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2. Women's oversized fashion in the United States since the 1920s

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   The 1920s were marked by a post-war aesthetic. After World War I, the fashion world experienced a great switch: from tight corsets and hobble skirts—to shapeless, oversized, and sparsely decorated garments. [1] Women began to wear more comfortable fashions, including blousy skirts and trousers.

3. Big Beautiful Woman - Wikipedia

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   The terms "Big Beautiful Women" and "BBW" were coined by Carole Shaw in 1979, when she launched BBW Magazine, a fashion and lifestyle magazine for "plus-size" women. [2] BBW Magazine trademarked the term "Big Beautiful Woman", which was later transferred to Dimensions Magazine.

4. Charming Shoppes - Wikipedia

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   The stores sold women's fashion apparel and were located in strip shopping centers and malls, catering to middle and lower-class segments. It offered fashion apparel and accessories in plus, misses' and junior size ranges. In June 2012, Charming Shoppes announced that Fashion Bug stores would be closing; the final stores closed in February 2013.

5. Ashley Stewart - Wikipedia

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   Ashley Stewart is an American plus size women's clothing company and lifestyle brand, which was founded in 1991. The name Ashley Stewart was inspired by Laura Ashley and Martha Stewart, who the company saw as icons of upscale Americana. [ 1] The Secaucus, New Jersey -based company has 89 stores across 22 states.

6. Candice Huffine - Wikipedia

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   Candice Huffine (born October 15, 1984) [3] is an American plus-size model represented by NEXT Models. [4] A former teenage beauty queen, she signed her first modeling commercial contract in 2000 and has since crossed over from the commercial world into high fashion.

7. Plus-size clothing - Wikipedia

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   Mary Duffy's Big Beauties was the first model agency to work with hundreds of new plus-size clothing lines and advertisers. For two decades, this plus-size category produced the largest per annum percentage increases in ready-to-wear retailing. Max Mara started Marina Rinaldi, one of the first high-end clothing lines, for plus-size women in ...