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| [May 01, 2012] Summer in New York: Shopping events and new designer collaborations | |
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This fourth-annual event celebrates plus-sized fashion with a series of workshops, shopping events, parties and runway shows featuring curve-loving indie designers, such as Rachel Pally White Label, Queen Grace Collection and Sorella Swim. The four-day schedule kicks off with a sunset cruise (June 13 6:45–11pm; $40) featuring a big-and-tall male fashion show and beats spun by DJ La Choc. Visit fffweek.com. |
| [January 29, 2012] Storie Rai2 28 gennaio 2012 - Speciale su Elisa D'Ospina | |
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Elisa D'Ospina, top model internazionale plus size intervistata su Rai2 per "STORIE" da Sandro Petrone |
| [September 01, 2011] Media Planet - Full Figured Fashion | |
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The successful launch of Full Figured Fashion Week™ in New York City in 2009 and its subsequent events in 2010 and 2011, has confirmed what curvy women across America have always known- |
| [June 21, 2011] Plus-sized women: It's our turn for fine fashion | |
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(CNN) -- Mara Urshel had seen enough heartache to fill her 35,000-square-foot Manhattan bridal salon, Kleinfeld.
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| [June 20, 2011] Full Figured Fashion Show | |
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Un evento che ha lasciato la community curvy americana presente senza fiato. Tre ore e mezzo di fashion show intervallato dagli Awards Plus Size. Al Marriot in Time Square dalle 19:30 in poi e stato il trionfo delle curve. |
| [June 20, 2011] Full-Figured Fashion Week was another hit in NYC | |
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Last Wednesday, Sonsi, Kmart and Lane Bryant were the headline sponsors for Full-Figured Fashion Week (FFFWeek) which lasted until this past Saturday evening. The grand finale was a beautiful and sophisticated runway show where models, designers and press were all in awe at the admiration and beauty for the designs the plus-size industry were giving consumers and their media counterparts. |
| [June 17, 2011] Full Figured Fashion Week: Style and Burgers, Hold the Judgment | |
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You knew it was different when the sliders came out.
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| [June 17, 2011] Passion for plus-size growing in Big Apple | |
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Full Figured Fashion Week is back -- and it has grown a few sizes.
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| [June 17, 2011] Big Girls Need Love Too: Full Figured Fashion Week Takes the Big Apple by Storm! | |
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Yes! Big Girls need love too. But most importantly, we need clothes!
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| [June 15, 2011] Gwen DeVoe, Founder Of Full Figured Fashion Week, On What "Plus Size" Means And Why Things Are Looking Up For Shoppers | |
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GD: "After attending my first official Fashion Week event under the tents in NYC, I realized that no matter how much I loved the line, I could not buy it because the pieces did not come in my size." |
| [June 14, 2011] We Can't Wait for Full Figured Fashion Week | |
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Get ready, girls: Full-Figured Fashion Week is just about upon us. According to the event's mission, Full-Figured Fashion Week "will not only provide an opportunity for independent designers to market their collections to a wider audience, and a unique opportunity for plus models to gain more professional exposure on the runway, but also a chance for the media, buyers and the general public to have access to collections that have not received the marketing and publicity they deserve." "It's been crazy," said organizer Gwen Devoe. |
| [June 13, 2011] Tickets for Full Figured Fashion Week Are Almost Completely Sold Out | |
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The third annual Full Figured Fashion Week will commence in New York this Thursday, and according to organizers, tickets for many of the events have already sold out. Some events are invite-only, as they're directed toward press, buyers, and other folks in the industry, but several cater toward the full-figured everywoman willing to spend money on admission, including sample sales ($10 admission), trunk shows, and a shopping crawl to plus-size stores around New York ($75). "It's been crazy," said organizer Gwen Devoe. |
| [June 13, 2011] Lane Bryant® to Sponsor Third Annual Full Figured Fashion Week™ in New York City | |
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 13, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Lane Bryant®, the nation's leading plus-size women's specialty apparel retailer, will be a top corporate sponsor for the Third Annual Full Figured Fashion Week™ (FFFWeek). FFFWeek is a fabulous four-day fashion event bringing together consumers, retailers, designers and media to shine a spotlight on plus-size fashion.
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| [June 13, 2011] Jill Alexander to introduce latest collection at FFFW | |
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Jill Alexander Designs (JAD) announced that it is one of fifteen design houses chosen, nationwide, to unveil its latest collection during Full Figured Fashion Week New York, June 16, 17 and 18.
