Curves International Page
What’s available in plus-sizes internationally:
So many labels are being eradicated here in the UK with the excuse that our buyers prefer to stick with what is safe and guaranteed to make money.
Not to be defeated we at Biggirlsblouselondon.com have decided to add an additional page to show you what is available in plus-sizes on the international market.
Some labels are available online with international shipping and we will endeavour to give you as much relevant information as possible – others will be able to show you their stockists on their company websites.
The main idea is to be a portal that can show you what worldwide plus-size designers and fashion companies are doing.
Maybe it will give some of our buyers a bit of inspiration?
We can only hope!…
Fashion fit.
SVOBODA, (svoh-bow-da) is a US-based design company committed to delivering fashionable collections for women size 10-24.
Founder Jessica Svoboda has achieved something that everyone in the UK plus-size industry can learn from. With the strong belief of creating, ‘fun, chic clothing that fits and flatters both a woman’s personality and body type’ she has successfully developed a company that does just that. Featuring a great range of denim styles featuring 360º stretch and TLC - trim, lift and control as well as new summer jeans, shorts and crops. Most refreshingly Svoboda shares with us a really positive, modern attitude to plus-sizes. www.svobodastyle.com
International shipping.
Do not forget to check out the Anna Scholz by Svoboda fashion range available from www.annacscholz.com
IGIGI
Founded by designer Yuliya Raquel in 2000, Igigi creates smart, stylish, and sophisticated plus-size clothing collections for fashion-loving women in sizes 12-32.
Igigi design’s accentuate and celebrates the beauty of the curvaceous female figure and they strive to provide clothing with the highest quality fabrics and workmanship, and all of the apparel is manufactured locally in San Francisco.
“A woman truly feels beautiful when she recognizes that she is exquisite the way she already is: a wonderful, unique, and exceptional individual.”Igigi - named after an ancient goddess embodying vitality, charm, and intelligence, strives to provide women of curves with smart, stylish and sophisticated collections that accentuate and celebrate their bodies. www.igigi.com
International shipping, the range is also stocked in the UK by www.curvety.com
No limits to style.
Finding herself unable to find stylish, fashionable shoes in her size, Tess enlisted her mother to help her create Barefoot Tess back in 2005. Their mission is“to provide the best in footwear for large-footed, fashion-conscious women everywhere.”Tess's love of fashion has never been about how much something costs, what size it is or who designed it. It’s about style, and style shouldn’t stop at size 10. www.barefoottess.com
International shipping, check shipping costs before ordering.
Hips & Curves USA
"Rebecca Jennings has been on a mission since forever. What's in her sights? It's simple, really - Rebecca imagined a place for women to live full, fabulous lives. And then she built it."
"HipsandCurves.com is where women go to celebrate themselves. From our award-winning retail side to our best thoughts on the curvy life and our random bursts of inspiration, this is where women discover potential. Because, see, Rebecca’s been there."
"She’s been everywhere from a size six to a size sixteen, and now, she's just simply herself. A lot of magic happens in Rebecca's space. Come on over. It's not just underwear, you know—it's you, dressed up and everything you want to be, and even some things you never knew you could be."
There are some really gorgeous pieces on this site and the ship internationally!
A softer touch
A leader in the US plus-size clothing industry, Kiyonna has styled curvy women with its collection of contemporary plus-size dresses and separates since 1996.
Specializing in silhouettes that are made to flatter a woman's curves, the online boutique offers plus-size special occasion dresses – including a range of ‘little black dresses’, full length black-tie evening dresses to laid back plus-size separates with fashion-forward sensibility. www.kiyonna.com Offering international shipping. The range is also stocked in the UK by www.curvety.com
New Anna Scholz shop
The first stand-alone annascholz store opened its doors in Berlin on July 31st, 2010
Coinciding with the 15-year anniversary of the annascholz brand, this new shop really represents the ultimate Anna Scholz shopping experience.
Get ready to be wowed by the long gold bar seating benches. Give a twirl in front of the suspended mirror in the opulent changing room with its eye-popping lime green flocked wallpaper. View the bold hues and prints of Anna’s collections in their full glory against a colour scheme of taupe and gold with fresh citrus accents. Take home a much-coveted glossy lime green shopping bag—exclusive to the shop!
“My aim was always to make curvy women enjoy shopping and trying on clothes again,”says Anna.“I hope the shop will be able to give them the ultimate shopping experience.”
“We are delighted to be working with our wonderful partners Dirk Jacoby and Karin and Alfred Warburg who comprise the Berlin-based Respectmen. They bring 20 years of retail experience to the launch of the new store. Already big fans of the Anna Scholz brand, they were thrilled to secure the amazing Hackesche Höfe shop location.“We all felt that this was a wonderful location, a wonderful opportunity and now we have a wonderful shop”.
Let’s hope that us girls in London will one day have a shopping experience with Anna as well! www.annascholz.com
Samanta Shoes
‘Samanta creates life changing experiences for women who have trouble finding stylish shoes with comfort in their size. In addition to traditional sizes, Samanta offers large size women's shoes in size 11, size 12, size 13, size 14, and wide width sizes.’
This U.S shoe company, is slightly more classic than Barefoot Tess but still have plenty of designs with a strong a touch of high fashion. A good range of sizes from 11US (9UK) to 14US (12UK) International shipping has not yet been made official but is available on request. www.samantashoes.com
A step into colour!
Fashion continues its love affair with high-coloured hosiery which is guaranteed to feature heavily for this autumn.
A regular favourite of ours, especially for those of you who are struggling to find large enough opaque tights to fit that are anything but black?
Go no further than your computer keyboards. US company ‘We Love Colors’ bring you a range of 45 colours in opaque tights alone in sizes up to 4X (50+”hip) - and now a new range of coloured fishnets have been included.
International shipping – check shipment costings before ordering
www.welovecolors.com
