It's not often that I quote anything from the Daily Mail unless it's annoyed me, but I spotted this today and thought it was my duty to bring it to your attention!
"Being a size 16 fashionista is not as easy as it sounds. Apart from Vivienne Westwood, many designers stop at a 12, the national British average in the Fifties. Even High Street chains are not as forthcoming in fashionable 16s as they are for skinnier 12s.
What is this fashion conspiracy all about? Don't designers and retailers want curvier women to wear their clothes (which explains why shoes and bags are such moneyspinners) or do curvier girls not want to wear high fashion?
We asked the celebrity stylist Marcella Martinelli to pull together key seasonal trends, not for the usual model size 10 but for a size 16."
Do you have the pictures? Would love to see them!