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Plus Size Fashion

I Love Haters

Chastity Garner Valentine | Posted 05.06.2013 | Style
Chastity Garner Valentine

Recently, I was featured on Fashion Bomb. Now, I'm very aware of Fashion Bomb's readers and how they react to the plus size fashion bomb of the day. The audacity that a fat girl might love herself and try to show off in some cute outfits. But in the words of Beyonce: "I love haters."

Jill Martin With Marlo Thomas (WATCH)

Posted 02.19.2013 | MarloThomas

This week, I was joined by Style Expert and New York Times Best-Selling Author Jill Martin on Mondays With Marlo. Jill was so fantastic -- we spoke ab...

Plus-Size Style Tips, From Jill Martin (WATCH)

Posted 02.19.2013 | MarloThomas

Style Expert and New York Times Best-Selling Author Jill Martin had some fantastic tips for plus-size women when she visited me on Mondays With Marlo ...

Body Image in the Fashion World

Nadia Aboulhosn | Posted 03.11.2013 | Style
Nadia Aboulhosn

Fashion doesn't mean you have to be skinny. Fashion, to me, is feeling comfortable and confident in clothes that display your personality. Acceptance is the true key to happiness.

It Ain't Easy Being Rad: The 3 Kinds of Plus-Size Women

Bethany Rutter | Posted 01.26.2013 | Style
Bethany Rutter

In my 23 years experience of being a fat chick, I've come to the conclusion we fall into 3 groups.

Plus-Size Models: Why Are They Always Naked?

Chastity Garner Valentine | Posted 01.14.2013 | Style
Chastity Garner Valentine

Magazines don't care about plus-size fashion and they just want to gain attention from the naked fat girls in their magazines. Clothes just get in the way of that agenda.

Why Fat, Plus-Size Fashion Bloggers Have Creative Style

Bethany Rutter | Posted 01.12.2013 | Style
Bethany Rutter

Yes, of course, there are some amazing, original bloggers, but there are an awful lot of girls who choose to dress exactly the same, with long ombré hair and floppy hats and Jeffrey Campbell Litas.

Flattering Plus-Size Styles, From Tim Gunn (WATCH)

Posted 10.22.2012 | MarloThomas

Tim Gunn, fashion therapist and author, gave advice on flattering plus-size styles when he visited me on Mondays With Marlo. Tim's formula, a little m...

Tim Gunn: Designing Clothes For Plus-Sized Women (WATCH)

Posted 10.22.2012 | MarloThomas

Little known fact: Tim Gunn, fashion therapist and author, has been trying to develop a clothing line for plus-sized women! Unfortunately, he hasn't b...

Plus-Size Magazines Face Unique Challenges

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 08.27.2012 | Style

The concept of plus-size has made inroads in the fashion industry, from the increasing presence of plus-size models in magazines spreads and ads to th...

Will Kardashian Kurves Give a Real Plus-Size Girl a Big Chance?

Erica Watson | Posted 10.11.2012 | Style
Erica Watson

As a plus-size woman, I'm ecstatic that someone as stylish as the Kardashians have decided to make jeans with girls like me in mind. Yes, "big girls" need love (and jeans) too.

Plus-Size Model Walks Nude During Berlin Fashion Week

Stephanie Penn | Posted 09.08.2012 | Style
Stephanie Penn

For years, major retailers and high end designers have denied plus-size women access to equal opportunities as it relates to fashion. Since my days of...

Full-Figured Fashion Week Celebrates Women with Curves

Stephanie Penn | Posted 06.12.2012 | Women
Stephanie Penn

Plus size women are business owners, aspiring models, social media professionals and event planners. FFFweek puts the much needed and deserved spotlight on these women.

Fashionable Best Friend: HelloStyle's 'Big Girl In A Skinny World'

Stephanie Penn | Posted 07.16.2012 | Style
Stephanie Penn

Some people can pull off fashionably rebellious looks, but not this diva. I've learned to listen to the pros and stay in my line; my lane is certainly not that of a fashion stylist.

It's Bigger Than Plus-Size Fashion

Stephanie Penn | Posted 06.04.2012 | Detroit
Stephanie Penn

People judge plus-size women and men based on their outward appearance. We're openly discriminated against yet all anyone ever talks about in the media is plus-size fashion... There's something wrong with this conversation.

There Isn't Anything Wrong With Our Bodies

Stephanie Penn | Posted 04.29.2012 | Detroit
Stephanie Penn

We can blame society, entertainment and outside influences for the way that our children view themselves, but television is no match for good old fashioned lessons taught to children by their parents.

Why Is There No Big Bliss On The Bridal Runway?

Xochitl Gonzalez | Posted 12.17.2011 | Weddings
Xochitl Gonzalez

The market for plus-size women looking to spend $3,000 or more on a Lanvin jersey dress is only a fraction of the size of plus-size women looking to spend $3,000 or more on a wedding gown.

Ask Michael Cohen: How to Be Summer Suited at Any Size or Price

Michael Cohen | Posted 08.20.2011 | Style
Michael Cohen

I am a huge fan of men's bathing suits by Sundek. They have the perfect square cut that hits just above mid-thigh. Their suits are not too tight nor too loose, which will make you feel just sexy enough.

Big Girls Need Love Too: Full Figured Fashion Week Takes the Big Apple by Storm!

Erica Watson | Posted 08.16.2011 | Style
Erica Watson

FFFWeek™ is a much needed breath of fresh air for curvy women like me -- women who know that beauty and fashion is not 1 "sample size" fits all.

Ask Michael Cohen: How To Have Style at Any Price and Size

Michael Cohen | Posted 06.19.2011 | Style
Michael Cohen

I really dislike the term knockoffs. It sounds so cheap. I like to refer to two items -- one being the more expensive and the other less -- as having striking similarities.

Shopping for My Mom: How Fashion Fails Real Women

Charla Krupp | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Charla Krupp

Any woman can look her best, no matter what her size, so long as she knows which clothes will flatter her body. But if you can't find cool clothes in your size, what are you supposed to do?

Gabi, MTV's First Twitter Jockey is a Curvy Goddess Elected by Generation Y

Starre Vartan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Starre Vartan

Gabi wearing a Monif C. dress at the MTV Music Awards. Gabi Gregg is MTV's first-ever Twitter Jockey, a post she has held for a little over 3 months...

NYC Fashion Week's Been Hit With a Curve!

Emme | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Emme

It's 2010 and we're still not supplying over 63% of American full figured, curvy, plus-size women with hip, stylish, quality driven, trend-forward and shape appropriate clothing.

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

Posted 05.25.2011 | Style

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 conju...

High Fat-shion

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Jilly Gagnon

Recent studies by the fashion industry have shown that large women are not only "people," but that they are people with money!