PLUS MODEL MAGAZINE November 2015 Indie Designer Issue | Page 144

Finish this sentence... The plus industry is: Underserved. Plus girls should be able to have options in a mall the same way straight sized girls do – not having to go to the one or two token plus stores that they can only go to with their mom or sister without feeling awkward. The stigma will never change if a plus size teenaged girl can’t shop side-by-side with her straight size friends. Who are your favorite plus designers, models, bloggers and celebrities? ELOQUII, ASOS, Denise Bidot, Ashley Graham, Christina Andrews, iambeauticurve – Rochelle Johnson, Essie Golden, Adele. Where do you see yourself in the next year? Happy. I don’t know where I will be or what I will be doing but I know I will choose to be happy. Photography by Philippe Rohdewald