While traditional standards of beauty are evolving, people still have the desire to change their bodies to look like someone else. The modeling industry has previously been accused of promoting ...

New York Fashion Week did not get the body diversity memo this season. The drastic shift away from curve representation towards thinner models caused the event to hit the headlines for all the wrong ...

On TikTok, a midsize movement is forming, but models like Jill Kortleve are rarely cast in glossy brand campaigns or on the catwalks. Why not? The model Jill Kortleve in Amsterdam in ...

The runway has long catered to a waifish ideals. Across 219 shows in New York, London, Paris, and Milan, Vogue Business reported that only 17 brands featured plus-size models—a statistic that reflects ...

Even in a progressing industry, it's clear to many that a subset of curvy models are preferred over others. In an industry that is constantly under fire for its slow transition to widespread diversity ...

Gianluca Russo is the founder of The Power of Plus, a safe space for engaging, forward-thinking conversations around fashion and body positivity. In this op-ed for Bustle, he explains why brands need ...

With more inclusive runways and an increasingly size-diverse fashion industry comes the rise of plus-size models. While there's still work to be done, thankfully, plus-size is no longer a niche ...