Posted by: Gen V. Caracena

What a great night to look forward to for the curvy girls, the Fashion’s Night Out Plus at Olde Towne Alexandria, Virginia on September 8, 2011.

Fashion Night Out is the hottest international affair of the year for designers, vendors and boutiques. It is s a global initiative to promote retail, restore consumer confidence, and celebrate fashion, and boost the industry’s economy. In the US it is a collaborative effort between American Vogue, the Council of Fashion Designers of America, NYC & Company, and the City of New York. The affair allows shoppers to update themselves with new items and designers through series of events and shows.

Fashion Night Out is in its third year in a row. Each year the celebration is bigger, more extravagant, more fabulous. For this year’s biggest fashion party across the globe, the plus size community has an event planned – the Fashion Night Out Plus 2011.

Save the date. On September 8^th, 2011 unwind from your hard day’s work.  Enjoy a night of fun in a fashion showcase featuring great selections from your favorite plus size stores and witness the plus size community making a history in the world affair of Fashion Night Out.

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Posted by Gen V. Caracena

EVANS expands  to the US to provide the country’s plus size fashionistas the convenience of online shopping  for clothing that fits and flatter their curves in sizes 12-30 (UK size 14-32), and an assortment of beautiful wide fit and extra wide fit shoes in sizes 6.5 – 12.5 (UK size 4-10).

EVANS will be announcing very soon their US launching date.  Meanwhile CLICK HERE to SIGN-UP NOW so that you will be automatically entered in to win a $500 shopping spree.

About EVANS:

EVANS is an online retailer with over 330 stores in UK and  Ireland with a real passion for plus size fashion.  It has an intuitive understanding of their customer’s view on body image. Believing that every woman should feel confident and beautiful in her curves, thus Evans believes in providing her with the clothing to really celebrate her shape.

With EVANS shopping online is easy and can be done from the comfort of home, any time of day, offering a great range of online exclusives available that you won’t find in-store.

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Fluvia Lacerda, a Brazilian bombshell and hottest plus size model hitting the fashion world across the globe, is representing as the new face for Benize.  One of the most beautiful faces in plus size modeling, she was awarded as the Plus Commercial Print Model of the Year during the celebration of Full Figured Fashion Week last June 2011 in New York City.

With a populace that is getting larger in size, it is noteworthy to see fashion models or images via advertisements that the plus size consumers can relate to.

Benize, whose motto is “Be Nice With Your Size” is an online store specializing in plus size fashion.  It offers the latest fashions not just for women, but for men as well in large sizes.

Related Articles:

Supermodel Fluvia Lacerda Posed for Brazil’s First Plus Magazine

Beleza em Curvas – - Brazil’s First Plus Publication

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About late December to early January this year there were news that fashion icon and celebrity fave-designer John Eshaya is joining Hot Topic to showcase his plus size clothing line at Torrid.

That most-awaited John Eshaya’s exciting collection is now available on sale at the racks of Torrid’s chain of stores.

The collection consists of John’s signature items like cool tee-shirts, jeans, and roomy sweaters.

Related Article:

John Eshaya Goes Plus The Torrid Way

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All women come in different body size, shape, colour and age. Our uniqueness makes us beautiful.  Regardless of age, race, and body type whether fat, thin, in between, curvy, not curvy, in between, or whatever, we are all consumers – the very essence of the fashion industry.  And as consumers, women should be fairly and realistically represented in the world of fashion by models of all walks.

Let me share to you this PETITION addressed to plus size retail brands, to read as follows:

Plus Size Retail Brands:  Start Using Fashion Models We Can Relate To!

“As your consumer, it’s important that we relate to the images you send out via your advertising. Although, the fashion models you use are beautiful, we’d love to see them curvier as well! We want to see someone who looks like us. We are not all US sizes 12/14. Some of us are 16′s, 18′s, 20′s, 22′s, 24′s etc…

We’d also like to see a more diverse use of models. Your consumers are not only one race or skin shade. We are a wide range of beautiful cultures, races, and colors!

We don’t want to hear the excuses about supposed “findings” or “research.” Not only has the plus size fashion industry changed, so have we…your customers. Please start using models we can relate to!”

Log on to Change.org or CLICK HERE to sign the peitition.

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