Melissa Owens Miller, known professionally as Emme, is an American plus-size model, social reformer and body image advocate. Emme gained worldwide fame as the first full-figured model chosen for ...

A little over seven years ago, in February 2017, Ashley Graham was getting dressed in a furry cropped jacket and sweater dress to make history. She would be the first-ever curve model to walk Michael ...

Tess Holliday remembers 2019 as a "glorious" year for plus-size fashion and body positivity. The plus-size model and body activist walked the runway at New York Fashion Week. She'd been featured by ...

Let’s be clear: Black women have always set the standard in the fashion and beauty industries. From the regal gold adornments of our African ancestors to the street style of the B-Girls of Brooklyn ...

Alicia Johnson is a 62-year-old author and model signed to Ford Models—an elite agency that has been home to Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington and Brooke Shields. She’s the only model at Ford in both ...

Walk through any major fashion magazine or scroll through high-end brand campaigns, and you’ll notice something striking. Of the 8,763 looks presented across 208 shows and presentations, 0.8 per cent ...

Industry insiders are alarmed by the lack of body diversity on catwalks, as Vogue Business reports only 0.8% of runway looks were plus-size. Getty Images They’re not cat-walking the walk. Despite ...

Something incredible is happening in fashion right now, and the numbers don’t lie. The global plus size clothing market was estimated at USD 119.4 billion in 2024. The market is expected to grow from ...