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Plus-size women turn up to London Fashion Week in lingerie to protest the lack of curves

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The fashion world still has a long way to go when it comes to representation.

The industry is failing to achieve genuine diversity, in terms of race, age, and disabilities.

One small part of making things change is getting the industry to move away from the ultra thin ideal.

To encourage designers to use models of all sizes in their shows, a group of plus-size women turned up at London Fashion Week venues in their underwear, holding signs in celebration of curves.

The group, which included body positivity advocates Hayley Hasselhoff, Callie Thorpe, Megan Crabbe, Sonny Turner, CoCo Brown, and Poppy Towers, collaborated with Simply Be to arrange the protest –… Read the full story


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