Milan's Big Beginning: Plus-Size Show Opens Fashion Week (PHOTOS)

Milan Fashion Week opened yesterday with a delightful surprise for all those women bored with the seemingly endless parade of lean, lithe teenagers that tends to dominate the catwalks.

Instead, the Milan season for spring/summer opened with the plus-size collection by Elena Miro, specifically designed for women of more average and generous proportions.

Instead, the Milan season for spring/summer opened with the plus-size collection by Elena Miro, specifically designed for women of more average and generous proportions.

The theme was a garden party, interpreted in floral prints of camellia, forget-me-not and peony.

Silk dresses fluttered gracefully below the knees; chiffon blouses, which slipped down to reveal bared shoulders, were teamed with bell-bottom trousers; and short-jackets and bustiers added a more structured note to the wardrobe.

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Comments

[Seaglass]

Way, way overdue...those women actually look real, and gorgeous...and if they're considered plus-sized, no wonder we have so many anorexic teens.

[JScott]

Trim the bangs.

[AlligatorShuz]

Have they seen the light that REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES... How many women is dying to be a 00 size.?

[mugwamp]

"opened with the plus-size collection by Elena Miro, specifically designed for women of more average and generous proportions"

It's a plus-size show, so don't get over excited that the modeling industry is going to start shoving big-macs down their model's throats.

[dkan71]

What a breath of fresh air! It's such a relief to see a normal sized woman looking so gorgeous and stylish on a runway. It's freakin' revolutionary.

[peachfuzz]

Curves & soft flesh. So refreshing.

[trinity]

Wow, clothes made for actual women, not little boys on heroin...

[WFV]

I think this is great. Finally!

[PrairieRobin]

Big girls rule!

[arugularose]

Oh my gosh, I have never seen such beautiful runway models. They are GORGEOUS. I wish we got more of THAT.

[arachne646]

They're walking the runway, but the clothes and makeup aren't hiding someone who's about to die from malnutrition or smoking crack! They look happy and healthy!

[chroma601]

Sexy models! I thought that was an oxymoron. These are truly beautiful women.