The Logical Conclusion of Empowerment Marketing Is Companies Campaigning on Their Own Failings
Have you heard? Weight Watchers wants you to love yourself—to understand you’re more than mere numbers on a scale.
Glamour Labels Amy Schumer Plus Size Without Telling Her, Which She Calls 'Not Glamorous'
Glamour’s new plus size-focused stand-alone issue “Chic At Any Size”—part of a partnership with Lane Bryant—has received praise, but one star featured is, if not mad about the inclusion, questioning it.
Lane Bryant and Glamour Are Teaming Up for a Clothing Collection, Special Edition Mag
Lane Bryant continues its long climb back into the hearts of plus-size shoppers with a Glamour collaboration.
ABC and NBC Reject an Ad Featuring Plus-Size Models Over 'Indecency'
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…
Today's Lane Bryant Twitter Q&A Went Off the Rails Very Quickly
As part of its ongoing efforts to improve its public image, Lane Bryant did a little Twitter Q&A this afternoon. It went about as well as any Twitter Q&A ever goes!
Forget Redefining Beauty: This Fat Chick Just Wants Some Nice Clothes
Greetings from a bunker, where I have stockpiled dried apricots and seltzer and plan to wait out everything to do with this #ImNoAngel ad campaign. Good try, Lane Bryant, but no number of beautifully shot images of Ashley Graham will erase years of trying on asymmetric polyester garbage at your stores, hunting for…
Plus-Size Blogger Chastity Garner Valentine Talks Personal Style
The plus-size business is taking off—brands are launching, models are breaking out, and people are finally paying attention. This is part of a series of interviews with players in the industry; let us know if there's anybody you want to hear from!
Now That We've Got Neon and Crop Tops, Where Does Plus-Size Go Next?
Shopping as a fat woman is a wholly different experience than five years ago. Once relegated to the Macy's basement, the shitty end of the mall, God forbid the catalogs, now we've got access to neon and sophisticated florals and horizontal stripes and crop tops and two-piece bathing suits. Even the whack garbage is…
1922 Ad Touts Lane Bryant's Offerings for 'Stout Women'
This really puts the debate over the term "plus-size" in perspective: Here is an ad for Lane Bryant, from the back of the September 1922 Ladies Home Journal. Hey, stout women! Lane Bryant has the hot fashions you want!
Lane Bryant's Isabel Toledo Collection: Proof Plus-Size Can Be Pretty
Not many designers deign to create garments in plus sizes, but for spring, award-winning designer Isabel Toledo has teamed up plus-size clothing retailer Lane Bryant for a really pretty capsule collection.
Jay Manuel Pretends to Eat a Mini Cupcake at Lane Bryant Opening
Here's TV personality plus Jay Manuel playfully swatting at a miniature cupcake. He's so goofy! The cupcake shenanigans went down at the party he threw with Carnie Wilson to celebrate Lane Bryant's NYC flagship store.
Five Plus-Size Models To Watch
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…
Emily Blunt Politely Declines The Photoshop, Thanks
- Emily Blunt told British Elle that Photoshop is over-used. "I don't like it when they stretch you out and make you all long and skinny. It makes you look like a Barbie. Who the hell looks like that?" [Elle UK]
Victoria's Secret Models Are Actual Skeletons In Lane Bryant Parody Vid (Updated)
Not content with its first round of favorable press after its plus size lingerie ad was rebuffed by networks, Lane Bryant made a web video comparing Victoria's Secret models to skeletons, which is making the rounds today.
The Underrepresentation Of Black Plus Size Models In Mainstream Fashion
Something is lacking in the current push to include plus-size models in mainstream fashion publications (or "separate-but-equal" media outlets such as Vogue Italia's "Vogue Curvy").
Jacobs & Martone Split; Katy Perry's $2,500 Jimmy Choos Light Up
- Marc Jacobs and his fiancé, Lorenzo Martone, are reported to have broken up. Jacobs flew solo last Tuesday at the wedding of his business partner, Robert Duffy. [NYPost]
- Duffy and his husband, Alex Cespedes, made the Times' weddings section. [NYTimes]
Documents Show Lingerie Ad Was Barred From Dancing With The Stars
Want proof that TV networks have arbitrary, often puritanical standards? Check out this leaked memo from ABC to Lane Bryant about its lingerie commercial. Oh, and please remove the word "hell" from "hell of a good time."
Blame Cleavage: Why Networks Rejected Plus-Size Lingerie Ad (Updated)
Fox just agreed to show the initially rejected Lane Bryant lingerie ad, but ABC is reportedly holding out. Why? Lane Bryant says it's because they're afraid of breasts — on a bigger woman, that is. But the networks dispute that.
Plus-Size Lingerie Ad Removed From Web After Censorship By Networks (Updated)
Yesterday, Lane Bryant posted a lingerie commercial it said had been rejected or partially censored by ABC and Fox. Now they've taken it down. What's going on?
Networks Censor Plus-Size Lingerie Ad
While Victoria's Secret Angels are clearly fine to prance around the networks, the commercial for Lane Bryant's new lingerie line has been turned down. The company is pissed — and it's openly saying so.
