Hunter McGrady is shedding light on problems that still exist in plus-size fashion after becoming the first plus bride to cover 'The Knot.'
, who has fought for years to be represented within an industry that favors straight-size women, still says there’s a lot of work to be done in plus fashion — and it starts with supporting brands who are doing it right.
In an exclusive interview with Yahoo Lifestyle, the 26-year-old shared that she was “elated” when asked to do the fall fashion cover of the “I really wanted to allow people in to say, ‘Listen, these are the struggles of dress shopping. This is what I went through. This is why wedding planning was either hard or easy for me, whatever it is.’ And just being a plus-size woman getting married,” McGrady said.
One of the biggest pieces of advice that McGrady offered as a plus bride was about throwing away any feedback that people had given about shopping for a wedding dress to flatter her figure. “Everyone always told me my whole life, ‘You’re a bigger girl, don’t wear anything skintight, we don’t want to show off those curves. Don’t wear anything covered up to here because it doesn’t look great on your bust,’” she explained. “So naturally, I’m like, well give me the tightest, sexiest dress for my ceremony and then give me a high neck for my reception. I was like, I’m gonna go against the grain because I love those two things.
Still, she admitted that throwing away those preconceived notions of what a plus bride should look for in a dress didn’t make it easy to find one that she loved. Instead, she had to make hers custom with “I still can’t just go down to Soho or Fifth Avenue and shop. That doesn’t exist for me,” she continued. “But yet, 70 percent of America is a size 14 or above.”
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