Plus-size models are coming to New York Fashion Week.
IMG Models has announced that it will promote its roster of curvier women in the same show package as their top girls for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, which kicks off Thursday.
IMG — which reps supermodels including Gisele Bündchen, Kate Upton, Chanel Iman and Karlie Kloss — announced last week it had signed plus-size stunners Julie Henderson, Ashley Graham, Danielle Redman, Inga Eiriksdottir and Marquita Pring, and we are told that they will be promoted to casting agents and designers for Fashion Week shows.
A fashion insider explained, “IMG is the first to include plus-size models in their show package along with models like Gisele.”
Many are calling for more effort in the fashion industry to diversify across race, age and size to present a wider array of beauty.