Beth Ditto launching first stand-alone fashion line

Singer Beth Ditto is launching her first stand-alone fashion collection globally on February 15 via her own e-commerce and with Selfridges in the UK.

The eleven-piece plus-size collection is inspired by the Gossip singer’s love of vintage and combines vibrant pop-art prints in silks and rayons, with vintage-detail dresses, tailored pencil skirts, leggings, and hand-embroidered, vintage-sourced denim jackets. The line, which is celebrating “beauty at any size” will be available in UK sizes 18-32 (US sizes 14-28).

The full debut stand-alone collection follows the singer's collaboration with French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier in December to create an oversized dress-length “corset tee”. The T-shirt, which is available from Ditto’s website is also donating a portion of proceeds to benefit Girls Rock Camp Foundation, a charity which helps girls develop life skills, creative expression and collaboration.

The Gossip frontwoman previously collaborated with plus-size womenswear retailer Evans.

Commenting on her debut collection, Ditto said: “I wanted to make pieces to last years. Beyond trends, beyond chain stores. I wanted to create something all its own, something just for us, made with love and consideration. Made ethically in the USA as a small company with no big corporate input. Uncompromising, unapologetic, and timeless. Go-to pieces designed to last. A movement by us, for us."

To launch the collection, Ditto stars alongside outspoken plus-size models Barbie Ferreria and Philomena Kwao in a campaign styled by Katie Grand and shot by Ezra Petronio.

The Beth Ditto collection will be available from February 15 on BethDitto.com and at Selfridges.

Images: Beth Ditto