5 Reasons To Attend 2013 Full Figured Fashion Week® In NYC

5 Reasons To Attend 2013 Full Figured Fashion Week® In NYC

It’s official! Full Figured Fashion Week® is next month and we are just as excited about this year’s event as you are. Every year we head to New York City to attend the workshops, panel discussions and fashion shows and we plan on being at FFFweek® this year as well. Normally, the event takes place during [...]

Plus-Sized Girl Group THE GLAMAZONS in Double D-licious!

Plus-Sized Girl Group THE GLAMAZONS in Double D-licious!

April 19th at XL Cabaret in New York City  The busty, bawdy, burlesque babes, The Glamazons, are back and better than ever! The fierce foursome will be serving up their saucy renditions of current and classic pop, rock, blues, broadway, cabaret and dance hits peppered with power ballads, sexy humor, and delectable song and dance [...]

Plus Size Bloggers Share Their Memories Of Retailer ‘Torrid’ In New Video

Plus Size Bloggers Share Their Memories Of Retailer 'Torrid' In New Video

Last month Torrid invited several plus size bloggers on the West Coast to their headquarters to view their spring and summer collection. Bloggers in attendance included Tess Munster, Marie Denee of The Curvy Fashionista, Monique of Curves & Chaos, Nik of XOXO Nikstar and Chenese Lewis of Plus Model Radio, among others. During the Spring/Summer [...]

10 Reasons To Attend The Dangerous Curves Ahead Fashion Show In Chicago

10 Reasons To Attend The Dangerous Curves Ahead Fashion Show In Chicago

Every year we are honored to support events that cater to plus size women.  This year we’re excitied to announce that we’re a proud sponsor of the 2013 Dangerous Curves Ahead: Annual Charity Fashion Show & Women’s Expo. The work that the DCA staff does is so amazing that we’ve decided to share with you [...]

On The Road With Full Figured Fashion Week™: Charlotte, NC Casting

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Normally, if you’re interested in modeling during Full Figured Fashion Week™ in New York City, you have to figure out how to make your way to New York for their auditions. This year, Executive Producer Gwen DeVoe and corporate sponsor Lane Bryant decided to take the show on the road and give plus size women [...]

Feel The Energy Of British Plus Size Fashion Weekend {VIDEO}

Susie from Cupcake & Pearls, Remi Ray & Plus Size Model Olivia Campbell

Last week plus size fashion was all everyone talked about as curvy divas commanded worldwide attention during the first ever British Plus Size Fashion Weekend held in London, England. The BPSFW was organized by Remi Ray (Trapped in a Skinny World), Rianne Ward (Evolve Magazine) with help from the BPSFW team! Susie from the blog [...]

Aspiring Plus Size Models: Learn From The Best at the PLUS Model Intensive

Plus Size Models: Learn From The Best at the PLUS Model Intensive

If you want to be the best, you’ve got to learn from the best.  On March 2, 2013, Plus Model Magazine will partner with several plus model industry insiders to bring aspiring and professional models a one day Plus Model Intensive.  Whether you’re an aspiring or profesional model or a woman interested in being polished, [...]

Introducing Toy Monique, The 2013 Face of Full Figured Fashion Week™

Introducing Toy Monique, The 2013 Face of Full Figured Fashion Week™

The 2013 Face of Full Figured Fashion Week™ is Toy Monique. Toy competed against and beat 93 women to become this year’s face. The competition was fierce as women from all over the country submitted their photos and videos in hopes of becoming the woman to represent FFFweek this year. Each year the organizers of [...]

Interview with Remi Ray, Founder of London Plus Size Fashion Weekend

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I feel blessed – as after my first exclusive interview regarding Bristish Plus Size Fashion Weekend (n.b. the name changed to avoid misunderstandings as it is an independent event, not related to London Fashion Week) was with Rianne Ward (CLICK HERE). I had another fantastic chance to speak with one of the most relevant person [...]

The January Journey Jumpstart: Full, Fit and Fabulous

Interns, Catherine Schuller & Carla Cravens

The title alone ‘had me at hello’…I am a sucker for alliteration. When Rochelle Rice called and asked me to participate in a day- long seminar on January 12, with a lineup of events, activities and speakers sure to quell the most whoa-ful of post-holiday lamentations (“Why did I eat the whole fruit cake? I [...]

London Plus-Size Fashion Weekend Aims To Support The UK Plus Size Industry

London Plus Size Fashion Weekend

The stakes are high as Remi Ray of the blog Trapped In A Skinny World and Evolve Magazine bring plus size fashion to the U.K. during London Plus-Size Fashion Weekend. The goal of LPSFW is to enhance, educate, empower and support the UK plus-size industry by connecting the dots between the retailers, designers and consumers. [...]

The FFFWeek Casting Tour Heads To Michigan!

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Full Figured Fashion Week™  is the most anticipated fashion event for Full Figured Women in the world. Since it’s inception in 2009, FFFweek™ has brought the world to its stages in New York and Los Angeles. Never before or since has there been a fashion event that has been recognized at this level. Models who [...]

Curvaceous K – New “K”id on the Block

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I was so excited when I received an invitation to attend the soft launch of Curvaceous K, last month. Besides the fact that it sounds like a DJ rapper’s handle, Curvaceous K, a new curvy girl boutique opening in the Lower East Side (LES) Manhattan, didn’t disappoint. I am truly amazed that we here in [...]

The FFFWeek 2012 Casting Tour Details

FFFWeek 2012 Casting Tour

The FFFWeek® Casting Team is going on the road to scout the best of the best catwalk divas across the nation. Do you have what it takes to walk the FFFWeek® New York runway in 2013? Here’s what you will need to know: WHAT WILL THE CASTING TEAM BE LOOKING FOR? FFFWeek® is searching for [...]

Plus Size Fashion Shopping Tour In New York With Sheri Collins, ‘The Curvy Stylist’

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Go shopping with The Curvy Stylist on December 15! Experience a plus size fashion shopping tour in New York City designed for women with curves by Sheri Collins “The Curvy Stylist!” Visit the most fabulous plus size fashion designers and style makers hand picked especially for you. We’re not taking the subway! We’ll ride in [...]

Give Back This Holiday And Attend “Curvy Divas Give Back”

Curvy Diva's Give Back

Sixteen PLUS POSITIVE organizations have joined forces to present “Curvy Divas Give Back”, a holiday charity event where we will be accepting new and gently used coats and clothing along with unwrapped toys to be distributed to various charities in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Thursday, December 13, 2012 – 6:00 PM – 10:00 [...]

Plus Size Trunk Show & Sale with Plus Size Designer Ava Jones of Pheline

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Plus size designers come and go but when you find a designer who makes plus size clothing with as much passion and skill level as Ava Jones of Pheline, they’re forever on your radar. I’ve been a fan of Pheline for many years.  We first met when she was apart of the Curves In Motion fashion [...]

The Glamazons Host Live Auditions In New York City

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You’ve seen The GLAMAZONS on America’s Got Talent, Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight and The Insider and now you have a chance to get in on the action. This plus size pop/burlesque girl group sensation are looking for a new addition to the group and the stakes are high! After seeing how the girls have gained [...]

 
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