Paloma Elsesser says designers need to create clothes for 'all body shapes'
Model Paloma Elsesser has declared fashion designers need to be able to create clothes for "all bodies" instead of sticking to smaller sizes.
Paloma Elsesser has insisted fashion designers need to learn to create clothes for 'all bodies".
The plus-size model has collaborated on a new collection for Danish fashion brand Ganni - with sizes going up to a UK 24 - and she is adamant the industry needs a major overhaul so designers clothes aren't aimed solely at smaller sizes.
She told The Sunday Times newspaper: "A lot of the design afforded to larger mid and plus-size bodies is so limited. It’s isolating. To find the clothes that I want to wear and the ways that I want to express myself I have to be resourceful. I think that a lot of people in my community want the level of ease that’s like, I see it, I want it, I go into the shop and I get it."
Paloma went on to insist the inclusion of larger sizes should be a requirement of all fashion brands. She added: "In the same way that all hairdressers should know how to style all hair - black, white, coarse, kinky, straight. You’re saying you’re a fashion designer? You should know how to design for all bodies.
The 31-year-old model - who has worked with Nike, Inc., Fenty Beauty and Proenza Schouler and graced the cover of Vogue - went on to insist there is a big market for plus-size clothing and designers are missing out on the chance to sell their wares to everybody instead of the few.
She concluded: "Larger sizes are always the first to sell out - I don’t know how much more evidence there needs to be. But what’s important is that there are images of bodies that look like what they’re selling too. That is a good start."
