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September Editors Letter…

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Welcome to the PLUS Model Magazine Fashion Issue. Whether you pay $20 or $200 for an article of clothing, the look of it and how it makes you feel is your “Passion For Fashion”. In this issue, we are celebrating FASHION from big name designers and online retailers, to up-and-coming talent. Today’s “plus size” fashion… [Continue Reading]

Jennifer Barreto-Leyva Featured in Revista Estampas

Readers… MORE great things going on for our plus model friends! Jennifer Barreto-Leyva was featured this week in one of the most popular printed magazines in Venezuela… it´s called “Revista Estampas”. She was featured at the “Fashion in the streets” segment, and was the first plus sizemodel/person to be there. Isn´t great? Best… Maddy

Plus fashion Industry Weighing In: Are Larger Size Models READY to Model?

Dear Readers… No matter how controversial the subject, I am opening up important dialogue as I think this is the only way we are going to move our industry forward… that being said, I received an email from a Fashion Industry Professional who wanted to share her views on the many conversations we have been… [Continue Reading]

18PLUS Models… PLUS Model Mag Pushing the Envelope

Dear Readers… Thank you for the amazing feedback over the past few weeks… I’m so thankful that you have chosen to use your “voice” to let us know what you want to see. Once we began to see the feedback that we were getting PLUS decided to again push the envelope and we have already… [Continue Reading]

Is Glamour Going Far Enough in Representing Plus Women?

Dear Readers… Thank you for all of the emails about the PLUS Model Magazine editorial featuring 8 plus size nude models! We have been praised by many for featuring beautiful women ‘au-natural’ and chided by some who thought that the models were not big enough… thanks for the feedback on this… we ARE listening! On… [Continue Reading]

Requirements for the PLUS Model Magazine West Coast Model Search

Dear Readers… Today’s question is “Why are the age requirements for the PLUS Model Magazine West Coast Model Search 18 to 26?”. Please let me explain: When you run a model contest on your own you can set the standards that you like but when you partner with an agency and a fashion company the… [Continue Reading]

Catwalk: Strike A Pose with Deborah Gregory Author of The Cheetah Girls and Catwalk

Just got this message from Deborah Gregory (Author of The Cheetah Girls and Catwalk)… Major fun coming to Brooklyn! Catwalk: Strike A Pose reading/signing on Saturday, October 10th 2-4pm at Barnes and Noble Bookstore 267 7th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215; 718-832-9066 Closest subway stop is: F Train To 7th Avenue stop in Brooklyn! Go strike… [Continue Reading]

What size should a plus model be?

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In this month’s Glamour Genevieve Field dives into the world of “plus” and she quotes the Editor of British Vogue in a letter to designers which included that the designers were forcing them to hire models with “jutting bones and no breast or hips”. In the meantime – when Glamour calls agencies for a new… [Continue Reading]

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The State of the Curvy Community: A Panel Discussion

If you listen to the news, read the many articles circulating through the internet, the media would have you believe that the plus size woman is losing her retail options, due to the economy.  They would have you to believe that we, plus size women, are now a liability to their bottom line, thus defecting… [Continue Reading]

 
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