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 ...
A Bermudian model has become a style icon in Britain after being featured modelling tights for a women’s clothing company.
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 ...
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 ...
A reader, discouraged by the perpetuation of outdated beauty standards in the fashion industry, wonders if we will ever see genuine inclusivity in fashion models.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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fashion Week’s Shrinking RealityThe numbers tell a startling story about plus-size representation in fashion photography.
Tess Holliday remembers 2019 as a "glorious" year for plus-size fashion and body positivity. The plus-size model and body activist walked the runway at New York Fashion Week. She'd been featured by ...