Plus-Size WOMEN Featured In June's Glamour (PHOTOS)

June's issue of French Glamour features plus-size women--not plus-side models--talking about XXL fashion. Actually, the ladies are blogueuses, an exquisite word for bloggers. Entitled "Vive les fatshionistas!" the article contains tips on where to shop and online resources for full-figured beauties.

Check out some scans of the article via Fatshionable.

June's American Glamour also feature a plus-size beauty: Crystal Renn. Read more here.

Comments

[alieninvader]

01:51 PM on 05/11/2010

The mean spiritedness of this thread is sickening. People in glass houses...

[Amanda Donovan]

04:16 PM on 05/28/2010

thank you. i agree. fanned.

[norepublicanleftbehind]

01:55 AM on 05/11/2010

Good for them. However, the clothing is just not elegant. They could have modeled Eskandar or Eileen Fisher - even Ralph and Elisabeth Claiborne. Why do designers keep bigger women--now a lot of average women dressed in big flowery prints and cheesey workout cuts?

It would be nice to see a one year spread moving from casual to elegant. For goodness sake spend and look at fabric and cut and if it's not there --design it or create a young designer competition.

[caad4]

06:45 PM on 05/10/2010

Good for them.

[janedoe31]

09:21 AM on 05/10/2010

The fashion magazines & clothing designers are NOT celebrating obese women (plus size for those of you who won't admit you are obese) .............the obese fashion market has become a cash cow. The obesity epidemic has openned a whole new market. Stampede

[norepublicanleftbehind]

07:34 PM on 05/13/2010

Ok..we get it you're really skinny.

[WonderfulLife]

05:17 AM on 05/10/2010

It's nice to see women and men in magazines in all shapes and sizes. Just like it was when magazines started using people of color. Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes and I think it's great that we're moving away from a narrow definition of what beauty is in our society.
Now if we can get women to stop going under the knife to have balloons sewn on their chest-we'll know that we, as a society, are finally starting to get somewhere.

[zeppelingirl89]

12:53 AM on 05/10/2010

These women are unhealthy. Why do these magazines never feature normal sized (healthy normal not American overweight normal) women? Its either 5'10 and 105 pounds or 5'4 and 220 pounds. Most men and women don't want to look at either extreme. What is so awful about featuring an average heighted woman who's 125 pounds?

[fridakahlofan]

06:35 AM on 05/10/2010

Because the world isn't perfect, and there are many men and women who are rounder, overweight, and or big. It doesn't mean they can' t be beautiful and sexy.
what do you look like, how much do you weigh, how tall are you, are you healthy "normal"?

[norepublicanleftbehind]

01:56 AM on 05/11/2010

The average woman in America is between size 14 and 16.

[zeppelingirl89]

03:59 AM on 05/12/2010

I am currently 127 pounds at 5'5. I'm athletic but not thin. I am certainly "healthy" considering my BMI falls in the middle of the healthy range. I probably would have been the average weight 40 years ago. I would be of average weight in Europe, Asia, or Africa..It is only overweight and unhealthy American women who are trying to convince themselves that they are normal. The average woman weights 164 at 5'4. Never in the history of the world has that been healthy for the (Average) person with a medium frame. It might have been considered aesthetically pleasing at some points but that doesn't mean its healthy.

[winterclaire]

01:09 PM on 05/11/2010

Once again, you are comparing "skinny" to "healthy" (I've seen you on other "Body Image" articles, as I'm there a lot, too!). This weekend, I had quite the illuminating experience...I was touring a structure under construction, without elevators, and had to climb up and down several flights of stairs and climb over construction materials, etc. The SKINNY people I was with were winded. Me, the "fat" girl, was able to take the stairs, etc., without it affecting me...(I walk everywhere, don't have a car, etc.). So, just for argument's sake, can we all PLEASE STOP equating skinny with healthy and fat with unhealthy and all strive for a life where we want to be healthy first and foremost...at whatever weight we end up at? Thank you. That is all.

[zeppelingirl89]

04:07 AM on 05/12/2010

I am not comparing skinny to healthy. Americans are just so overweight at this point they see someone of normal size as healthy. I know there are bigger framed people who are naturally heavy who are healthier than many thin people. But they are more of the exception than the rule.
Hell, for example I used to run cross-country and track and was at 127 pounds or so one of the bigger girls competing in that sport (not in the general pop. obviously, but that sport attracts lighter-framed individuals), yet I easily beat out girls who were 20 pounds smaller and had less weight to carry. I'm not calling every overweight person unhealthy, or every skinny person healthy (many of the excessively skinny models aren't at all).....but the majority of overweight Americans are NOT healthy, nor is that weight natural for them. For most people healthy weights are those which are not excessively skinny and not significantly overweight.

[charles116]

12:12 AM on 05/10/2010

This is just the latest 'hook' for mag sales.
Fashion mags bow down to the designers. And they design for slim women and want models who are essential, human hangers.

When Halston was asked why he didn't design clothes for heavier women, he replied:
"I don't do upholstery."

Unless you can change the process, from the early sketch, and you cannot, this fad will also pass.

