Lane Bryant was the first plus-size retailer to use fashion, sports and/or media celebrities to increase brand recognition and engage mainstream media coverage, with the first delivery of this new attitude being the 1998 launch their of youth line Venezia Jeans Clothing Co. Shot by renowned fashion photographer Francesco Scavullo, the first set of V [...]
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In April 2002, Vogue US released its first Shape Issue starring Kate Dillon as shot by Helmut Newton, with a short interview. It says something about how seriously Vogue took their first attempt at including larger models by enlisting a photographer as reknown as Newton; but it’s a shame that for the successive Shape Issues [...]
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