I like DNCE’s “Toothbrush” despite myself and its cheesy lyrics, mostly because it sounds like Phoenix (the band) by way of an Orange Julius, and also because invocations of wearing a dude’s t-shirt in the morning always spur a touch of romantic sentimentality. In the new video, plus size model and general goddess…
Here’s a little clip of the god Naomi Campbell defending Ashley Graham against Cheryl Tiegs, who said some unfounded crap from the ‘70s about Graham being “unhealthy.” Sway Calloway, who hosts the Shade 45 show Sway in the Morning, asked her about it and Campbell was like: get over it, Cheryl.
In 2014, I was hired as the Entertainment Editor at Ebony magazine, and as someone who’d been reading the magazine for as long as I could remember, getting hired there was surreal.
Model and body activist Ashley Graham’s latest ad for Lane Bryant is not on the level of NBC and ABC’s advertising division—which is to say, the opinions of TV ad dudes are about as pertinent as the opinions of Dr. Oz’s number one expert occultist, a human named Cheryl Tiegs. Both networks have rejected a 30 second…
Model and body activist Ashley Graham has absolutely no fucks to give about recent comments made by Cherly Tiegs about how “healthy” she is or not.
I’m going to begin this with a little honesty. I had no idea who Cheryl Tiegs, M.D. (Mom, Don’t!) was until yesterday, when she came out of the woodwork to tell the world she thinks Ashley Graham, the plus-sized model on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s 2016 swimsuit issue, is “unhealthy.” While reading her bad…
Cheryl Tiegs, a person who I hope Campy National Treasure Janice Dickinson™ threw the most perfect shade at when someone declared Tiegs the first supermodel in history one time, is not happy that the beauty standard is being fucked with. The three-time Sports Illustrated cover girl made it known that she thinks body…
Though Ashley Graham’s cover of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Edition has been heralded as groundbreaking/life-affirming/historic [insert any excited adjective of your choice here], she’s actually one of three covergirls; the others are MMA fighter Ronda Rousey and model Hailey Clauson.
The past 24 hours have turned out to be an emotional seesaw for Kanye West. Right before heading onto the the Saturday Night Live stage to perform a new single from his latest album The Life of Pablo—released early Sunday morning, after his seventh appearance on the show—Kanye proclaimed to his 18.7 million fans via…
This month, Sports Illustrated will release their annual swimsuit issue, delighting dads across the world and reminding all of us that it's cold as hell outside. This year, the magazine's making a historical change, however. It's featuring plus-size model Ashley Graham in a string bikini on pages usually reserved for…
You're not just imagining it: Suddenly, plus-size models are higher profile and they're getting more jobs.
With models like Crystal "Vogue Paris" Renn becoming true crossover stars, and agents like Gary Dakin of Ford+ reporting so much demand that he turns work down, it seems like the fashion industry is finally starting to recognize the beauty of bodies that aren't runway-sample-sized. Here are five plus-size models we…
The increasing visibility of models like Crystal Renn, Tara Lynn, and Ashley Graham isn't just a fluke: Each is represented by Gary Dakin, a man who's been trying to re-make the plus-size modeling industry for over a decade.
