Fashion for the 67 percent

A revolution in the plus-size market

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Aug 9, 2017 · 12 min read
Model Candice Huffine attends the Lane Bryant launch of the #PlusIsEqual campaign at Times Square on September 14, 2015 in New York City — Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Lane Bryant

By Ashley Ford

When I was a kid, I wanted to design clothes. I kept a dollar-store sketchbook and a case full of pencils. At first, I used them to trace and color in the clothes I liked in magazines. Eventually, I learned to sketch them on my own, from memory. They were bad drawings, but I was too excited to care much about that. I…

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