It’s 4 p.m. on a Wednesday, and the sewing room at Chelsea’s High
School of Fashion Industries is buzzing. Students frantically stitch
pearls onto gowns, fix frayed seams and puzzle over why the garment on
the dress form doesn’t quite match their sketch. At one point, Rafa
Sultana — a petite 12th-grader in a cream brocade tunic — goes over to
her blue two-piece ensemble and lops off a good 6 inches from the hem.
“I wanted to put a little cape on the back or the side, but I didn’t
have enough fabric,” says Sultana. “We’ll see how it turns out.”
Anti-Prom started in 2004 as a free event for kids who felt they
didn’t fit in at, or couldn’t afford, their own prom. Participants don’t
need a date, LGBTQ youth can bring their partners and creative dress
and costumes are welcome. In 2011, the library asked HSFI students to
harness the skills they learned in their classes and design wild,
fantastical outfits for the event, to be worn by themselves or by their
friends. In the years since, the event has evolved into a huge party,
with an annual runway show, giveaways and dancing. Some 350 students
from all over the five boroughs attend.
I’m not even going to lie, up until this instant I thought something was wrong with me (maybe that i was the ‘ugly kind of fat’?) because I didn’t think plus sized models were retouched so much. I know that sounds stupid, but I have never considered the reality that even the models of fat women are heavily doctored.
Same shit, different numbers.
Hey look it’s my catsuit!
not only are plus size models heavily retouched, but they also have to wear padding to make their curves curvier so that we hate ourselves for not having exaggerated curves on our beautiful lumpy bodies.
This is super important and belongs on my fashion blog. Don’t you ever feel ashamed, because your fat doesn’t look like the model fat! It’s the fashion industries fault for not being able to dress actual people!
Partial Reason for reblog: It is just bizarre to see people from high school as like, internet personalities. With their real names and everything.
Winston Duke often wears a combination of a colored suit with a black print dress shirt and I love it. Like he dresses so well and takes risks that are fashionable.
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