I’ve been involved in the fashion industry for almost 10 years. When I began, I was frequently the biggest person in the room, almost never seeing another person my size in the seats at a show, let alone on the runway. Plus models at NYFW were…
The first swimsuit I ever put on and actually felt confident in was Gabi Fresh’s first galaxy-print fatkini. It was the first swimsuit I willingly took photos in. The first swimsuit I appeared on national TV in (twice). I had hid my body under…
I was a skinny kid, until suddenly I wasn’t. I hit puberty hard, with C cup breasts, a period by sixth grade, and a hulking 5’6″ frame that never grew another inch vertically, but seemed to constantly grow horizontally. Taller than all the…
For a very long time, I believed I didn’t have a bikini body. I believed I didn’t have a swimsuit body. I believed I didn’t have a summer body. Clearly I don’t believe any of that anymore. Now when summer rolls around and it’s finally hot out…
Approximately 80% of women are in the wrong bra size, and you’re most likely part of that percentage. Want to know your true bra size? Check out this video I did for Curvy Couture and Gwynnie Bee to learn how you can measure yourself at…
So many people let fear hold them back. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of embarrassment. They stay stagnant in jobs they hate, reside themselves to depressing relationships or a lifetime of singledom, avoid clothing they love because…
Right before every summer, it seems like everywhere you look there’s some website or magazine touting “How to get bikini body ready”…it’s just a whole load of body-bashing bullshit that solely exists for you to feel bad about yourself and to…
Things are changing and improving – in both the fashion industry and in the world in general – but we’re all still evolving and sometimes its surprising how homogeneous society is. The most beautiful thing is diversity – our differences is…