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| [June 10, 2011] Full Figured Fashion Week in New York City shows off the talent of plus-size designers | |
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The fashion world is about to be thrown a curve ball.
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| [June 08, 2011] Local designer to launch inaugural fall 2011 fashion line in New York City | |
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Marina Zelner, the Naples-based creator of the new plus size fashion company, Queen Grace, will launch her inaugural Queen Grace Collection fashion line at Full Figured Fashion Week 2011, June 16 to 18 in New York City. The three-day event will include shopping, panel discussions, networking and a finale runway showcase exclusively for plus-sized women. |
| [June 04, 2011] Full Figured Fashion Week™ Returns for a Third Year | |
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New York, NY. Full Figured Fashion Week™ returns to New York from June
16th through the 19th, and Executive Producer, Gwen DeVoe, has put the fashion
industry on notice: "Plus size women in America want fashionable, well-made clothes. It's about time the industry starts seriously paying attention to every body type. We have money to spend and we're happy to give it to the designers and stores who help us
celebrate our curves." |
| [March 04, 2011] In New York, the third curvy fashion week: everything is ready for June | |
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Work is underway on the third Full Figured Fashion Week in New York – three days (16-18 June) devoted entirely to the curvy world. It will be an international showcase for all the most important players in the curvy universe – from the best and brightest plus-size clothing brands to bloggers and independent designers, from internet sites to the most important testimonials in the field. |
| [August 13, 2010] FFFWeek(end)™ Los Angeles Press Release | |
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New York, NY. Gwen DeVoe worked for decades to get full-figured fashion, models and designers respect and attention in the fashion industry. This past June she landed major international coverage for the second annual Full Figured Fashion Week™ --from a front-page piece in The New York Times to dispatches on dozens of fatshion blogs and magazines that cover fashion trends for women size 14 and up. Today, DeVoe announced the fall launch of Full Figured Fashion Week(end)™ Los Angeles from October 28th-30th, 2010. |
| [July 07, 2010] Fashion: Full Figured Fashion Week draws plus-size crowd | |
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...Mercado was the face of the second Full Figured Fashion Week, a late June convergence of designers, retailers, bloggers and activists who descended on this earth-tone hotel abutting Penn Station to discuss the fashion desires of women who are plus-size, curvy, thick, voluptuous or fat -- all adjectives the participants embrace. |
| [June 22, 2010] Plus-size trend causes Full Figured Fashion Week to grow | |
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...In addition to the ongoing plus-size debate, there were also a few 'celebrities' - including America's Next Top Model voluptuous winner Whitney Thompson and ex-Project Runway contestant Qristyl Frazier - who participated in the event, further increasing its popularity.... |
| [June 22, 2010] Full Figured Fashion Week™ | |
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Stylist/costume designer-turned-fashion designer Jewel Shannon's St.Tropez-inspired cruise collection in ocean blue and gold, Monif C's swimwear, Igigi's sneak peek at fall and celebrity stylist Susan Moses (who has worked with Queen Latifah and Gabourey Sidibe, to name a few) aptly-titled show stopping collection of all black and silver rock-n-roll line of plunging necklines with cinched waist looks is sure to be coveted by downtown curvalinas.... |
| [June 21, 2010] Full-Figured Fashion Week Is Fearless, Fierce | |
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...The show was completely different from a runway presentation you might see during Meredes-Benz fashion week, and not just due to the size of the models or folks in the audience. People were smiling.... |
| [June 19, 2010] Full Figured Fashion Week Founder Gwen DeVoe Responds To Julien Macdonald, Tells Him To Get A Life | |
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...DeVoe also had some harsh words for Julien Macdonald, a judge on "Britain's Next Top Model," who recently called plus-size models a joke... |
| [June 19, 2010] Shopping can be a dreadful experience in general. | |
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...On Wednesday night, about 250 women (and a smattering of men) gathered for the opening-night collections, which ranged from T-shirts and jeans (Pure Energy) to trendier, sexier couture (the Angel Alternative)."They don’t want to dress like they're 60," says designer Jessica Mealey, the co-founder of the Toronto-based Lotis Clothing, whose designs go up to 3X.... |
| [June 18, 2010] Plus-Size Revelation: Big Women Have Cash, Too | |
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Corseted into a size 18 white denim dress, wearing heels that made her about 6-foot-2, Gwen DeVoe, a former model and fashion-show producer, stepped onto a runway in Manhattan this week and made a pitch to retailers for the plus-size woman.... |
| [June 18, 2010] Full Figured Fashion Week | |
