A contractor for the fashion industry has taken to ether claiming that “plus-sized models are going extinct.”
Lynley Eiler’s assertions reflect a significant drop in featured curve models at the New York and London Fashion Weeks over the last three years.
According to model and activist Felicity Haywood, the trend was triggered by showbiz’s favorite weightloss pharmaceutical, Ozempic, in 2023.
Lynley Eiler says that even the most illustrious of plus-sized models are struggling to find work
Eiler, a professional plus-sized model for the last five years, claimed that curvaceous members of the fashion community are a small clique.
“We all know each other,” she said in her July 4 video. “It’s a tight-knit group.”
“Especially those of us who are working consistently… It’s a small scene an