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Adele – 2011 Cover Queen.
The undoubted breakout star of 2011 has been Adele. Musically she has dominated both the album and singles charts, and she has provided a beautiful role model for those girls who do not have a size 10 figure. And what has been amazing for a girl who has a size 16 figure, and jokes that she ought to be the face of ‘full fat cola’ is that she has been embraced by the Fashion Press and has become one of the hottest cover girls of 2011, culminating this month with the cover of Vogue’s October Issue. Adele has graced the covers of numerous magazines this year, Glamour, US and Canadian…
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Is the Fashion world in love with curves – an update.
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog posting about how curvy women were finally making some progress in the world of fashion. Since then, the topic seems to have exploded everywhere, with Grazia magazine in particular taking up the mantle in support of the curvier women, putting Christina Hendricks on its front cover, and devoting their lead article to the stunning actress and her rise to superstardom. In addition, it questioned key stylists, bloggers and fashionistas about the move towards more shapely women in fashion. But the question for many would be, is this just a one week wonder, or are magazines actively admitting that real women come in…