If you happen to follow me on Twitter, then you know that I decided not to attend Full Figured Fashion Week in New York. I instead decided a trip to San Francisco was in order. However, Gabi went and covered most of the events. She just posted runway photos from the finale show so make sure you head over there to take a look!
To be honest, I’ve been comtemplating blogging about FFFWeek because I didn’t want to come off as a Negative Nancy. I appreciate all the hard work and effort that went into creating something like that and I do not want to take anything away from it BUT I felt that the clothing that was showcased didn’t live up to the hype. I think Gabi hit the nail on the head, the clothing was not amazing but the fact that they were modeled by amazingly beautiful plus sized women took the attention away from that and focused moreso on the celebration of something like FFFWeek even existing. I defintely respect and am glad that the show was such a success however, for someone like me, it was a let down.
It is a huge annoyance that plus size fashion seems to be nothing but jersey knits and flowy tops and dresses. Sure there’s a place for it and I know that it is summertime and everything but I just, I don’t know, I just felt like everything that was shown was something that I’ve seen before, probably at Torrid. I’m used to being FLOORED by the likes of Gareth Pugh and I want that same feeling when I see fat fashion on the runway. I didn’t get that feeling. Not once. I think that there were some things that were cool but very few pieces, if any, is what i would call FASHION. There needed to be that one designer that throws out all the rules of dressing plus size women and goes out there and presents some amazing shit. THAT is what I’m looking for. THAT is what I’d thought I’d see. THAT is what was missing. THAT was one of my biggest disappointments.
Like I said, I commend them for their efforts but this was supposed to be groundbreaking and the clothing failed to reflect that. There’s talks that FFFWeek is going to Australia, I just hope that it will be more diverse and fashion-forward than its US counterpart.
(images from richard lewis photography. check out his site for more fffweek images)
