I’ve always had problems finding jeans that fit right. Even from a young age—when I was stick-thin and in ballet class four times a week—my butt always made it difficult for me to fit comfortably into pants, especially because I grew up in the age of low-rise jeans. And as my body filled out more…
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Since its first New York Fashion Week show in 2016, Chromat has been an important voice in the industry’s size-inclusivity conversation. Its casting is always notably, radically diverse, with models of all shapes and backgrounds making their way down the runway in the brand’s futuristic swimsuits, as designer Becca McCharen-Tran envisioned them. And though shoppers…
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On Wednesday, Ashley Graham was announced as the new face of Revlon, making her one of just a small number of curvy women to front a beauty campaign. Here, she reflects on why we need women of all sizes represented in the beauty landscape—and how far the industry still has to go. If you ask…
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PHOTO: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images Ashley Graham has long been the face of size inclusivity on the runway, constantly pushing designers to do better and cast more plus-size (or curvy, as Graham prefers to be called) models in their shows. And though the fall 2017 shows saw a record 27 plus-size model appearances in New York…
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