Have you been following long on Facebook and Instagram? There has been such a buzz around the shows from the 7th Full Figured Fashion Week and today, I am here to share with you the looks that wowed during the Indie Designer Showcase! The designers and models brought it for an eager and fashion hungry…
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Women in Business Q&A: Gwen DeVoe, Founder of Full Figured Fashion Week
Gwendolyn DeVoe is a former plus model who now specializes in plus model training, development and management. Gwen has been a longtime advocate and supporter of increasing the visibility of fuller figures on fashion runways. In 1998 she successfully opened The Plus Academy, one of New York's first training programs exclusively for aspiring plus models.…
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Full Figured Fashion Week, where waifs are out of style
“Curvy is the new black” at this New York celebration of plus-size style. According to the mainstream fashion industry, being a “fashionable” plus-size woman once meant hiding your curves under dark, loose-fitting clothes. One look at the bright prints women wore at a luau party or the white, body-con dresses at the Curves at Sea…
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Meet the woman who decided plus-size clothing deserved its own Fashion Week
As brands began embracing the $17.5 billion industry that is plus-size fashion, former plus-size runway model Gwen DeVoe wanted them to have an event to display their wares. So in 2009, DeVoe, one of our women to watch this week, started Full Figured Fashion Week. The seventh annual event is taking place this week in…
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