I disagree w/ you here. I think Leslie has a ton of fans in the fashion industry. A TON. As I have written above, I think it’s more of a size (Leslie)/time/skill (on the part of the designer) factor. I don’t think it’s race. Lupita can wear runway samples. Leslie cannot. I wrote in length, above, about the amount of…

Here is another part of it.....dress forms for draping. Smaller design houses (and probably many of the larger ones) do not have dress forms that are larger than probably a six or 8. Most of them are probably a size 4.....

I think Leslie’s a size 14 at least....she’s six feet tall. She is in proportion for her height. If she were a 6 or an 8, she would look thin to emaciated. She looks healthy. Most designers do NOT know how to dress what is known as plus size (they don’t know what looks good on them), which is a shame b/c 14/16 is not…

I have worked as a designer for several US runway/luxury designers and have dressed many famous people. Here’s the scoop. MANY design houses are not large corporations. They have small sample rooms, with a couple of patternmakers and sewers. Most of the time, the sample room is working on 1. new styles for the…