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John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Sophia Kokosalaki, Shelley Fox and Jens Laugesen

Outsize?

SHOWstudio challenged fashion's finest to create the industry's Holy Grail: inspiring womenswear designs for sizes 16 and over. 12 leading designers, including Roland Mouret, Alexander McQueen and John Galliano, took up the gauntlet and created a range of inspiring and alluring proposals for those curves still deemed outside of fashion's narrow 'norm'.

More in this project

  • Overview
  • Image Gallery
  • Essay: 16+ Fashions
  • Essay: Gimme More

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  • Image Gallery
    12 of the most influential and innovative fashion designers meet our challenge to make beautiful womenswear for sizes 16 and upwards
  • Essay: 16+ Fashions
    In this essay, Joanne Entwistle examines the idea of 'outsize' fashions and questions the promotion of our 'narrow' idea of beauty
  • Essay: Gimme More
    Roberta McGrath celebrates the concept of 'variety' of representation of the female body, and the idea of fashion - and image - as fantasy.

Credits / Contributors

  • John Galliano John Galliano
    Fashion Designer
  • Alexander McQueen Alexander McQueen
    Fashion Designer
  • Sophia Kokosalaki Sophia Kokosalaki
    Fashion Designer
  • Shelley Fox Shelley Fox
    Fashion Designer
  • Jens Laugesen Jens Laugesen
    Fashion Designer

Sophia Kokosalaki

  • Photography: Bill Georgoussis
  • Make-up: Petros Petrohilos @ Untitled
  • Model: Pollyanna McIntosh @ Excel Models

John Galliano

  • Drawing: John Galliano

Agent Provocateur

  • Drawing: Agent Provocateur

Shelley Fox

  • Photography: John Spinks
  • Illustration: Paul Bruty
  • Text: Penny Martin

As Four

  • Photography, styling, hair, make-up: As Four

Jessica Ogden

  • Photography: John Spinks

Shaun Leane

  • Photography: Tim Brightmore
  • Model: Julie Pocock

Stevie Stewart & David Holah (Bodymap)

  • Concept: Stevie Stewart @ Streeters
  • Photography: Baron
  • Fashion and Styling: Stevie Stewart and David Holah
  • Art Direction and Set Design: Stevie Stewart and Tony Kernan
  • Drawing: Stevie Stewart
  • Model: Sue Tilley
  • Hair and Make-up: David Holah


Thanks: Spring Studios, Tapestry, Animal Ark, Highgate Garden Centre, Harvey Nichols Food Hall

Alexander McQueen

  • Drawing: Alexander McQueen

Jens Laugesen

  • Drawing: Jens Laugesen

Marjan Djodjou Pejoski

  • Drawings: Marjan Djodjou Pejoski

Roland Mouret

  • Photography: John Spinks
  • Model: Karen Terry

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