I was saddened to find out that Figure magazine is ceasing publication and deleting it's on-line presence with their March/April 2009 issue. Figure wasn't perfect and was limited primarily to clothing from the Charming Shoppes brands (i.e., Lane Bryant and Fashion Bug), but it was all we had. Their features on relationships, food, travel and other lifestyle topics were always informative and always encouraged women to live life fully and creatively regardless of our size. Plus sizes are featured more often in other publications such as O Magazine and More; even Vogue has done fashion looks up to size 16. But until women of all sizes are featured with the same reverence and presence as our sisters who wear smaller sizes in all mainstream publications on a regular, monthly basis (can you hear me Harper's Bazaar, WWD, Marie Claire, Elle and Allure?) we truly need a publication dedicated to our fashion and lifestyle. Can you imagine the roar if Anna Wintour put a lucious, beautiful size 22 women on the cover of Vogue? It makes me giddy to just think about it. Surely, there is a plus size Carrie Bradshaw or two or three..or hundreds..walking the streets of NYC, LA and every place in between that would love to be celebrated on the cover of such an illustrious publication. Quite frankly, I am still mourning Mode Magazine, which was really the first high-end glossy dedicated to women size 12 and up, and now this. May Figure rest in peace and may someone out there realize that this underserved market is just waiting for the next magazine.
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