BEAUTY BLOW OUT

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This is something of a first, as far as my memory serves: a model, actively marketed as ‘plus size‘ being featured in a beauty article that has nothing to do with body image or self-esteem.  This is the sort of casting I am deeply in favour of: when a model has the right look for [...]

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WHAT LIES BENEATH

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Unfortunately, there is still a lot of ‘body fix/problem areas’ talk in magazines. At least there are a few magazine editors determined to make the effort to produce glamourous photographs to help you make your buying selections if you feel you need the help of these sort of undergarments.

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RELAXED COOL

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Australian Women’s Weekly released a bumper load of fashion and beauty goodness for larger sized women in their January 2010 issue, featuring 15 pages of editorial images.  This certainly ups the ante for the other magazines in the Australian market, whose attempts are still on a learning curve.  This is good honest, accessible fashion yet [...]

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V MAGAZINE #64 – AFTERMATH

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After the much-publicized V Magazine #63 “Size Issue”, the publishers were flooded with letters from readers.  To head up the letters chosen for publication, photographer Amanda De Cadenet was commissioned at the last minute to shoot Crystal Renn.

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A DOLL’S LIFE

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Italy’s La Repubblica‘s fashion magazine offshoot “D del Donna” paired up Christophe Kutner and Tara Lynn for this challenging editorial, called Extra.  I know some people won’t get it because it’s not really about clothes, but that is why I like it.  Still scratching my head on the comparison of Tara to Beth Ditto in [...]

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ELLE FRANCE “SPECIAL RONDES” ISSUE: Did you miss your copy?

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I have ordered 25 copies of this issue for the RR MagShop…the thing is, delivery is VERY slow and they will take about 8 weeks to arrive.  Please let me know your interest (name + how many copies) in the comments below, and when I receive the delivery I will contact you all for first dibs, [...]

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THE AD THAT FOX AND ABC DIDN’T WANT VIEWERS TO SEE

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There’s a bit of outrage brewing in the media and online at the moment about Lane Bryant‘s brand new Cacique Intimates TVCs featuring Ashley Graham.   Read the story in brief, here, and watch the commercials  after the jump…

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EN VOGUE: PARIS STRIKES AGAIN! NSFW

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Just a few short weeks after the revelation of larger sized models in Elle’s Spécial Rondes issue, Vogue Paris’ May 2010 issue gives us virtual whiplash by including a short, very extreme editorial featuring a faux fringe*-clad Crystal Renn**. Steven Klein can always be relied upon to push the envelope as far as possible, and [...]

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MODE: APRIL 2001 – REMEMBERING NATASHA

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Natasha Duncan, the 21 years old cover girl of April 2001′s MODE issue, was a rising star when this issue was released.  After being discovered while working in the offices of the Wilhelmina agency in New York, she quickly landed high profile clients and eventually this MODE cover, with multiple stunning editorials inside.   In an [...]

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POOLSIDE MODEL MIX

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Even though the models are wearing black and therefore ‘slimming’ swimwear (the designated first resort for those of us concerned about revealing flesh by the waterside, apparently), a twist to the usual style of presentation in Australia’s Woman’s Day magazine is the size diversity of the models – a size 14-16 and an 8(?) shown [...]

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PRIMA-VERA

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Prima Magazine‘s 16+ fashion pages keep the style quotient high for Springtime day-to-night glamour, featuring plenty of this season’s trends: florals, metallics, military/menswear and layered knits.

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THE THICKEST ISSUE EVER, ICONOGRAPHY

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With only a bare minimum of paper magazines serving the community’s desire to see large models, some resourceful types are starting to take advantage of the online publishing arena, Issuu. U.S.-based collective Iconography‘s fourth issue is their “Thickest Issue Ever”, with advertising and editorial content mainly directed at showcasing larger sized models and clothing.  Following [...]

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BODY LOVE, IN MOTION

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Using a largely untapped form of advertising in the plus-size garment industry, IGIGI have created impressionist, short form films to better express their brand’s philosophy of body love and acceptance. “At IGIGI we have a concern. We are concerned that there are people in the world that do not know or feel how beautiful they [...]

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FOREVER YOUNG?

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The 17 Feburary 2010 issue of Italy’s Vanity Fair featured a tribute to Anna-Nicole Smith, marking the 3rd anniversary of her death with photos of Crystal Renn with blonde hair, shot by Ruven Afanador.

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ELEGANT EVEIZA

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Eveiza Brazil’s Spring/Summer 2010 catalog takes it’s model to grand mansions and shoots her against truly beautiful wrought iron panelling and staircases for an olde-worlde/new-world contrast of styles.

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ELLE FRANCE, 26 MARCH 2010 – SPÉCIAL RONDES

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In this issue of Elle France, albeit a special “Curvy” one, Elle’s editorial staff have used their good sense to call in clothes from many major design houses to suit a model sized 48EU/16US/18UK.  And then they put her ON THE COVER.  In an HERMÈS jumpsuit, for goodness sake.  Listen up Anna Wintour: This is how [...]

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READ IT WANT IT BUY IT!

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For those of you languishing in in far-off lands where magazines full of plus-size goodness does not ever arrive, here is your chance to buy! I’ve created a store where copies of various magazines I’ve found that you might be interested in can be purchased. There is limited inventory on each item, so I suggest [...]

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FASHION RECYCLING, ITALIAN STYLE

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This television commercial for Elena Miro launching their charitable Dona L’Usato program was filmed over February 13-14, 2010 in Barcelona.  Customers can bring in their used clothing and receive a discount towards their new purchase of items from the Elena Miro 25th Anniversary collection.

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YO, SHOWGIRLS

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Ahhhh, fashion.  While the fashion catwalks are currently filled with winter furs and heavy coats, editorials published in the last weeks have seen larger models photographed in underwear as outerwear, and outwear displaying underwear! The following series of images comes from Yo Dona magazine issue #248, the fashion supplement to Spain’s Elmundo newspaper.  While the [...]

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VOGUE RUSSIA, MARCH 2010

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Terry Tsiolis and Inga Eiriksdottir worked together for V Magazine‘s Size Issue and have again collaborated to create a beautiful editorial for Vogue Russia‘s March 2010 issue.  This series of images has all the elements of the swinging sixties – cat’s eye liner, retro lingerie, see-through trenchcoats(!) and bouffant hair – yet still feels surprisingly [...]

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