ALL(BODIES)
BURO MIDDLE EAST, OCTOBER 2021
It's not about what size you wear, it's how you wear your size.
That sounds great. Very much part of the empowering, body-positive rhetoric surrounding fashion inclusivity these days. “All bodies are beautiful”; “Celebrate your curves”; “Style is not a size it’s an attitude”. So much affirmation bursting out of these phrases, right? But what if, when all is said and done, you simply can’t find the clothes to celebrate your curves in?
OK, full disclosure, I am not a plus-size model. In fact, I am not a model at all, with decidedly no said curves to celebrate. I’m what the industry refers to as “straight size” (semantically problematic perhaps), which basically means anything under a size UK 10. So, admittedly, I haven’t personally encountered issues sourcing fashionable clothing for myself. I do however live in the real world, have real friends and family members in all shapes and sizes and can attest to some of the challenges faced trying to source stylish, fashionably relevant clothes for women over a size 14 or XL.
CREDITS:
WORDS / LARA AKKARI
STYLING & CONCEPT / AMY TAPPIN
PHOTOGRAPHY / FARYAL GONDAL
MUA / KERRIS CHARLES
WARDROBE / RIOTHERE.COM, RENTEDIT, SHOPRETOLD
TALENT / TALC MODEL MANAGEMENT