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Mark Fast caused quite a stir this week with the use of plus sized (size 14) models at his London Fashion week catwalk show. According to the Telegraph, one stylist walked out in disgust. However, I am betting there are many more applauding his show of defiance against the use of unhealthily thin models in the fashion industry, a debate that has been rumbling on for some time. Even Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman has reportedly been involved with a letter to top designers explaining that their size zero clothes are too small to even fit some of the established models.

I think the size 14 knitted dressed looked great on the models and would be more likely to buy something that I know suits a normal sized woman. I did however note that only a small proportion of the collection was modelled by larger models, perhaps suggesting that the rest of the dresses would not have suited their fuller proportions. I suppose that there needs to be balance and there are so many different shapes and sizes, all of which need to be catered for but the fashion industry still has a long way to go in it’s acceptance of normal sized women.

The high street certainly have a range of dresses for all shapes and sizes including size 14. I love this cowl neck dress.