Melissa Mercedes is a Los Angeles-based luxury fashion label founded by self-taught designer Melissa Mercedes. The brand emerged from the designer’s own frustration with the lack of fashionable formalwear available in extended sizes after struggling to find a gown for a major event. That experience inspired her to begin creating elevated fashion specifically designed with…
Copper Union focuses on thoughtful design and high quality materials to create stylish pieces specifically for plus size consumers.
Loud Bodies was founded by Romanian designer Patricia Luiza Blaj with a mission to create fashion that centered sustainability, ethical production, and genuine size inclusivity. From its inception, the brand challenged traditional fashion industry standards by offering an extensive size range and free custom sizing, ensuring customers of many body types could access the same…
See ROSE Go was created by Erin Cavanaugh and Yi Zhou, who brought technical apparel expertise from Nike to the underserved plus market, designing exclusively for sizes 14–28. The brand focuses on chic, timeless, thoughtfully constructed pieces — tees, trousers, blazers, and dresses — made in small batches through audited, ethically certified factories, with an…
Tamara Malas is a New York based designer known for joyful prints and bold silhouettes designed specifically for plus size bodies.
PAINT by Shawn Denise was founded on January 3, 2013, by designer Shawn Denise in Albany, Georgia, before relocating to Atlanta in 2015. The brand was created to provide curvy and plus-size consumers with handcrafted luxury fashion designed specifically for their bodies rather than adapting straight-size fashion. The label has become known for vibrant colors,…
eShakti is an online womenswear retailer built around made-to-order customization, offering dresses, tops, skirts, pants, and jackets in a standard range of sizes 0 to 36W. What sets it apart is the ability to personalize each garment to a customer’s exact measurements and adjust design details like sleeve length, neckline, and hem at little or…
Evans has been a cornerstone of British plus size retail since 1930. Formerly part of the Arcadia Group and later City Chic Collective, the brand was acquired by AK Retail Holdings (owner of Yours Clothing and Long Tall Sally) in 2023. It designs curve clothing exclusively on plus size bodies in UK sizes 14 to…
EVRI is Kohl’s own plus size label, created to give shoppers affordable, comfort-driven everyday fashion at the department store’s accessible price points. The brand focuses on stretchy, flattering basics, casual tops, and dresses in extended sizing through roughly a 4X, sold through Kohl’s stores and online. As a private label, it functions as a reliable,…
Dolce Vita built its name on great leather and suede boots and trend-driven silhouettes at accessible prices. Responding to a long-underserved market, the brand developed its “Boots That Fit” range through casting calls, fit events, and a dedicated inclusive-sizing consultant, introducing standard, wide, and extra-wide calf widths alongside extended shoe sizes. From knee-high boots to…
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana founded their namesake house in Milan in 1985, building one of Italy’s most recognizable luxury labels around ornate, baroque, Sicilian-inspired glamour, bold prints, and lace. The brand spans ready-to-wear, eveningwear, and accessories at the top of the luxury market. Note that Dolce & Gabbana’s sizing is not broadly plus-inclusive, so…
Founded around 2010 by blogger Tracy Broxterman, Domino Dollhouse carved out space for alternative plus size fashion long before mainstream retailers offered plus ranges, billing itself as ‘plus size clothing without compromise.’ Its riot-grrrl, pinup, and rock-inflected pieces, sized 14 to 28 and affordably priced, built a devoted following and consistently used genuine plus size…