Fashion Week’s Shrinking RealityThe numbers tell a startling story about plus-size representation in fashion photography.
While traditional standards of beauty are evolving, people still have the desire to change their bodies to look like someone else. The modeling industry has previously been accused of promoting ...
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"Representation isn't a trend, it's a necessity": This fashion month, plus-size models are still absent
There were promising signs fashion was entering its inclusivity era, but our Contributing Curve Editor says more needs to change for plus-size representation to be anything more than a fleeting moment ...
The runway has long catered to a waifish ideals. Across 219 shows in New York, London, Paris, and Milan, Vogue Business reported that only 17 brands featured plus-size models—a statistic that reflects ...
When it comes to breaking barriers and challenging beauty standards, Black plus-size models lead the way. Their confidence and advocacy inspires countless people around the world. These extraordinary ...
In the past, you had to be a size 34, sport an extra flat stomach and a wasp waist to hope to be on the catwalk. The models all had millimeter measurements and imposed diets. Curves were not tolerated ...
A reader, discouraged by the perpetuation of outdated beauty standards in the fashion industry, wonders if we will ever see genuine inclusivity in fashion models. By Vanessa Friedman I’d heard there ...
Ashley Alexiss underwent a dramatic 100-lb. weight loss and tells PEOPLE how she's viewed differently amid the body transformation The plus-size model, who has worked with Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, ...
Erin Marley Klay, who was body-shamed for her recent bikini photos on X, says she "chose to focus on all the women telling me how much me being confident in my visibly plus-size body meant to them" ...
New York Fashion Week did not get the body diversity memo this season. The drastic shift away from curve representation towards thinner models caused the event to hit the headlines for all the wrong ...
With more inclusive runways and an increasingly size-diverse fashion industry comes the rise of plus-size models. While there's still work to be done, thankfully, plus-size is no longer a niche ...
Plus-Size Models Speak Out After They Say They Were Denied Entrance at Nightclub Due to Their Weight
Ella Halikas and Alexa Jay say a bouncer stopped them from entering a nightclub and only allowed their thin friends to go inside. A plus-size model who has sizzled on the pages of Sports Illustrated ...
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