As promised I am posting a couple of link for you to check out.

1. The spread in V magazine showing the size 2 model and the size 12 model wearing the exact same outfits!  I LOVE THIS!

2. Bruce “The Boss” Springsteen shirtless… AT 60!

3. Kristen Bell dress… we LURVE her (not so much the dress)

Thoughts?

I am not crazy about the title but CNN.com is featuring an article on plus size models.  Last week Sarah and I talked about a fashion spread in V magazine featuring plus size models… now CNN has picked up the same story and is expounding on it.  There is a plus size (or as I like to call it – average) buzz in the fashion industry but some people believe it is just a fad and that it will be gone again in no time. I, for one, would like to see it stick around.  We spend a lot of time telling people that beauty is not wrapped up in being thin and glamorous but then HELLO…you pick up a magazine and that is all you see.  I understand that designers want to showcase their clothes on the body they feel makes the clothes look the best BUT what I can’t get past is that there are way more of us (plus size) than there are of them.  Plus size models are size 10 and up!  I would sell a kidney to be a size 10 again.  AND to be honest…I don’t want to be smaller than that.  It doesn’t suit my frame.  At a size 10 … I look freaking awesome.  I am working on it…

Here are a couple of things to keep in mind…

• The average American woman is 5’4″, weighs 160 lbs, and wears a size 14 dress.

• One-third of all American women wear a size 16 or larger.

To read more  check out the article at CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/01/14/plus.size.models/index.html