Taking to Instagram and Twitter, Amy Schumer criticized being included in the issue without her consent -- because she's not even in the Glamour's plus-size range. Read More »
Keyshia Cole has some of her fans outraged, and it's mainly her plus size female ladies. MStars News learned that the singer uploaded a photo of about an article that was making celebrities plus size and left a bad taste in people's mouth when she wrote: "LOL! Glad I didn't make this list!" Read More »
A petition to get Gap Inc.'s Old Navy to stop charging more for women's plus-sized jeans has already gathered more than 35,000 signatures online. The petition charges Old Navy with sexism, noting that a pair of women's plus-sized jeans can cost about $15 more than regular jeans, while a pair of men's jeans costs the same no matter the size. Customers are also calling for Old Navy to put the larger apparel into stores, instead of just selling it online. Old Navy said the price difference has to do with craftsmanship. The items are specifically designed and manufactured for plus-sized women and cost more to make, Debbie Felix, an Old Navy spokeswoman, said in an e-mail. Read More »
The phrase "plus size" has been thrown around the Internet a lot over the past few days, fueled largely by an ELLE.com interview with model Myla Dalbesio. Dalbesio spoke to ELLE.com about her latest gig, modeling for Calvin Klein's "Perfectly Fit" campaign alongside big names such as Lara Stone, Jourdan Dunn, and Ji Hye Park. She spoke about "what a great feeling" it was to book that job, when, at a size 10, Dalbesio said that she is "not skinny enough to be with the skinny girls and I'm not large enough to be with the large girls." She added: "I haven't been able to find my place." According to Gary Dakin, Dalbesio's agent, the models in the plus-size subset can be categorized as "over a size 8-10." But he clarified that Myla is much more than just her size. "You don't turn down a face like Myla's," he says. Read More »
Model Candice Huffine, 29, is the first plus-size model to grace the pages of the legendary Pirelli Calendar for 2015. Read More »
Kelly Osbourne is planning to launch her first plus-size clothing line in September 2012. Read More »