Stéphanie Zwicky, originally from Switzerland and also known as Big Beauty [site: www.leblogbigbeauty.com], is the most influential plus size fashion blogger in France. She is so influential in fact; that on the 8th of February 2010 she announced that she had been asked by La Redoute to design her own plus size range which will be launching in April 2010 in 7 countries including the UK. Plus Size Tall reported on the Big beauty site in October 2009.
For many years Stéphanie Zwicky has had a dream to become a fashion designer. A dream that she realised in October 2009 whn she was asked to create a collection with La Redoute. “For a nano-second, my ears went crazy; I felt both sleepy and super awake, maybe a dreamlike state. Did I hear that right? Create my own collection? Was it the moment I’d been waiting for, my clothes in my collection?” La Redoute wanted Stéphanie to create a micro collection for the summer 2010 collection, but it had to be ready by January. This gave her only two months to draw, create, and photo shoot.
Stéphanie began working straight away and brought her drawings to the first meting with the Taillissime team in November 2009.
This fantastic opportunity gave Stéphanie the chance to work with professionals at every level, including 5 different teams working on the collection.
It was a very emotional experience for v when the first prototypes were ready; “they must have gotten used to my cries of happiness, my laughes, and my neverending enthusiasm.” As the photo shoot drew nearer and the clothes were tried on, Stéphanie felt worried and excited, especially as she was going to pose in some of the clothes for the shoot. Here is a video of the photo shoot day:
La Redoute is forming a solid reputation for being a trendy brand for plus size clothing. The Marianne range has been very successful and incredibly stylish as Plus Size Tall has reported: “Marianne James is a French plus size celebrity, a popular comedian and member of the jury of France’s equivalent of Pop Idol, “Nouvelle Star”. She has been asked to create her third collection for Taillissime – La Redoute’s plus-size brand.” What is great about her collection is that she herself models for it herself, truly celebrating the plus size tall model. Both Marianne and her clothes look fantastic!
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