[charles116]

12:03 AM on 05/10/2010

More cushion for the pushin'

[chroma601]

10:17 PM on 05/09/2010

You know, a lot of posters here don;t seem to think a heavy woman can remotely be considered beautiful. I just want to say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To me the women that Reubens and Renoir painted are ideal. I may not be with the times, but at least I know what I like...

[cre8ive]

07:15 PM on 05/09/2010

Some of you posters are hilarious. You keep talking about how "unhealthy" these women look. You wouldn't talk about the unhealthy 5'10" toothpick who is throwing up her food to keep a job, or the unhealthy messages that magazines send by regularly photoshop pictures to make perfectly normal and healthy women appear thinner. This article is about fashion. These women happen to wear clothes too. You have no real concerns about their health. You just don't like looking at them. So stop looking.

[ilovemyprez]

09:24 AM on 05/10/2010

Are you kidding? Whenever there are pictures of skinny models every other post is "each a sandwich."

[Sunflo]

09:56 AM on 05/10/2010

that's true

[cre8ive]

01:53 AM on 05/11/2010

not true. not even close to true.

[pinkeyelemonade]

06:02 PM on 05/09/2010

There are levels of weight heavier than the traditional twig-style models or even myself [and some models make me appear obese], that can still be sexy on a woman. It's a small window. After that, it just isn't beneficial to anyone's health to discover restrictions in everyday living BECAUSE of their own weight. I don't dislike the idea of the plus-size community featured in a fashion magazine simply because of the old magazine tradition of "thin is pretty" but young girls will see the articles, and of course they'll understand that it isn't a crime to be overweight, but it could get out of hand, they'll mayhaps be likely to let their weight distort some by some. Just like some girls see the chopstick-thin supermodel and begin to starve themselves. Obesity is a pandemic in many countries. All models should be included in the industry, Barbie-esque or not, but the heavier girls must eat healthier, must understand that they are hurting themselves in a terrible way, and we need to tell youngsters to eat well and take care of themselves properly. Being healthy and feeling good is a wonderful thing, my fiancee is overweight but he's been riding his bike, cutting down on soft drinks, and it already seems like he feels quite good inside, physically and mentally. I want that for all of us.

[Tecsim]

04:12 PM on 05/09/2010

This article isn't about touting obesity as healthy. It's about displaying the fact that there are attractive, sexy women - and of course clothing for overweight individuals. Need not over-analyze a cosmo-style article, people.

[fridakahlofan]

06:36 AM on 05/10/2010

Agreed, bigger sizes, big men and woman can be beautiful, sexy and sensual.

[blimie]

01:51 PM on 05/09/2010

Some women can carry an extra 50 lbs. and still look really attractive. This is beyond that and when you see someone who can't move comfortably and gets out of breath with exertion, it's not going to look attractive no matter how you label it.

[ChaCubed]

12:17 PM on 05/09/2010

If you're driving down the road on a beautiful summer day with the convertible top down, feeling good and enjoying the day, and a giant cockroach flew into your mouth, would you ask, "Why did that cockroach do that to me? No, you wouldn't. Would you say to yourself, "This giant cockroach flew into my mouth, and there's nothing I can do about it," and leave it in your mouth? No, you wouldn't. Would you swallow the cockroach, incorporating it into yourself because it flew into your mouth? No, you wouldn't. You'd spit it out. Would you let it ruin your enjoyment of the rest of your day? Not if you have any sense you wouldn't. You'd spit it out, say, "Whoa, that was nasty!,' and you'd go on enjoying your ride.

Same thing with nasty comments. Don't take them in, don't let them get inside you. Spit them out by saying, "Whoa, that was nasty!," to yourself or to the person who said it, and don't let it ruin your day.

[bnyb]

07:08 PM on 05/09/2010

There are cockroaches flying around on the roads?!

[ChaCubed]

08:48 PM on 05/09/2010

I live in Florida, there are flying cockroaches EVERYWHERE, but they call them "Palmetto Bugs" cuz they're from South America and they're GIANT, and I think it makes people feel better to have "Palmetto Bugs" flying and landing all over the place instead of giant cockroaches. :)

[Lou Cadme]

11:33 PM on 05/09/2010

I would seriously be messed up if a giant cockroach flew into my mouth, but thank you for your bright outlook and sage advice anyway!

[ChaCubed]

10:41 AM on 05/10/2010

LOL Excellent, that's exactly the reaction I want - "ewwwwwww"! That, in addition to your "thank you" let's me know my message was received. Believe it or not, not everyone "gets" me! (Yeah, like that's a surprise.:) )

Thank you for the chuckle and the kind words.

[singermuse]

11:04 AM on 05/09/2010

This is GREAT! I only wish this was also in the English version of Glamour! (I can't read French....yet) Women of all sizes are BEAUTIFUL!

[twiggy 1]

12:10 PM on 05/09/2010

Perhaps, that is BEAUTIFUL but heavy and unhealthy as well.

[cre8ive]

07:09 PM on 05/09/2010

I wonder if you'd ever look at some of the skinny and unhealthy models and say the same thing. Doubtful.