via VogueNo More Plus-Size
The model had a breakout year, shattering the fashion industry’s traditional standards for the runway and campaigns. She starred in Sports Illustrated‘s Annual Swimsuit Issue and earned herself a British Vogue cover, in which Alexandra Shulman acknowledged in the Editor’s Letter that some fashion houses refused to dress Ashley Graham, as it would have meant making clothes especially for her size. “It seems strange to me that while the rest of the world is desperate for fashion to embrace broader definitions of physical beauty, some of our most famous fashion brands appear to be traveling in the opposite — and, in my opinion, unwise — direction,” she wrote.
