Fashion Weekend to celebrate larger models

"Fashion houses have a reputation for shunning the curvier woman in favour of thin, androgynous models. But now - thanks partly to celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Beyonce celebrating their curves and a rush of fashion bloggers ( yay!) calling for better representation - the capital is to have a "plus-size" altenrative to London Fashion Week.
The first Official British Plus-Size Fashion Weekend is set to take place at Shoreditch Town Hall at the same time on February 15th and 16th. 

Although the two events are not officially conned, organisers hope that the timing will help raise the status of plus-size fashion in a bid to make size 12-24 models such as size 16 Ralph Lauren model Robyn Lawley more commonplace.
It will feature clothes and swimwear for women sized 12+ by fourteen designers including Simply Be, Syneeta Badu, Carolyn de la Drapiere and up-and-coming London-based label One One Three. 

As well as professional models such as Jada Sezer, who is the face of the event, it will feature first-time models who were invited to audition. 

She said woman want to see models whose bodies they can identify with. 


"It has helped definitely to have curvier celebrities like Beyonce and Kim Kardashian but I think there is also a movement of women who are tired of seeing women they can't identify with. People are feeling stronger to say they want to be represented. Bloggers have been a massive help to the community" (wooop!) 
                                                        
            Miranda Bryant - London Evening Standard. 


Robyn Lawley - Ralph Lauren