Largely celebrated Brazilian plus size model in the US and abroad, Fluvia Lacerda graced the maiden issue of Beleza em Curvas, the news and the first magazine ever published in Brazil that honors and celebrates the plus size women.
Dynamic People, Plus Size Fashion, Plus Size ModellingHollywood NOW celebrates the 5th Annual Hollywood NOW Love Your Body Day in West Hollywood on October 22-24, 2010. This year’s celebrity host is America’s Next Top Model Whitney Thompson. She will particularly host the Love Your Body Day festival slated on Saturday, October 23rd from 12-4 in the afternoon at West Hollywood Park Auditorium at 647 N. San Vicente in West Hollywood. Admission is free and open to the community.
"Biz Buzz", Dynamic People, Plus Size Celebrities, Plus Size Events, Plus Size Fashion, Plus Size Modelling, Plus Size PoliticsA brand new model of social commerce that combines fashion retailing with magazine-style content and social marketing was recently launched by Charming Shoppes, Inc., owner of Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug and Catherine brands to meet the fashion and lifestyle needs of all plus size women.
"Biz Buzz", Plus Size FashionLane Bryant, Inc. is a pioneer and more than a century old in women’s specialty clothing created by Lena Himmelstein Bryant Malsin in 1904. It began with maternity wear as its first clothing line and later expanded to women’s plus size clothing. Today, it is the most recognized premier brand, and a leading shoping destination in women’s specialty clothing.
"Biz Buzz", Dynamic People, Plus Size FashionCurvaceous 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 :)
