When I first started researching plus size influencers and the fashion movement they helped shape, I didn’t realize just how deep the roots go. What began as simple outfit posts and blog entries, ...

Let’s be clear: Black women have always set the standard in the fashion and beauty industries. From the regal gold adornments of our African ancestors to the street style of the B-Girls of Brooklyn ...

After struggling to maintain a size 0 for New York Fashion Week, model Lauren Hill reveals that the highlight of her career was becoming the second plus-size model to be featured in Vogue Australia.

Alicia Johnson is a 62-year-old author and model signed to Ford Models—an elite agency that has been home to Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington and Brooke Shields. She’s the only model at Ford in both ...

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 ...

Journalist and model Jessica Leahy wonders why curvy models are copping so much criticism. As a journalist who has spent much of my youth employed as a “plus size model”, the terms of my job used to ...

Vogue’s recent homage to “Hairspray” owes a lot of the hallmarks of the beloved musical: a catchy song, big hairdos and 1960s fashion. But many viewers noticed one prominent part of the Broadway show ...

Alongside her were plus size fashion bloggers like Gabi Gregg, Tess Holliday, Nicolette Mason, Tanesha Aswathi of Girl with Curves, and Nadia Aboulhosn, who took their online presence and turned it ...

When I first started researching plus size influencers and the fashion movement they helped shape, I didn’t realize just how deep the roots go. What began as simple outfit posts and blog entries, ...