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erzullie:

PLUS SIZE FASHION: ERZULLIE ICONS/PLUS SIZE MODEL KATRINA CATAPIA AND AUDREY ANN LEE IN FULL FIGURE PLUS

We would like to congratulate Erzullie Icons and Plus Size Models, Katrina Catapia and Audrey Lee, for being featured in Full Figure Plus, one of the top international plus size blogs in the globe. You can read more of the article here.

What did Mr. Glen L. Johnson, MBA, writer of the blog, thought of the collection so far? 

“The new collection is out and I am just as excited to see the clothes as I am the amazing photos that go with it.” 

We are very grateful that international plus size bloggers are loving our campaigns. Thank you very much!

You can purchase your own piece of the CORPORATE 2013 collection here. 

Cheers!

Aries

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In the April issue of Elle, on newsstands March 26, American Idol judge Nicki Minaj gets a major make-under.

“To go in front of the camera, without pink lips or big ol’ crazy lashes — you know, nothing — I felt naked,” Minaj saysiof the shoot. “It was scary!”

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dynamicafrica:

Ugandan model Kiara Kabukuru in an editorial for Elle (US) in June 1994 titled ‘Field Of Dreams’ and photographed by Gilles Bensimon in Marrakech, Morocco.

This is one of my most favourite fashion editorials as rarely do we see these carefree ‘shoots involving dark-skinned black women, and whenever Western magazines shoot in foreign locations involving local subjects in the ‘shoot, they are often merely used as agent-less props which is not the case in this spread.

There’s also the inclusion of Africans of different hues in an African location, which I love. 

However, I’m yet to discover the name of Kabukuru’s photoshoot partner. 

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ampersandsetc:

So you’re feeling too fat to be photographed …

Listen. I hear you. You’re a few pounds heavier than you like (or a 100lbs heavier than you like). I completely understand how you feel. I get that same blah feeling about myself when I think about booking new head shots or long overdue pictures of me and Justin. Precious, I even picked a career that has me permanently behind the camera rather than in front of it. Seeing myself in pictures actually produces the faintest sick feeling in my stomach. Isn’t it amazing we can see the beauty in our best friends, sisters, mothers, and aunts without the slightest thought to their flaws … but can obsess for hours on our own imperfections? We fixate on our flaws to the point we shirk at any documentation that our round faces and curvy bodies ever walked the earth. No pictures to show how we LOVE, how we laugh, how we are treasured by our families. How is it possible that a double chin can overpower the beauty of a mother cuddling her child? How does arm fat distract from the perfect shot of a spontaneous hug? I swear y’all … how is it that we can put more value on a TUMMY ROLL than the captivating way you throw yourself into a roar of laughter during a shoot?

…So here is the harsh truth y’all. Listen good. Our vanity is no longer enough of a reason to avoid the camera. Life doesn’t wait until you “get thin” enough to capture it. Life is happening … it is happening right now and the only moment we are guaranteed is the one we are living… 

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bigbeautifulblackgirls:

Anushka Bella

Photographer: Caroline Ross Photography

Source: Sung Jin Park in The Fashionisto