Full Figured Fashion Week in NYC!!

Full Figured Fashion Week in New York City shows off the talent of plus-size designers

BY Lindsay Goldwert
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Originally Published:Friday, June 10th 2011, 9:54 AM
Updated: Monday, June 13th 2011, 12:02 PM

Sweetooth Couture; IGIGI by Yuliya Raquel/Richard Lew

Plus-size designers show off their wares at Full Figured Fashion Week in NYC.

 

Full Figured Fashion Week

The fashion world is about to be thrown a curve ball.

For three days starting on June 16, the catwalks will be filled with models showing off the styles from the premier designers from all over the world who specialize in flattering the figures of women over a size 12.

The third annual Full Figured Fashion Week is all about the sizes that are largely ignored by the mainstream fashion world and snubbed during the hoopla of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.

The interest this year has been overwhelming. Events have sold out, and women are clamoring for tickets to the shows. Gwen Devoe, the organizer of Full Figured Fashion Week, expects over 1,000 people to attend the grand finale showcase.


Curves ahead! Models take the runway for last years's Full Figured Fashion Week. Wedding dress by IGIGI by Yuliya Raquel/Richard Lew/Lew.
"It's been crazy," said Devoe. "It's just exploding. Women are finally getting a chance to see fashion come alive on models with bodies they can relate to."

The event is answering the call from all the plus-size women who want one thing: The same choices in the marketplace that their skinnier sisters get.  They want variety and good quality at a fair price.  



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