A Quote by Ashley Graham
The fashion industry might persist to label me as plus-sized, but I like to think of it as my-sized.
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The fashion industry may persist to label me as 'plus-size,' but I like to think of it as 'my size.'
The wear time on clothing for plus-sized women is half the life span of a straight-sized woman's clothing. Straight-sized women's bras can last them three, six months? Our bras don't last as long as a straight-sized woman's bras normally do because we have more movement; we have more weight.
Straight sized boards are models size 0-6. Plus size boards are models starting at a 10. If a size 8 girl was 5' 11 and curvy, she'd be on the plus sized board, because there's nothing in between.
A clothing line is definitely something I've always wanted to do. I've done fashion shows and clothes for women that are plus sized. It's something that's very personal to me. I battle everyday like every full figured woman. My reason for moving to Los Angeles was to brand out.
Torrid was that company that I went to as a plus-sized kid. They're the ones that kind of got me out of my shell and gave me the confidence that I needed to experiment with my wardrobe, and they really inspired me to become a plus-size designer.
I think the word 'plus-sized' is so divisive to women.
To be able to design for the plus-sized consumer, for me, that's just beyond. It's a dream.
If my parents didn't raise me in the way that they did, I wouldn't be in the position I am now. They raised me very independent and taught me you can do anything you want to. I have an average-sized brother and an average-sized sister, and I had to do everything they had to.
I didn't even know I was considered plus-size until I was on the red carpet here in L.A. one day and a lady said, 'How do you feel about being a plus-sized girl in Hollywood?' I was like, 'What's she talking about?'
I follow a lot of the plus-sized bloggers.
There aren't plus-sized teens represented in film who aren't made the butt of a joke.
I don't know why small chocolates are called fun-sized; I mean, if I called a midget fun-sized, they'd kick off.
My weight fluctuated when I was 30, and I did the unthinkable - I stepped out as a plus-sized model.
Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany.
My existence in Hollywood is a political statement, because there are so few women who are plus-sized or above a size 6.
Plus-sized women shouldn't think of themselves as a size. They should think of themselves as women with rich goals in life. Size doesn't mean, really, anything. You can carry your size with pride and dress in a way that you like.
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