How it works: Adore Me is mostly known for its lingerie sets, but it also offers size-inclusive swimwear. There are multiple ways to shop on the site. You can pick whatever you want, whenever, like a traditional e-commerce store. Or, you can sign up for VIP and have a “showroom” curated for you every month,…
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This carried on until last year, when four of my best friends, my boyfriend, and I booked tickets for a weeklong trip to Hawaii. It was my first real adult vacation—to celebrate turning 30!—and the stress of finding at least one suit to get me through the week was looming over me like the clouds…
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When I was growing up, the two most important questions I asked when I shopped for a swimsuit were: Does it come in black? And does it have “tummy control” to smooth out my midsection? I always felt like slimming fabric was a nonnegotiable feature, because if I didn’t hide and minimize my body as…
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If you’re a plus-size shopper, you know the frustration that comes from brands taking straight-size clothing, making it larger, and assuming it’ll fit the same. This practice (which is still, unfortunately, common) doesn’t take into account how the body changes when weight is added, how a silhouette might need to be readjusted for different body…
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You might know Addition Elle only through its lingerie collection with Ashley Graham, but the Canadian retailer has been dominating the plus-size apparel space since the eighties, always working to provide options to shoppers who have traditionally been underserved in fashion. And it’s still finding new ways to do that in 2019—now with shoes and…
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When Christa Singleton first climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2016, she didn’t see anyone that looked like her on the mountain. She was hiking with more than 20 other women—a range of ages and sizes—but still, she felt distinctly out of place. As a plus-sizer hiker, it wasn’t merely the extra pounds she was carrying up…
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