First-Ever Plus-Size-Only Runway Show During New York Fashion Week Coming This Fall

OneStopPlus.com is set to stage the first-ever plus-size-only runway show during New York Fall Fashion Week. Although the event won't be held in conjunction with IMG Fashion Week, it will take place right next door at The Atrium in Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall on September 15, 2010. Brands to be shown include Avenue, Jessica London, Women Within, Ellos and La Redoute. Eighteen different models will hit the runway, among them Lizzie Miller and Tocarra Jones. Emme will host the red carpet.

VP of Design of OneStopPlus.com Zahir Babvani said in a press release, "This show is a collaborative effort to provide the extraordinary community of plus-size American women with the uncompromising style that they have always deserved but never received. It's about inclusion and fashion democracy: fashion risk-taking and empowerment. No more seeing what you can't have; this is a fashion party that invites and inspires everyone."

Comments

[rynnkat]

02:17 AM on 08/29/2010

I want 5'7" and 180 lbs. Give her grey hair and a big smile. Then I will have some idea of what the clothes will look like on me.

[JohnnyRules]

05:57 PM on 08/25/2010

If I want to see cows I will go to a farm.

[mikefina]

05:13 PM on 08/22/2010

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo,thank you.

[Sassytall]

11:42 AM on 08/22/2010

Niceeeee

[noladebby]

02:02 PM on 08/21/2010

Good!

[LANmine]

09:15 AM on 08/21/2010

Gigglty!

[dropacat]

02:52 AM on 08/21/2010

right on! for now, if they have to brand them as "plus-sized", so be it. repetitive exposure to what is ultimately normal is the only way change happens, so yay! curves FTW!

[Sharkcellar]

09:21 PM on 08/20/2010

Yum.

[themightylemur]

03:21 PM on 08/20/2010

why is everything model or plus-sized, how about just normal women?

[BlueRoseofTexas]

01:21 PM on 08/21/2010

Exactly! I don't wear a size 0 or a 20. It seems all the misses fashions are designed for the 0s and the plus sizes look like mumus. I am a 59-year old size ten or twelve and am hard pressed to find anything that works for my size and age. I don't want to look teen-tartie but I sure as heck don't want to look frau-frumpy. What's a girl to do?

[trinity]

09:53 PM on 08/21/2010

Actually a lot of the models in the "plus size" catalogs like Romans, Woman Within, etc. are probably a size 12 (as that is the smallest size they sell)...

[mooncrack]

08:26 AM on 08/22/2010

Most "plus size" models wear a 10 or 12.

[Idablu]

06:21 AM on 08/20/2010

About time they did this.

[ThatKaz]

04:33 PM on 08/19/2010

I think a lousy picture was used in this article. Only the first model could ever be classified as a plus-sized model, and even that is pushing it. Clearly this picture is from another runway show.

I am glad that they are using larger models but I hate that anyone wearing an 8+ is considered to be "plus-sized."

[ThatKaz]

04:57 PM on 08/19/2010

I see on the Style page they have chosen a different and better photo, but in the article the picture of the unrealted show is still there. Maybe that will be fixed soon as well.

[Riyter]

02:46 PM on 08/20/2010

Yes, pictures add 10 pounds at least and this angle --knees up to head--can make anyone look poochy.

[ThatKaz]

03:42 PM on 08/23/2010

They had changed the picture by the time your response was posted. So, I wasn't talking about the current article picture.

[Red45]

03:40 PM on 08/19/2010

Awesome! Some smart people are beginning to figure it out that more than half the women in this country are having a really hard time finding a good selection of plus-size clothes. This is a huge untapped market.

[aphextwin07]

03:39 PM on 08/19/2010

plus-size bust.... or waist O.o

the image would lead me to believe the former

[copelli21]

03:14 PM on 08/19/2010

Yeah!! Finally!!!

[Aitch5]

03:11 PM on 08/19/2010

Fashion Industry has been blowing their horn big time lately for making progress at including all types of women--like the plus-size model in mags and on the runway.
I think plus size in their Universe is an 8/10.
Yes, I am serious.

[suemj]

01:23 PM on 08/20/2010

Yes, you're right, and this is unfortunate. Let's hope that enough flack has been raised, and this event will have actual plus- sized models of 12-14, although 12 is still small to me, and 14 average. Tocarra was that gorgeous high-cheekboned model on Tyra's show, and she is actually plus-sized.

[Aitch5]

01:55 PM on 08/20/2010

How about next they make "progress" by having models under 5 foot 8 inches!