London to host plus size fashion event

Fashion boutique Trapped in a Skinny World and plus size magazine Evolve have announced the launch of the UK’s first plus sized fashion weekend, which will run parallel with London Fashion Week in February.

The event, London Plus Size Fashion Weekend, will take place from February 15-16, and will feature a plus size catwalk show, styling master class, plus size swap shop, and a discussion panel aimed at enhancing, educating, empowering and supporting the UK plus size industry, which will include Velvet D'Armour, the first plus size model to walk in a Jean Paul Gautier show.

Sponsored by plus size clothing line Simply Be, and featuring models from Milk Management, the catwalk show will highlight fashion for women who wear dress size 14 and above from collections from across Europe and America, including London designer Syreeta Badu’s line for sizes 18-26.

Split across two venues, Beach Blanket Babylon and Shoreditch Town Hall, the inaugural event hopes to attract at least 500 people and aims to become the UK’s answer to New York’s annual Full Figured Fashion Week.

To promote the event organisers have signed up a number of ambassadors including Big Brother 2012 contestant Rebecca Hannon, French blogger Gaëlle-Vanessa Prudencio and Delia-Rene Donaldson.

The Official London Plus Size Fashion Weekend will take place from February 15-16.

Image: LPSFW/Evolve