‘It’s a whole new world’: Australian fashion week to feature first plus-size runway

Nicol and Ford's 2021 runway show, which featured size-diverse models, something the designers describe as ‘double the work’ but ‘a labour of love’. Photograph: Katie Louise Nicol

Plus-size clothing will have a dedicated runway show at Australian fashion week this year, for the first time in the event’s 26-year history.

“I’ve been fighting and working for this for 20-something years now,” said CEO of size-inclusive modelling agency Bella Management, Chelsea Bonner, who will be staging The Curve Edit: one of 50 fashion shows and presentations taking place in Sydney in May.