Full Figured and Fabulous Plus Model Runway Competition sets second audition this weekend on March 5, 2011, 2:00 to 5:00 P. The competition is open to models sized 14-22 with competitive runway skills, which will be held during the festivities of ProjectCURVES Richmond.
FFF Week opens Designer Registration in their search for the best independent designer, boutique and retailer whose collections are targeted toward full figured consumers, which will be showcased during the Full Figured Fashion Week 2011 NYC on June 16-18, 2010.
The 2010 MIss Plus Diva Pageant and Conference shall take place on August 6-7, 2010 at the Best Western Hotel and Conference Center, Baltimore, MD. In line with its mission to encourage plus size girls and women to embrace their beauty and allow their personalities and creativity to shine, Miss Plus Diva has created a unique pageant with divisions for women ages 13 and up who wear a size 12 and above to empower them and instill a sense of inclusion in the world of beauty, fashion and pageantry.
Plus Size Celebrities, Plus Size Events, Plus Size Fashion, Plus Size Modelling, Plus Size PoliticsYoung and most famous international model Crystal Renn wrote a short article in response to the negative comments of Designer Julien MacDonald on the plus industry. He called the plus size models a joke. On the other hand, Executive Producer of Full Figured Fashion Week had a few but loud words of Mr. MacDonald.
Dynamic People, Plus Size Celebrities, Plus Size PoliticsHere are few updates on the 2010 Full Figured Fashion Week. First, the Tall Male Showcase had been replaced by the Full Figured and Fabulous, the Runway Model Competition. Second, the Event Schedule had been released by FFFWeek to the public. Lastly, this year’s winner for the Face of Full Figured Fashion Week Cover Model Search is the beautiful and stunning Rosie Mercado, model of the House of Curves. And for the first time ever, FFFWeek gives honor to those who have given their significant share in bringing the plus size fashion to the forefront.
"Biz Buzz", Plus Size Events, Plus Size Fashion, Plus Size ModellingCurvaceous Boutique is currently seeking plus size models for the Lawrence Brothers Hair and Fashion Show Titled “NO BOUNDARIES"...
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Presented by Apple Bottoms by Nelly, the Evolution of Curves, a Charity Fashion Show Tour (We Won’t Forget Haiti)...
Fashion Night Out is in its third year in a row. Each year the celebration is bigger, more extravagant,...
Stunningly beautiful plus size models Candice Huffine, Tara Lynn & Robyn Lawley rocked the internet when they posed for...
I have been designing, manufacturing and retailing women's plus size clothing since 2004. In an effort to better 
understand the women I design for I could not think of a better way to do that than to get involved with the issues effecting today's plus size woman.
I live part time in my hometown of Poteau Oklahoma and the rest of the time in Davao City Philippines where we do most of the design and manufacture of our products. How I became a designer and how I landed in Davao City is a story straight out of a fairytale.
I met my wife Carmen by chance in a chatroom while waiting for a client from my property management business. Carmen said "hello" and our relationship developed from there. I was visiting her in her hometown of Davao City when a little boy, merely 3 days old, was dropped on our doorstep. In the beginning I totally objected but my "soon to be" wife seen him as a gift from God since she could not have children of her own and I later came kicking and screaming into that reality.
At first our plan was just to send support back to him (Daniel) as adopting a child from a forein country takes a lot of 
time and money. After Carmen and I married we lived in the U.S. for about 4 month's and I knew she missed him terribly but one night I woke up and she was crying in her sleep and when I asked her why, she just stared at the ceiling for a moment and said "I really miss Daniel". In my heart I knew that she couldn't live apart from him and the decision to move to the Philippines seemed to be solitified in that one moment of clarity...but how do you support yourself and a family in a 3rd world country.
We started small by selling anything we could online and eventually we seen a need in the plus size clothing market and began designing our own line which led to our own manufacturing company in the Philippines. Thus American Islander Garments Mfg was born.
I never dreamed that I would be involved in women's plus size clothing nor that I would take up the banner for issues facing people of size. When examining where I stand with plus size activism I view myself more of an advocate than an activist hence the name "The Plus Size Advocate". Actually the name "The Plus Size Advocate" does not so much indicate who I am but mostly what this site is about "plus size advocacy".
I do not pretend to know what it's like to be a plus size woman (as obviously I'm not). I have a BMI of 27 so I'm not "YET" considered obese according to federal guidelines so I don't know what it's like to be obese either. I do however have a strong opinion about the way human beings should be treated, which is with dignity respect and acceptance regardless of age, sex, race or size.
My intention on this blog is to provide a platform for learning (for you and me) about plus size clothing, plus size politics, plus size opportunities and a safe haven for building confidence and body acceptance (not complacency).
Bobby G. Keith
Designer of Women's fashion forward trendy plus size clothing
P.S. Daniel is now adopted :)
