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Plus-size models get 'Bare' at NY's Fashion Week

A model walks the runway during a presentation as part of Full Figure Fashion Week in New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the middle of New York Fashion Week, typically filled with skinny models in slender garments, it was a celebration of the full figured and fabulous when lingerie maker Bare Necessities launched Bare Plus -- a new line catering to the rising numbers of plus-size women. "The new American woman," says Jay Dunn, chief marketing officer for Bare Plus, noting that more than 60 percent of American women wear a size 14 or higher. "They are no longer the minority. ... read more..

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