Full Figured Fashion Week

Got a chance to attend the opening event at the 2nd annual Full Figured Fashion Week in NYC. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: if you ever get the chance to check out a curvy girl fashion show, you’ve GOT to do it. You really understand that there are all shapes and sizes, and it doesn’t matter how you wear what you wear as long as you WORK IT on the runway! Gwen DeVoe, who put this shindig together, captured that essence as MC. Actually, the style was so big and bold from the women attending the event that you didn’t even need to see what was on the runway to get buzzed. Howevs…some very fun designers up there. The one we were most into was The Angel Alternative, who draws on styles from the 60s and 70s to create Diana Ross-meets-Beyonce looks for luscious ladies. The audience went craziest for Chan.nel Karama, who did this kind of crazy futuristic chopped up leather/pleather thing that was really fashion forward and also had a sense of humor. Imagine that! Just My Size also unveiled new lo-fi sportswear; Pure Energy from Target featured some looks that were cute, summery fun. The classics from Kiyonna were what we really longed to take home. The event was sponsored by Sonsi, which sounds like some kind of female prophylactic, but is actually a new community/shopping site for curvy girls. Thank you sponsors. And check out more events from FFFWeek here.

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