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interview with a plus sized model on TV. Her name was Tess Munster and she has become famous for becoming the first size 22 model to sign with a major modeling agency. Not personally being a fan of the modeling/celebrity world, my excitement was not very high when I heard this; but she is happy with what she is doing, so congratulations to her. The interviewer started out by talking about the backlash and negative comments she has received from the internet about being overweight and a model. (I, personally

an increasing trend in the purchase or search for plus-size athletic apparel. According to the Washington Post, out of the $190billion clothing industry, plus size clothing represents only 9%. Some retailers and dealers have realized the potential to grow sales and revenue by catering to the niche market of plus size shoppers however a large number of others are reluctant to jump on board for financial reasons. The NDP Group indicates that plus-sized women’s clothing went up 5% from 2013 to 2014

The new member of the Ghostbusters team, Melissa McCarthy, is not a fan of labeling clothes as plus size and is not afraid to voice her opinion about it. McCarthy believes that the plus size label gives majority of women in America the feeling of not being good enough. “Women come in all sizes. Seventy percent of women in the United States are a size 14 or above, and that’s technically “plus-size,” she told Refinery29. “ So you’re taking your biggest category of people and telling them, ‘You’re not

Plus size clothing is taking the fashion world by storm More and more plus size clothes are being included in the boutiques these days. Each and every city is taking into consideration women with full figure and their fashion needs. Even plus size women can now have their own share of attractive and impressive clothes. The designers of modern times have a complete idea about the clothes that would suit plus size women. A huge array of fashion wear is available in the market these days. Cheap plus

Affordable plus size clothing for women has not always been easy to find. There was a time, not too long ago, that clothes for plus sized women were not only expensive, but they were outrightly an eye sore. This was because designers believed that skinny women were beautiful hence most of them dedicated time to design clothing for small women. In the same era, plus size clothes for women were relegated to stretchy material which was almost always black in color. This was as a result of the misconception

wear to show off their fit fashion sense. This requirement upset many applicants because it appeared to emphasize looks rather than experience. As a result of the media outbursts, Southern Training Design’s brand is losing favor in the public eye. The plus sized population is upset with your company for not offering a clothing line specifically for them like other retailers have begun to do. Large portions of your interested buyers are from the overweight populations whom have decided to change their

For many years there has been size discrimination amongst the fashion industry. Some companies want to say that women are too big or too skinny. Yet this may be true in some cases, this does not mean that their assumptions should affect who can and cannot model. When fashion industries are picking models, they should consider that not every woman is the same size and their weight, if healthy, should not affect their chances of becoming a model. A new study in the NCA’s Communication Monographs

for weeks prior. It hit her the second she opened her eyes. “It was sort of out of no where, like it had come to me in a dream that night,” said Miller, “I just remember waking up and being like ah-ha.” Miller is better known as Emme, the first plus size supermodel, and the question that was keeping her up was how she could contribute the fashion industry, or larger than than that, to womanhood, in a way to that would make an impact. Something that would really stick. Hazily, Emme got out of bed

who was discovered as a plus-size model on Instagram, can be found gracing the pages of Vogue Italia, as well as other plus-size models like Ashley Graham, Vogue’s first plus-size cover girl. Seven years is relatively short time for plus-size people to push their way to the front of the fashion industry and it’s all because of one little thing—social media. The first thing to address is the term plus-size. The fashion industry infamously begins tacking on the plus at size 8. According to the CDC

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