Tanya Taylor is not new to the extended sizing realm, she’s been designing up to size 22 into collections since pre-fall 2017, but her emphasis for the category this season was invigorating and inspiring. The designer explained a focus for her resort collection in shape, how her styles shouldn’t be tricky but rather adapt and flex to all body types. Case in point, a horizontal striped knit dress, ultra flattering on two of her three look book models, sizes 4 and 16. Ditto to her drapy, mixed floral frocks and shimmering, leopard jacquard suiting. “Even with busts, too, I think it’s so important to think about. When you’re in fashion, you’re trained to think, ‘Oh no chest, and no curves, and straight [body type]…’ but that’s not anybody,” she uttered. Taylor has been building a community of women (of all sizes and fields of work) and involving them directly into her creative process. “This is a learning process,” she’d tell them, “Look at our site, tell us what you want to buy. Do you think it’s photographed so you know how it’s supposed to fit?” While the brand is unable to produce every single style in extended sizing, her community is
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