New York Fashion Week is one of the best displays of upcoming trends and fashion designers. The entire week is a showcase of the pure talent of not only the amazing fashion designers, but also the beautiful models that strut down the runway.
Some of today’s most famous celebrities are runway models, including Kendall Jenner, Cara Delevingne and Gigi Hadid. These girls are beautiful, however they don’t really represent what women look like in the real world. The majority of women aren’t a size 2, so why are the most famous models that exact size or even smaller? All women see on the covers of magazines, billboards, fashion campaigns, and especially runways are models that don’t really represent them or at least the majority. Plus size models have just begun to show up on the runway during New York Fashion Week.
As one of the world’s most famous plus size models, Ashley Graham made a big splash at her show during New York Fashion Week when she debuted her brand new lingerie line for Addition Elle.
Graham is known for being one of the most outspoken plus size models in the entire industry. She considers herself a body activist, and she believes that “Everyone deserves to see themselves being represented equally…”.
The runway show for her new lingerie featured models that represent the majority of women in the United States. Girls of many different sizes and shapes confidently walked down the runway in Graham’s designs.
These models flaunted their natural beauty, something that women should do everyday. Ashley Graham is standing up for the curvy women of the world. She shows people that women are beautiful, regardless of shape or size. All women deserve to feel sexy!