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DRESSED TO FRILL

Groan-worthy puns aside, this well-executed editorial by Australia’s Woman’s Day magazine is a neat example of showing pretty lingerie on a variety of body sizes. It is lovely to see that the largest model is given the most number of photos in the series!

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THE BIGGEST WINNER

While some larger models appearing on reality weight-loss shows have found it to be the end of their career…not so for this Australian model. While she may be better known for appearing in the first series of Australia’s version of Biggest Loser, with this glowing cover and 8 pages of editorial in the redesigned magazine Notebook, [...]

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SHOP TIL WE DROP

Australia has had another bumper crop of editorials featuring models ranging from size 10-16, courtesy of the June 2010 issue of Shop Til You Drop. While the abundance of content is heartening, it is a shame that the Editor felt she had to point out that this was NOT to be thought of as [...]

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AUTUMN GLAMOUR

Yet again, Australian Women’s Weekly shows real fashion in a totally glamourous and aspirational way. Why rely on nudity when you can actually clothe your models? Two of Australia’s most successful international exports to the U.S. show us how to style it up this Fall.

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BEAUTY BLOW OUT

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

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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