If you aren't watching BravoTV's ProjectRunway, you're seriously missing out.
Since 2004, Project Runway has helped house the future voices of fashion, pushing young designers to new limits and challenging them to sew against the norm. But there is one aspect the forward-thinking program has always lacked: plus-size representation. In recent years, scattered efforts have been made to increase body diversity on the show, and Ashley Nell Tipton even took home the win in 2014 for an entirely plus collection.
Garo Spampinato, another finalist, also tells STYLECASTER, “My business has been built on custom work and custom building for any body type.” Spampinato explains that size has never placed a restriction on his designs. In fact, he says that he had one of the first boutiques in the east village of Manhattan to integrate both straight and plus sizes on the same floor.
Also a huge part of the show’s push for inclusivity this season: Elaine Welteroth, author and former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue. “People like Elaine and Christian are doing this and paving the way for all of this to happen,” says Spampinato.In Episode 11, Siriano brought the top six designers to his studio, telling them they’d be dressing the real women of New York City.
In his final collection, Spampinato chose to use a plus model to close out the show, a moment that all in the audience gasped at. To see a plus woman in designer clothing closing out a runway collection is a rare sight in the fashion world, even in 2019. That’s precisely why his decision to do so was so impactful. “I insisted on closing my show with one of my plus girls because I just feel like that is just an entry point into where the future of fashion is.
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