Spain curbs advertising for plastic surgery and slimming products

For the last six years the Spanish government has been very proactive in the debate surrounding overly thin models. Indeed, Madrid is the only city to have banned zero sized models on their catwalks during fashion week. The Spanish government has now gone one step further and passed a law which bans all adverts of cosmetic surgery, slimming products, and beauty products before the watershed of 10pm. The law basically does not allow adverts that encourage... Click to read more

Fashion Deals from New Look’s INSPIRE Collection

Inspire is NEW LOOK’S (site: newlook.co.uk) plus size range that provides good quality clothes with excellent deals. The range provides clothing in sizes 18 to 26. NEW LOOK (site: newlook.co.uk) is well known for its excellent pricing strategy, and recently it has undergone a huge push fashion wise – it now has a lot more variety and is strongly competing with all the other high street retailers for Spring fashion. To start it off nice... Click to read more

Sensible luxury shoes for big girls, from TheOutNet.com

Most of us spend a lot of time running around after the kids, rushing to and from work, and dashing to the shops. This means we need to wear practical and comfortable shoes. But should this mean we need to compromise on style? The following collection of shoes from TheOutNet.com [site: www.theoutnet.com] demonstrates this is not the case. With a stylish collection of luxury shoes, all at discounted prices, they are definitely the place to shop for... Click to read more

Large Clothing Retailers with the best Spring collections

With each changing season the large clothing retailers battle it out, competing with who has the better collections. This Spring is no different, and the competition is as close as ever. It is worth noting that the fact it is so competitive is great for us as customers because it drives prices down and we get a lot of variety and choice when it comes to choosing the styles and outfits we want to create. YOURS CLOTHING (site: yoursclothing.co.uk)... Click to read more

Martha Stewart’s Tall Show

The Tall Show with Martha looks at the pros and cons of being tall. She introduces the show in the highest heels she could find! Even her male presenter Joe is in platform boots! And why? Because all participants in the show including the audience are all 6 foot or taller! Martha presents some interesting facts on height. Now, did you know…..the average American woman is only 5’4? This is much shorter than Martha expected. The height of the average... Click to read more

Trendy size 16 clothes: our March picks

NEW LOOK (site: newlook.co.uk) is the perfect place to find size 16 clothes suitable for March. The quality has never been an issue, and the prices are always very reasonable. The retailer is always bang on trend and has a variety of fashions to suit all types. The Inspire collection – which is where you can find plus sizes – has over 100 items perfect for March and the coming Spring. The two items featured on the left are a random... Click to read more

Size 18 Clothes: our March picks

This article will focus on great size 18 clothes perfect for March from DOROTHY PERKINS (site: dorothyperkins.com). As any regular readers know, Dorothy Perkins is one of my favourite retailers – and therefore Plus Size Tall’s March picks will start from them! What’s more is that DOROTHY PERKINS (site: dorothyperkins.com) is currently having a sale of up to 50% off – making it the perfect time to get your early Spring pick-me-ups. A... Click to read more

American plus size super model Lizzie Miller in VOGUE Curvy

We first met Lizzie Miller when she posed for the now famous picture in Glamour Magazine showing off her gorgeous curves for all to see. At size 16 (UK size) she is a well known plus size model. Lizzie Miller features in the fantastic new site VOGUE Curvy [site: www.vogue.it] in the How To category where she has been interviewed by Barbara Frigerio. Lizzie Miller has been modeling since she was 13 years of age. However, after the famous picture in... Click to read more

French plus size super model Johanna Dray for VOGUE Curvy

Johanna Dray is a French plus size model that appeared in John Galliano’s ‘Everybody is Beautiful’ Spring 2006 prêt-à-porter show and subsequent French Vogue editorial of the collection. She is also the first European plus size model to have launched her own plus size clothing line The glossy fashion magazines have been featuring plus size models such as Johanna Dray, Crystal Renn and Lizzie Miller for several years but at last... Click to read more

Debenhams to use size 16 mannequins in its stores

Thanks to Gok Wan, DEBENHAMS (site: debenhams.com) is going to be using size 16 models in its campaign and size 16 mannequins in its stores. The store will test the new mannequins in its windows showcasing the latest designs by Ben de Lisi. The designer had signed a deal with DEBENHAMS (site: debenhams.com) earlier in the year agreeing to relaunch the Principles label. Even though the average British woman is a size 14-16, nearly all high street... Click to read more

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