{"id":56099,"date":"2017-04-27T09:39:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T13:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/?p=56099"},"modified":"2017-04-27T17:12:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T21:12:57","slug":"the-plus-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/features\/56099","title":{"rendered":"The Plus Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\nsmall {font-size:.75em;}\n.entry-media img {margin:auto !important;}\n.cap-wrap {text-align:center !important;}\n<\/style>\n<blockquote><p>You may be increasingly hearing terms like \u201cbody activism\u201d and \u201ccurve\u201d, but what does it actually mean to be a plus size model? Here we talk to agent and former model Anna Shillinglaw about the curve industry, featuring mega babe <a href='\/\/models.com\/models\/molly-constable'>Molly Constable<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"writeup\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable001-1200x927.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"927\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable001-800x618.jpg 800w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable001-600x464.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Size matters.<\/strong><br \/>\nThere is a common misconception that a curve model is any beautiful woman who is larger than the runway model standard measurements of 34&#8243;-24&#8243;-34\u201d. But that isn\u2019t the case \u2014 sizing is just as important in the plus world as it is in high fashion. In the UK, plus size is categorised as above size 12 (size 8 US), with most clothing lines catering for larger women starting at sizes 16-18. But clothing size isn\u2019t the only measurement that matters \u2014 height is just as important for plus models as it is for regular runway models, with the preference being for girls who are 5\u201910\u201d or taller. However there is a (small) ray of hope out there for those who still don\u2019t fit the guidelines \u2014 \u201cMy largest model, Tess Holliday, is a UK size 26,\u201d says Anna Shillinglaw, managing director of MiLK Management in London. \u201cShe is also 5\u20195\u201d, so sometimes anything goes if the individual inspires me.\u201d (And having a large social media following doesn\u2019t hurt either!) <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable4004-1200x796.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"796\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable4004.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable4004-800x531.jpg 800w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable4004-600x398.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable3003-1200x927.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"927\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable3003.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable3003-800x618.jpg 800w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable3003-600x464.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who sampled?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe ultimate issue within the size debate is that for larger models to become mainstream, the mainstream has to offer larger sample sizes. \u201cI have editors see my girls and want to use them but then say they just won\u2019t fit the samples they have,\u201d explains Anna Shillinglaw, who nevertheless continues to pitch her curvier models to high fashion clients. Not having access to larger sample sizes leaves stylists who want to use a plus model with only two options: high street or lingerie. This then leads to plus size models being typecast as commercial \u2014 casting them for anything else can become just too much effort. \u201cWe have to have larger samples made so we can put curvy models in magazines and on the catwalk on a regular basis. The samples are [currently] too small and don\u2019t fit the models,\u201d says Anna.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable2002-1200x802.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"802\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable2002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable2002-800x535.jpg 800w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable2002-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable5005-1200x898.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"898\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable5005.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable5005-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable5005-600x449.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heavy hitters.<\/strong><br \/>\nShillinglaw lists some of the major players within the plus\/curve world as Violeta by Mango, ASOS, Aerie, Marina Rinaldi, Panache Lingerie, Miss Guided, and Zizzi. There are no major design house names amongst those listed \u2014 even though designers are increasingly realising they can\u2019t afford to ignore the multi-billion dollar plus industry for much longer. \u201cA few designers [last fashion week] used curve girls but if you compare it to how many slim models are used it\u2019s a huge difference,\u201d says Shillinglaw. \u201cLondon Fashion Week used no curve models and it was very disappointing.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable6006-1200x927.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"927\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable6006.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable6006-800x618.jpg 800w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable6006-600x464.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Future.<\/strong><br \/>\nWith an increased emphasis on diversity in the fashion industry, we hope size is an issue that continues to be discussed, with curve models being cast by leading high fashion design houses. \u201cThere are still loads of challenges but boundaries are being broken every day,\u201d says Shillinglaw. \u201cI think it also takes an agent with vision and passion to think outside the box and make beautiful imagery to show the top clients and creatives in the industry what curve models have to offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable7007-1200x898.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"898\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable7007.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable7007-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/newfaces\/i\/2017\/04\/nff_mollyconstable7007-600x449.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\/\/<\/p>\n<p>Photography &#8211; <a href='\/\/models.com\/people\/claire-rothstein'>Claire Rothstein<\/a> for models.com<br \/>\nStyling &#8211; <a href='\/\/models.com\/people\/hope-von-joel'>Hope Von Joel<\/a><br \/>\nHair &#8211; <a href='\/\/models.com\/people\/davide-barbieri'>Davide Barbieri<\/a> (<a href='\/\/models.com\/agency\/caren-agency'>Caren Agency<\/a>)<br \/>\nMakeup &#8211; <a href='\/\/models.com\/people\/clare-read'>Clare Read<\/a> (London: <a href='\/\/models.com\/agency\/caren-agency'> Caren Agency<\/a>, New York: <a href='\/\/models.com\/agency\/MAM'> MAM <\/a>)<br \/>\nNails &#8211; <a href='\/\/models.com\/people\/lucie-pickavance'>Lucie Pickavance<\/a> (<a href='\/\/models.com\/agency\/caren-agency'>Caren Agency<\/a>)<br \/>\nModel &#8211; <a href='\/\/models.com\/models\/molly-constable'>Molly Constable<\/a> @ <a href='\/\/models.com\/agency\/Milk-Management'>Milk Management (London)<\/a><br \/>\nRetouch &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.morph-retouch.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Morph Retouch<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may be increasingly hearing terms like \u201cbody activism\u201d and \u201ccurve\u201d, but what does it actually mean to be a plus size model? Here we talk to agent and former model Anna Shillinglaw about the curve industry, featuring mega babe Molly Constable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":56163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3996,4108],"tags":[4195,4200,4197,4196,4201,4199,4198,2383,4194],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56099"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56168,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56099\/revisions\/56168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}