MP STYLE GUIDE RSSTag Archives: Body Confidence
Sophie Dahl on Curves in Fashion
We have always liked former plus model Sophie Dahl. Her latest statement proves why we like her even more”
“As long as a curvy girl is held up as an anomaly, the whole thing is being perpetuated. When a curvy girl is no longer being hailed as different, we’ve made progress. I could talk about it [...]
PLUS Model Mag’s Mia Amber on CNN tonight!
PLUS Model Magazine Creative Editor, Mia Amber Davis, will be on CNN tonight speaking about the latest attack on the Plus Size Community. A dating site for “beautiful people” expels ‘fatties’ after holiday weight gain.
Read more here and be sure to watch the segment on “The Situation Room” with Wolf Blitzer tonight.
We want to hear [...]
Mia Amber on Barbie’s “Cankles” and the Modeling Industry
Mia Amber, plus size model and creative editor at large of PlusModelMag.com, was on Fox News recently to talk about Christian Louboutin’s comment that Barbie has “cankles”. She also talks about all of the recent controversy in the size of models today from Ralph Lauren’s photoshopping to the size of plus size models. Interestingly, Mia [...]
Its Not Only Female Models who Have to Worry about Their Weight.
Male models have always had a get out of jail free card when it came to their weight, it was much preferred to have nice muscular men. Lately that standered has been changing, more and more runways have been featuring thin men. Now designers are wanting men thinner than years before to feature their clothes and as we [...]
Dance it up at Club Bounce
To all of my BBW (big beautiful women) and BHM (big handsome men), finally a night club that caters to the plus sexy crowd. That’s right a night club where plus size people can get their party on. Club Bounce located in Long Beach, CA is currently one of the most talked about night clubs [...]
The Guardian UK Summarizes it Well – More Plus Size Progress!
Today I came across a fabulous article by Viv Groskop for the Guardian UK this morning. She puts together a fabulous summary of all that has been happening in the plus size fashion world. Progress is being made.
Enjoy the read and as always let me know what you think.
Grace Coddington Gets Real!
Grace Coddington is the creative director at American Vogue. I was so happy to see someone with such an influential position in the fashion world, speak up in regard to the Ralph Lauren overly photo shopped image and the overly thin models coming down the runway. She has has personal experience and can easily empathize with the models who [...]
Crystal Renn Shines on ABC
Crystal Renn talks about her book ‘Hungry’ on ABC. Watch for our book review of ‘Hungry’ coming soon!
Click here to watch the video.
Give Jessica Simpson a Break
Jessica Simpson has been given a hard time about her weight, and it just needs to stop. I don’t know who at Fox NFL gave the ‘OK’ to produce such a tasteless animated skit. Even worse is the sponser Burger King, who is part of the fast food world and should be overly sensitive to anything discussing [...]
Fired for being 120 pounds?
Could you imagine this woman being fired from her job for being too FAT? That is exactly what happened to Filippa Hamilton who was a model for Ralph Lauren and is 5’10, 120 pounds. Filippa had been the face of Ralph Lauren for 8 years but was fired 6 months ago when the company became [...]
No Wonder our Perception of Beauty is Distorted
What do you think about the Dove “Artificial Beauty” commercial?
Karl Lagerfeld Is At It Again
There has been a lot of progress in the fashion world recently for accepting a real womans body and we couldn’t be happier. Magazines like Glamour and Marie Claire have spotlighted plus size models for editorial features and designers like Mark Fast have been using plus size models in runway shows.
Unfortunately, for every two steps forward there [...]
Cover News
Life & Style Magazine
Khole Kardashian is on the cover of the latest issue of Life & Style, she talks intimately about her struggles with the media due to her weight. After a 25 lb weight loss, she opens up on how she had to develop a better attitude about the body that she was given.
Everyone criticizes me [...]
Marie Claire Introduces Plus Size Columnist
Marie Claire has brought in a plus size stylist and columnist Ashley Falcon, she makes her start in this November’s issue of Marie Claire. I am so happy to see that slowly the magazine world is getting in on the wants of the plus size woman. First with Glamour and now Marie Claire, I am hoping [...]
Get the Look: Kim & Khloe Kardashian
Kim, Kourtney, and Khloe Kardashian hosted the Famous Cupcakes Launch Party in on October 7th in Beverly Hills. Kim and Kourtney are wearing the colors of the season – BLACK and PURPLE! You can also rock these hot colors with the dresses below!
Get The Look!
Black Anais Jewel Tank Dress
Veronique Dress in Berry – Limited [...]
Raven Symone has “Good Hair”
Raven Symone shows off her sleek short bob as she appears on The Tyra Show in NYC to promote Chris Rock’s documentary Good Hair. Read more at JustJaredJr.
Do you like Raven’s do?
“Don’t Call Me Fat!”
We love celebrities that are not the typical waif. Give us some curves any day over a stick! Check out the latest in the tabloids and news of celebrities that are lashing out and saying “Don’t call me fat!”
Watch the video! (MSN)
Tell us what you think? We want to hear from you!
Crystal, Kate & Lizzie on Ellen!
Click the HERE to watch some of our favorite plus size models on Ellen October 1, 2009!
German Magazine Features Real Women over Thin Models
Brigitte, Germany’s leading fashion publication, is shaking the modeling world by declaring that they will no longer be featuring models but real woman. Learn more at nytimes.com. and read additional information here.
What do you think about this decision? Do you support seeing more body shape and size variation in editorials?
Beyonce is Billboard’s “Woman of the Year”
Beyonce looked amazing in light blue as she arrived for the Billboard’s 4th Annual Women In Music event on Friday (October 2) in New York City. (justjared)
Tell us what you think! Do you like Beyonce’s dress?
Crystal Renn talks “Hungry”
Crystal Renn
More around the web from Crystal as she hits the circuit to promote her new book “Hungry” :
Crystal Renn Inspires Women of all Sizes (FitCeleb.com)
Frisky Q&A: Crystal Renn Is America’s Next Top Plus-Size Model (And Author) (TheFrisky.com)
Exclusive! Plus Size Model Crystal Renn Talks to Sylelist about Her New Book ‘Hungry’ and the Fashion Industry’s [...]
People Magazine’s 10 Best Dressed
People Magazine recently unveiled their 10 Best Dressed online and Madison Plus was excited to see that some of our favorite fashionistas made the list. Take a look at a few of our top looks from the list.
Beyonce – is the most stylish bootilicious diva we know! Eva Mendes – the new face of Calvin [...]
