Curves steal the spotlight during LFDW
Lifestyle
and fashion journalist Latasha Ngwube launched the About That Curvy Life
platform to empower curvaceous women.
As
a curvy female, the plus-size fashion advocate is all too aware of the stigma
faced by the plus-size community in Africa, and is using her empowerment
platform to start a much-needed conversation about body diversity. In a first,
plus size models took to the runway at Lagos Fashion & Design Week held last month 2016.
"We're
getting a foot in the door. People have to see plus fashion in a way they never
have before," Ngwube told CNN. "You can become that which you desire
if you believe that you deserve to be considered beautiful."
The
show took place after much lobbying to Lagos Fashion Week explains Ngwube. Not
knowing what to expect, the plus-size models took to the runway, strutting
designs from up-and-coming designers.
"I
snuck into the crowd and was watching the girls go," recalls Ngwube.
"I was looking at people standing, screaming, clapping and I started to
cry. I was shaking and crying in the crowd, I couldn't contain it.
"I
wish I could bottle that feeling and just sip on it every day of my life."
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