
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As announced, the first ever plus-size fashion show, featuring only size 16+ models, took place during New York Fashion Week – and it truly showed the world that bigger can – and does – mean better and more fabulous.Though not associated with any major designer house, the show was organized by OneSt... |
16 September 2010
13:31 GMT |
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It’s been often said that the fashion industry is not ready to put plus-size models, which, in real life, would mean average women, on the catwalk. The New York Fashion Week will change all that. For the first time ever, a plus-size fashion show will take place, in a bid to show once more that beauty does not k... |
10 September 2010
15:21 GMT |
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Coming to counter critics saying that the fashion industry is neither prepared for nor willing to accept plus-size women, fashion label Marc Jacobs is working to release a range that will cater exclusively for curvaceous ladies. Though this isn’t official just yet, the label’s president, Robert Duffy, con... |
10 August 2010
15:11 GMT |
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This weekend at the London Fashion Week, what was until not long ago unthinkable happened: real-life models walked alongside regular models during a presentation of designer Mark Fast’s latest collection. That’s to say size-6 girls were joined by size 14 and 16 on the catwalk, in a bid to make the industr... |
22 February 2010
15:11 GMT |
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In the last days of 2009, V Magazine made the bold announcement that, with its upcoming issue, it would completely revolutionize the concept of female beauty by showing that it can come in all shapes and sizes. Though the issue in question is not out just yet, part of the spread that will be included in it has found ... |
5 January 2010
16:21 GMT |
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The upscale department store in the UK, Selfridges, has come under serious fire these past few days after discontinuing all ranges for plus-size women without as much as bothering to let them know. Today, customers can find at the flagship Oxford Street store a size 16 at best and only if they’re lucky and pati... |
21 December 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Crystal Renn is, at this point in time, the highest paid plus-size model, while also being one of the most appreciated. As such, it’s no wonder Evans has chosen her to be the face and body of the latest collection, a line that places lots of emphasis on style, class and keeping up with the trends, while also of... |
30 October 2009
15:11 GMT |
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