The fashion industry's relationship with body diversity is like a bad breakup – it keeps promising change but goes back to old habits. 7 percent across 230 shows and presentations featuring 8,800 ...

The fashion world stood still on February 20, 2020, when Paloma Elsesser and Jill Kortleve became the first "plus-size" models to walk Fendi in the house's history. It wasn't just another runway show ...

The first time Tyler McCall saw plus-size models on a New York Fashion Week runway — Precious Lee and Marquita Pring at the Christian Siriano spring 2017 show — she felt . . . something. Not quite ...

While we love hearing the terms diversity and inclusion, the modeling industry’s way of saying it tends to be from a business standpoint. The modeling industry feigned its claimed attempt to include ...

The body positivity movement changed culture, but not enough systems. In 2020, plus size models made up 2.8% of runway casts; by Spring/Summer 2025, that number dropped dramatically. Awareness without ...

Tess Holliday remembers 2019 as a "glorious" year for plus-size fashion and body positivity. The plus-size model and body activist walked the runway at New York Fashion Week. She'd been featured by ...

Alicia Johnson is a 62-year-old author and model signed to Ford Models—an elite agency that has been home to Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington and Brooke Shields. She’s the only model at Ford in both ...