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"Every curvy girl that has a dollar is willing to spend that dollar," says Gwen DeVoe, a former plus-size model and the founder of Full Figured Fashion Week, currently taking place in Manhattan. Now in its second year, the four-day event includes a runway model competition, panel discussions on the industry and, of course, designs for bodies size 12 and above - about 60 percent of American women... |
| [June 18, 2010] Full Figured Fashion Week Expands | |
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Full Figured Fashion Week is currently in its second year in Manhattan. The four-day event, which began Wednesday, includes fashion shows, panel discussions, and runway-model competition. |
| [June 18, 2010] Consumer power with curves | |
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Plus-sized models tread the catwalk at New York's Fuller-Figured Fashion Week, promoting a $25 billion industry... |
| [June 18, 2010] In New York the Full Figured Fashion Week is happening right now, it is dedicated to the best plus-size fashion industry. Innovative silhouettes that flatter curvy | |
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The second annual Full Figured Fashion Week is happening right now in New York, a showcase where some of the best and brightest in the plus-size fashion industry come to share their collections, represent their boutiques, and show promise for the future of full-figured fashion.... |
| [June 18, 2010] Full-Figured Fashion Week Photos - Foreign Photos | |
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A model walks the runway during a presentation by designer Angel Alternative as part of the Full Figure Fashion Week in New York on June 16, 2010. (REUTERS/Eric Thayer) |
| [June 17, 2010] Full-figured Fashion Week kicks off | |
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Jun 17 - Full-figured Fashion Week opens in New York, highlighting the spending power of consumers with curves. Gemma Haines reports. |
| [June 15, 2010] JMS/Just My Size™ Brand Sponsors Full-Figured Fashion Week™ and Debuts New Collections for Fall '10 | |
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Jun 15, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- JMS/Just My Size, the nation's No. 1 plus-size apparel brand, will preview its newest collections for Fall '10 during Full-Figured Fashion Week(TM) in New York City beginning June 16. |
| [June 10, 2010] Sample sales and shopping events (June 10-16) | |
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Full Figured Fashion Week We'll be the first to admit that maintaining a sample-size weight (i.e., squashing our addiction to pad thai and cupcakes) is not on our to-do list, which is why we support this event honoring curvier women. Celebrities such as Grizz Chapman of 30 Rock, Nicole Brewer and Carla Triplett of The Biggest Loser and model Emme will be participating in the 13 festivities extending over four days.... |
| [June 08, 2010] FULL FIGURED FASHION WEEK™ PREPARES TO TAKE ON NYC--JUNE 16th-19th | |
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New York, NY. In less than two weeks, hundreds of curvy fashionistas will show NYC that full-figured fashion has come a long way--and they'll have Gwen DeVoe to thank for it. |
| [June 07, 2010] New Online Destination Combines Shopping and Socializing for Full-Figured Women | |
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Bensalem PA (June 7, 2010) - Sonsi.com launches today with a new social commerce concept that merges fashion retail with magazine-style content and social networking, specifically for full-figured women. |
| [May 17, 2010] Weight in Hollywood: Is the Trend Changing? | |
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...Acceptance is the goal of Full Figured Fashion Week, which returns to New York City for the second time this year; that event is intended to change the image of plus-size consumers (sizes 14 and up), who, according to its organizers, spend more than $25 billion per year on clothes.... |
| [March 22, 2010] Real Women Hit The Runway For Full Figured Fashion Week! | |
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This is exciting! |
| [October 01, 2009] LA MODE XXL DEFILE... ENFIN! | |
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C'est dans l'effervescence qu'a eu lieu en juin la premiere Semaine de la mode taille forte de New York. Quand les fatshionistas revendiquent
le droit d'etre rondes et sexys.
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| [June 30, 2009] Offline and Out of the Closet: Plus-sized Fashionistas Meet Up, Join Forces, and Demand Change | |
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June's first ever Full Figured Fashion Week™ in New York showcased both latest plus-sized fashion and the resolute attitudes of the participants, who are demanding more options from retailers. |
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Online Registration Now Available For Doubletree 4.3.2012 - Quick online registration now available for Doubletree Hotel New York City-Financial District The 2012 Face of FFFWEEK™ Winner! 3.23.2012 - Ms. Venessa De La Rosa was born in Ft. Lewis, Washington and now resides in Atlanta, GA... The 2012 Fashion Front for FFFWEEK™ Announced 3.12.2012 - The Fashion Front serves as the full figured fashion force at the frontlines of Full Figured Fashion Week in New York- bringing the latest news, perspective, and exclusive access to FFFWeek... |
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