The Plus Size Fashion days is an annual fashion event that brings together plus size designers to show case their collection on the runway.

The Plus Size Fashion Days which was initiated by Tanja Manfo was held over the weekend in Hamburg Germany and this time around went beyond just fashion to body positivity, empowerment and confidence.

Tanja is a makeup artist from Germany which of the idea which was born at her has created big community with uncountable assistants and still a large number of admirers.

Tanja generates the ideas, will organize, coordinates and inspires people on holding events, connected with the world of Plus Size fashion.

Some of the plus size designers who showcased their collection on the Plus Size Fashion Days were Bon Prix, Sheego, MiaModa, Crispy, Studio Untold, Murek, Happy size and Navib Fashion.

The female models sashayed the runway displaying ... Read more »

In the middle of September the New York fashion week came to the end.

In it, except huge number of brands of clothes of the regular sizes the brand of a women's clothing of plus size from Canada of Addition Elle took part.

The brand became the legislator of fashion of plus size not only in the homeland for a long time.

The brand became the legislator of fashion of plus size not only in the homeland for a long time. Today it is one of leaders the company on production of clothes from 12 on the 26th size in the world.

During a fashion week in New York the brand provided to Addition Elle two collections. The first part was devoted to fashionable trends autumn and winter a season of 2016-2017.

Here dresses, blouses, a bodysuit, skirts, trousers, jeans, coveralls, jackets and other clothes were shown.

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IMG Models, a global modelling agency based in America, recently signed its first "plus size” male model.

Zach Miko, an actor and former US Target model looks, to my eye, like most fit young men. Yet Miko is one of very few plus size male models with agency contracts.

The UK has no plus sized models signed to an agency, and Australia has less than half a dozen.

While South Africa is yet to introduce its first ever plus size male model, Australia is among few countries worldwide breaking the mould with the signing a few years ago of plus size model Jesse McNeilly to BGM Models, largely a female modelling company. One of his labelmates is James Aitken, another of the few Australian plus size male models.

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She’s back! Beth Ditto isn’t a stranger to threading the needle … or the runway, for that matter.

In 2009, the curvy-girl fashion pioneer who counts Kate Moss and Karl Lagerfeld as friends, helmed a bestselling collection with British retailer Evans.

That following year, she closed a Jean Paul Gaultier show. And even though her eponymous collection hit launched earlier this spring, the 35-year-old former lead singer of indie rock band Gossip is still surprised at the reception she receives. 

"I’ve been this size my whole life," Ditto told Elle.com.

"When I get invited to a fashion show, I'm still that little girl who has to get creative and make things work for my body. Like, they'll send you a T-shirt ... Read more »

Julie Creffield, of Cam Road, has launched a Voom 2016 crowdfunding campaign in the hope of getting a share of a £1m investment from the Virgin business magnate.

The 38-year-old businesswoman aims to challenge perceptions that you can’t be fat and fit or that you have to lose weight first before becoming more active through the Too Fat to Run? pitch.

Julie, who runs the The Fat Girls’ Guide to Running blog, is competing against several business ideas for the chance to pitch to Richard Branson live in the Virgin Media Business competition.

She said: "I need everybody to get behind this and vote or share it.”

Her proposal aims to provide supportive communities to women across the UK who can meet and train together under expert guidance.

Her business model will include branded training programmes, such as Julie’s 5 weeks ... Read more »

This is a pageant like no other. Only women size 14 and up need apply.

Plus-size women from throughout the state will reflect the message that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes during the California Plus America beauty pageant in Anaheim on April 24.

"We're beautiful no matter what size we are," said Cher Rue, California Plus America executive director. "Beauty is inside."

The pageant comes at a time when strides toward body acceptance and more diverse industry ideals of beauty have been reflected on fashion runways and on television.

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Retailers are recognizing that the plus-size shopper is interested in fashion, too.

J.C. Penney is launching Boutique+, a plus-size brand that its in-house designers have been working on since last year.

Project Runway’s Ashley Nell Tipton, 24, the first plus-size designer to win the reality TV competition, is creating two Boutique+ collections for fall and holiday.

Teens are fueling the category estimated to be about a $20 billion-a-year business.

"There are millions of incredibly stylish full-figured women who are seeking comfortable, well-fit clothes that offer style,” said Siiri Dougherty, senior vice president over women’s apparel. "J.C. Penney is committed to winning her loyalty by designing an entirely new modern brand.”

Penney is positioning the brand for the younger millennial shopper. Boutique+ will be priced from $12.99 for ... Read more »

Earlier today, Amy Schumer called out Glamour for including her in a bonus issue about "plus-size” women without her permission.

"I think there’s nothing wrong with being plus size,” Schumer wrote in a post on Instagram. "Beautiful healthy women. Plus size is considered size 16 in America.

I go between a size 6 and an 8. @glamourmag put me in their plus size only issue without asking or letting me know and it doesn’t feel right to me.

Young girls seeing my body type thinking that is plus size? What are your thoughts? Mine are not cool glamour not glamourous.”

The story appears in an edition of the magazine geared at women sizes 12 and up, done in partnership with the women’s clothing retailer Lane Bryant.

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This spring the Italian INCANTO brand represents a debut collection of linen Plus-Size.

"Beautiful forms, tremendous bends should be emphasized with the correct linen — the chief designer of brand Klaudia Santoro admits — it isn't important at all — to feel confident what size at you, the main thing and not to doubt own sexuality!"

The comfort, reliable support, seductive and trend design — all this waits for owners of curvy shapes.

The Dominica line is addressed to lovers of gentle shades. Here each model of a sconce and shorts is created for romantic evenings where there is a place to easy nervousness and shyness.

Supporters of bright accents will like Marisol. The union of beige and black will delicately emphasize a silhouette — the safe choice of the true lady who is skillfully setting the rules of the game ... Read more »

When 28 year-old brunette bombshell Ashley Graham made history in February as the first plus-size model to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue, not everyone was thrilled: A handful of critics, including former Sports Illustrated model Cheryl Tiegs, condemned the choice to put a full-figured woman on the highly coveted cover — lest it "glamorize” being overweight.

Their criticism didn’t slow Graham’s skyrocketing career. This week, she became the first plus-size model to be featured on the cover of Maxim, posed with only a white button-down shirt draped against her body. Tagline: "Natural beauty turned brand builder.”

In the USA Ashley Greyam (Ashley Graham) there was the first plus-size model ("with forms") which was removed for a cover of the American version of the Maxim magazine. The model has published a picture on Monday, March 28, on the page in Instagram.

For a photoshoot 28-y ... Read more »