In Nigeria, plus-size women are often celebrated as symbols of prosperity and fertility. A fuller figure is associated with good health and high social standing, making it an admired trait across many ...
Despite being the most common body type in the UK, mid-size women remain largely unseen in fashion, becoming a blind spot ...
During New York Fashion Week in September, ELLE.com published a story co-written by digital beauty director Danielle James and plus-size fashion expert and influencer Sarah Chiwaya titled “Where Have ...
Despite some monumental body positivity movements over the last few years, for many of us, the pressure to be ‘thin’ is back. Weight loss injection adverts are all over social media, American ...
Being plus-size comes with some beauty challenges that few people want to talk about. These challenges include excessive sweating, skin tags, stretch marks and chafing, just to name a few. It’s almost ...
Erin Marley Klay, who was body-shamed for her recent bikini photos on X, says she "chose to focus on all the women telling me how much me being confident in my visibly plus-size body meant to them" ...
Circa an hour ago, I was sat at my desk in Cosmopolitan HQ debating over whether I needed (read: could pull off) the high-leg bikini that our fashion writer had laid out for the taking on the freebie ...
Precious Lee isn’t just modeling clothes on the May cover of Elle Canada, she’s modeling possibility. She’s modeling pride. She continues to show up, show out and take up space in an industry that for ...
Shopping for plus size formal dresses used to mean stressful searches for the right size, only to find boxy shapes because "that's all they had." Thankfully, fat creators, size-inclusive designers, ...