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BEST LAYERED PLANS…

12+ model Gwyneth Harrison models winter fashion in December 2009′s UK Guardian

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NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S POLLYANNA – NSFW

Pollyanna McIntosh gives silk a hot new landscape in this 12-page editorial for Vogue UK Dec 2003, shot by Nick Knight…

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GILDED BY LILY

Lily of London is a new luxury collection of silk, jersey and cashmere pieces for the woman who loves quality and timeless design, and also includes footwear to complete the Lily look.

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HALSTON, IZ DAT CHU?

Notable American art photographer Tina Barney included Crystal Renn in her series of images for a menswear story entitled “Halston’s Haunts”, retracing American designer Halston‘s old Manhattan hangouts for Britain’s Arena Homme Magazine Plus in 2006. This is the best image I could find online – noone seems to have thought it worth scanning at [...]

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BUSTED!

Music videos have long been the domain of thin, scantily-clad models, but here is a song that makes positive use of the talents of a buxom larger woman. The British group BUSTED created a fun video clip to accompany it’s 2002 debut release, “What I Go to School For” featuring a lush teacher as the [...]

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I’M EVERY WOMAN….

In a very smart move, British retailer Evans has enlisted funk soul diva Chaka Khan to collaborate on a small collection which was launched this month online and instore. This collaboration is particularly gratifying to petite customers, as Chaka’s height is publicly listed as 5’4″/162.5cms, some 5″-7″ shorter than many of their regular models, and [...]

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SIMPLY BEING

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Swedish model Erika Elfwencrona cuts a striking figure in this commercial for British online retailer, SimplyBe‘s range of delightful underpinnings.

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EVANS – WINTER/HOLIDAY 2009

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Evans, a division of the same company that owns many of the favourite online shopping spots of plus-size fashionistas, always manages to put together a glossy catalog that makes you want the clothes, British pound exchange rates be damned! One of the best product ranges of the Evans chain is their footwear, which has wide-calf [...]

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LONDON CALLING, PART 2

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Last edit: 24Sept2009 The British media have been all over a story related to a designer from the All Walks Beyond the Catwalk event. It seems that knitwear designer Mark Fast had a bit of a row with his stylist over the casting of larger models in his solo Spring 2010 presentation – namely Hayley [...]

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LONDON CALLING

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Held in London on September 18 was the All Walks Beyond the Catwalk event, an initiative to showcase the work of eight designers on eight models aged between 18-65 and sizes 8-16, as a celebration of individuality and diversity. Although promoted as a redress of the lack of diversity on the UK catwalks, this BFC-sponsored [...]

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