The numbers paint a sobering picture of plus size representation in high fashion. 9 per cent were straight-size (US 0-4) during the Spring/Summer 2025 season. While these figures might seem ...

The fashion industry's relationship with body diversity is like a bad breakup – it keeps promising change but goes back to old habits. 7 percent across 230 shows and presentations featuring 8,800 ...

While we love hearing the terms diversity and inclusion, the modeling industry’s way of saying it tends to be from a business standpoint. The modeling industry feigned its claimed attempt to include ...

Lynley Eiler’s assertions reflect a significant drop in featured curve models at the New York and London Fashion Weeks over the last three years. According to model and activist Felicity Haywood, the ...

Industry insiders are alarmed by the lack of body diversity on catwalks, as Vogue Business reports only 0.8% of runway looks were plus-size. Getty Images They’re not cat-walking the walk. Despite ...

You don’t need us to add to the chorus of mainstream media bemoaning the prevalence of waif-thin high fashion models. But while other countries have long celebrated thicker women, the U.S. is finally ...

Tess Holliday remembers 2019 as a "glorious" year for plus-size fashion and body positivity. The plus-size model and body activist walked the runway at New York Fashion Week. She'd been featured by ...

Let’s be clear: Black women have always set the standard in the fashion and beauty industries. From the regal gold adornments of our African ancestors to the street style of the B-Girls of Brooklyn ...

Most runway models meet the body mass index criteria for anorexia, according to an editorial pictorial in the January issue of PLUS Model magazine. Twenty years ago, the average fashion model weighed ...