- Rosie O’Donnell has brought back her talk show. I’m kind of thinking that Ellen DeGeneres has already more or less replaced Oprah.
- A Phoenix area plus-size bride called out a local bridal show for only using models sizes 2-4.
- Cynthia Bailey (from Real Housewives of Atlanta) started her casting call/model search in Birmingham. I have no understanding whatsoever of her significance to plus-size fashion, but she keeps cropping up.
- Melissa Martinez has resigned from dieting per this personable essay.
- Miss Piggy appeared as a guest judge on Project Runway. If you’re going to have puppets of the fashion industry on that show, it might as well be that puppet.
- The Super Bowl rejected an ad for a plus-size dating site. I reject those ads, too, although probably for totally different reasons.
- Tim Gunn has been speaking up more on a)how plus-sizes are neglected in fashion and b)how Anna Wintour is out of her freaking mind. If the man of fashion knows the Empress has no freakin’ – wow, that reference gets REALLY messed up in fashion. Mr. Gunn, if you do a plus-size line, can I help? I should warn you, I can’t sew, cut a straight line, or resist the urge to run with shears.
- Size 6 is the “new plus size.” Because the entire fashion industry no longer has the capacity to calculate 6 + 10. This same week this comes with a call-out for trying to divide breathing, human women into nothing more than labels.
- People has a poll: What plus size actress dressed best? *headdesk* I can’t do anything about people buying into that form of social violence, either.
- Emme Aronson is speaking up on the eating disorder epidemic in the fashion industry.
International
- An Indonesian publication is now exploring the issues of modeling lingerie on plus size bodies.
- Style.it has a rant about women’s bodies versus women’s bodies in fashion.
- Kauê Plus Size in Brazil is seeking male models.
- The Bangkok Post addresses the frustrations of plus-size clothing shopping.
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