The Curvy Fashionista

Founded in 1999 and designed and produced in Los Angeles, Maternal America is a woman-owned maternity brand led by Nataline Ngo Amadi (with partner Wahid Amadi), committed to ethical, made-in-USA production. Its feminine, effortless garments, from baby-shower and cocktail dresses to maternity jeans, tops, and designer swimwear, are known for soft fabrics and flattering, edgy-...

Founded in 2009 in Aachen, Germany by Zahir Dehnadi and Bahman Nedaei, Navabi set out to bring premium, trend-led, designer fashion to plus size women, a market it saw as underserved by utilitarian options. Operating as an online marketplace across more than 30 countries, it carries hundreds of third-party plus size designer labels (such as Anna Scholz and Manon Baptiste) alo...

Jean Marc Philippe (JMP) is a Paris-based plus size label that has been creating fashion for fuller-figured women for over four decades. The French designer’s avant-garde yet timeless aesthetic channels classic Parisian sophistication while serving the modern woman with versatile day-to-evening pieces, dresses, and tailoring. The brand has moved toward more responsible produc...

Founded in Manchester in 2009, Missguided became a fast-fashion powerhouse known for bold, body-con, trend- and social-media-driven style aimed at young women. Its Missguided Plus range brought the brand’s club-ready dresses, co-ords, and statement pieces into plus sizes, roughly 16 to 30, alongside petite and tall ranges. After financial troubles, the brand passed to Frasers...

Carolyn de la Drapiere runs a London (Barnes) dressmaking studio specializing in bespoke, handmade plus size clothing, from wedding dresses and mother-of-the-bride outfits to occasionwear, all made to a client’s exact measurements in fine European fabrics. Having been featured in Vogue and shown collections on catwalks, she offers a personal, fitting-based service that lets c...