For modeling agent Chelsea Bonner, securing catwalk spots for plus-sized women at Australian Fashion Week has always been difficult. “The challenge every season, to get one, two or three models over a ...

If, like me, you’ve been considered “plus-size” for most of your life then my story will be a tale as old as time. Growing up in diet-obsessed nineties and noughties Australia I spent my youth ...

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 ...

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Walk through any major fashion magazine or scroll through high-end brand campaigns, and you’ll notice something striking. Of the 8,763 looks presented across 208 shows and presentations, 0.8 per cent ...

Deep into the continued push for diversity in fashion, we’re still rarely seeing a range of plus-size bodies on the runway. Inclusive and diverse are words continuously thrown around when a curvy ...

The numbers tell a startling story about plus-size representation in fashion photography. During spring/summer 2025, plus-size models represented only 0.8% of all looks on major runways, a dramatic ...

It is wedding season after all. Wedding season is well and truly in bloom Down Under and so we find ourselves desperately rummaging through our closets to find something, anything, to wear. Once ...

Comfort meets confidence with these styles. When summer finally makes its way onto the calendar, we suddenly come to the brutal realisation that our swimsuits of seasons past no longer fit the bill.