Welcome to the Denim Issue! We are thrilled to have an exciting issue from cover to cover celebrating plus size fashion and the models who make it all happen. Our cover model Emma Meyer is a Torrid House of Dreams Model Search finalist who met a few years ago and is now a FORD… [Continue Reading]
Source: Refinery 29 In the last couple of years, plus-size models have gone from being novelties in high-fashion shows and couture, to being included in mainstream campaigns and editorials in nearly every glossy from Glamour Magazine to Vogue Italia. But, it’s nearly impossible to even mention the words “plus-size” without stirring up a bit of controversy; whether they… [Continue Reading]
What are the rates a model should be getting? Is there a standard and does it depend on your region of the USA or abroad? I wish there was an industry standard across the board for models, but we do not have a union or a check and balance system in place such as SAG,… [Continue Reading]
Source The Illusionists The Illusionists is a feature-length documentary about the commodification of the body and the marketing of unattainable beauty around the world. The film will explore the influence that corporations have on our perceptions of ourselves, showing how mass media, advertising and several industries manipulate people’s insecurities about their bodies for profit. The… [Continue Reading]
The Hotter than July Bellydance Extravaganza is a celebration of the Girls Raks Bellydance and Body Image Summer Program. The event will be held July 9, 2011 at 1:00pm at the La Peña Cultural Center at 3105 Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley. Now in its second year and led by Raks Africa, Girls Raks is a… [Continue Reading]
As your consumer, it’s important that we relate to the images you send out via your advertising. Although, the fashion models you use are beautiful, we’d love to see them curvier as well! We want to see someone who looks like us. We are not all US sizes 12/14. Some of us are 16′s, 18′s,… [Continue Reading]
Via Mirror Magazine In a world where beauty essentially means being thin, can a curvy figure be as acceptable? The Mirror Magazine finds out. There’s a photograph taken by Lionel Wendt of a woman’s torso – her abdomen is divided into neat, long rolls of fat. Clearly, he saw some beauty in it, that voluptuousness… [Continue Reading]
Source: Deb’s Style File Pardon the pun, but New York’s Full Figured Fashion Week has doubled in size and shows no sizes of shrinking. The organizers of last weekend’s event are celebrating, and plus-size models are rejoicing, yet mass opinion probably will remain mixed for years to come. This is the third year that former… [Continue Reading]
Lane Bryant® 2011 Fall Collection Fall 2011 Trend Overview: Lane Bryant®, the nation’s leading plus-size women’s specialty apparel retailer introduces its 2011 fall collection incorporating the latest trends for plus size fashionistas. According to Robert Rutkauskas, Lane Bryant’s trend and color design director,this fall is all about layering classic pieces and keeping a clean modern shape… [Continue Reading]
Amy from MomSpark.net has joined with Land’s End for a giveaway! Via Mom Spark When Lands’ End approached me about reviewing one of their swimsuits AND posting a photo of myself in the swimsuit for National Swimsuit Confidence Week, I was a little hesitant. I didn’t think in a gazillion years that I would do such a… [Continue Reading]
