Curvy fashion has become a powerful movement, encouraging women to love their natural bodies and move beyond restrictive beauty standards. Full, soft, and natural figures are now celebrated as symbols ...

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Fashion stylists and body image researchers are finally debunking the age-old belief that black automatically makes everyone look thinner. According to a 2024 study published in the Journal of Fashion ...

Lack of diversity in the fashion industry is an everlasting conversation concerning not only racial representation, but size inclusivity as well. Curvier women have long been, and continue to be, an ...

TikTok isn’t just shaping trends, it’s reshaping the fashion industry. With over 1 billion active users, the platform has become a cultural juggernaut, flipping the script on who gets to be seen, ...

Marie Denee is the creator of the digital publication, The Curvy Fashionista, which serves as a respected voice in the plus-size fashion industry. With an MBA in marketing, Denee strives to inspire ...

I was discovered: At the Essence office! I was visiting Mikki Taylor one day, and she was a judge on the Oxygen television show Monique’s Fat Chance, which I won. She was a mentor to me. While ...

Just in time for spring, Lane Bryant drops a new spring collection with Beauticurve—$100 and under. Rochelle Johnson of Beauticurve collaborates with Lane Bryant on a brand new plus-size collection ...