By replicating classic designs, plus-size models are elevating celebrity fashion to a whole new level, whether it’s on the red carpet or in everyday streetwear!
From Gabriella Athena Halikas’s fierce rivalry of Julia Fox in her legendary grocery store costume to Katie Sturino’s rendition of Kaia Gerber’s sleek street style, these women are here to show that curves and couture go hand in hand.
Prepare to be amazed because these recreations are raising the standard for style to new heights!
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#1 Gabriella Athena Halikas’s Recreation Of Julia Fox’s Look
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By mimicking a Julia Fox look, Gabriella Athena Halikas showed the world what a “curvier body type” may look like when wearing a “iconic outfit displayed on a thinner woman.”
For a very long time, beauty standards have flipped the notion that you can only pull off a fit like this if you’re slender or have abs. I’m here to prove to you all that you can still look amazing wearing something similar with a bigger figure, she wrote as the caption for the 2022 picture.
“I now have to train my mind to think differently because our thoughts are so skewed from what the media has been pushing in our faces for decades,” she added. We curvaceous women can pull it off.
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#2 Katie Sturino’s Recreation Of Hailey Bieber’s Look
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Once again, Katie looked like Hailey Bieber, and she did it flawlessly.
Although she acknowledged that she “hated this fit” and believed she would never wear it, she accepted the challenge for her 2021 #SuperSizeTheLook series.
I really didn’t enjoy this fit. That’s part of the reason I adore #SSTL, even if it seemed like something I would never wear,” she captioned the photo at the time.
“I would wear this now, so it’s fun to push our own boundaries and style,” she said. @haileybieber is to blame. Who wore it better is never important; such kind of thinking only serves to depress us!
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#3 Paloma Elsesser’s Recreation Of Aaliyah’s Look
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Paloma Elsesser and her stylist Eric Mcneal discovered the ensemble worn by the late R&B legend Aaliyah at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards.
In 2021, she tells Vogue, “I’ve always been obsessed with this look.” “Aaliyah is the representation of this moment that I will always hold dear, and it spoke to an period of stylish regality that contributed to the ’90s’ iconic status.
The plus-size model said that the garment had sentimental meaning after wearing it to a friend’s wedding.
According to the publication, “Aaliyah has always been a style icon of mine, from an oversized denim suit and boots to a yellow silk dress with a zebra print.”She is the blueprint and the reference.”
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#4 Katie Sturino’s Recreation Of Olivia Rodrigo’s Look
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Katie, the creator of Megababe, a body care company that sells items for all body types, reproduced an Olivia Rodrigo ensemble because she admired the singer’s D.A.R.E. shirt style.
In a Vogue interview promoting her book Body Talk: How to Embrace Your Body and Start Living Your Best Life, Katie Sturino discussed how body image problems affect people of all ages.
The amount of time we spend discussing and thinking critically about our bodies is quite unfortunate. Speaking to women in their 60s, 70s, and 80s who are still discussing body image and saying things like, “I need to shed those 10 pounds or I don’t look good,” makes me even more depressed, she told the site.
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#5 Diana Sirokai’s Recreation Of Kim Kardashian’s Look
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Diana Sirokai recreated the viral appearance of Kim Kardashian in a way that left the internet stunned.
“I’ve always been told that I’d look like Kim Kardashian if I lost weight,” the fashion designer and plus-size model told Buzzfeed in 2017. “I wanted to show the world that we don’t have to look like Kim to feel and look beautiful, so I decided to recreate her image.”
She described the response to the reproduction as “completely crazy.”
“I didn’t anticipate it going viral in that way. People from social media were greatly impacted by the meaning,” she continued. That makes me realize why I’m here once more. Since I have experienced that myself, I am here to assist others.
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#6 Katie Sturino’s Recreation Of Kaia Gerber’s Look
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Katie added her trademark #SuperSizeTheLook magic to Kaia Gerber’s effortlessly chic, model-off-duty look, describing it as the “perfect fall fit.”
“This could be the ideal fall outfit!” she captioned the photo. In addition to ventilation, some fall plaid? We adore this style on all bodies. Never worry about who dressed it better; such attitude just serves to bring us down.
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#7 Gabriella Athena Halikas’s Recreation Of Kim Kardashian’s Look
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In 2022, Gabriella also wore Kim Kardashian’s famous SKIMS, which was influenced by Hollywood, and let’s just say, she looked amazing!
Since Kim Kardashian is so famous and has a larger frame, I wanted to demonstrate that you can still look just as ICONIC in the same outfit. such power over beauty standards.”
She stated that she wished to “change the narrative around beauty and society’s bulls— standards” when she shared the reconstruction on Instagram.
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#8 Katie Sturino’s Recreation Of Julianne Hough’s Look
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Katie’s interpretation of Julianne Hough’s stylish attire was another noteworthy appearance. She expertly imitated Julianne’s carefree street style in her reenactment, demonstrating how self-assurance can make any ensemble look better.
Katie demonstrated that all it takes to pull off a “complicated” top is killer confidence.
Previously, big ladies were not allowed to wear complicated tops, as I like to call them, but Julianne and I both look gorgeous! Yes, she wrote in the caption, “It’s never about who wore it best!”
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#9 Gabriella Athena Halikas’s Recreation Of Julia Fox’s Look
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Gabriella upped the ante once again in a post for her “THICK GIRLS CAN ROCK THIS FIT TOO” edition by emulating Julia Fox’s daring and avant-garde grocery store ensemble.
The fit was Gabriella’s “most scandalous one to-date,” and she “never felt more liberated walking into that store,” according to her 2022 post.
“For so long, it was only acceptable for thinner women to wear more revealing clothing, but when a curvy woman wears the same fit, it’s too ‘inappropriate,’ too scandalous,’ and too sexual,'” she said.
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#10 Katie Sturino’s Recreation Of Miley Cyrus’ Look
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Curvy girls can kill high fashion fads just as viciously as anyone else, as Katie Sturino has often demonstrated.
She once adopted the effortlessly stylish streetwear of Miley Cyrus for her #SuperSizeTheLook series.The grunge-inspired style demonstrated that everyone, regardless of size, can wear fashion.”There are many different sizes and shapes of H-O-T!
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#11 Stella Williams’ Recreation Of Hunter Schafer’s Look
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Stella Williams was inspired to duplicate Hunter Schafer’s stunning Vanity Fair Oscar Party attire, which consisted of a white mermaid skirt and feather top.
In 2023, she told Yahoo Life, “I was like, ‘I need to see myself in this,’ because there was something about Hunter’s outfit that I loved.”
The content producer and plus-sized model also discussed how many individuals are still stuck by traditional notions of beauty.
“People are not exposed to different types of body shapes, different types of people,” she stated to the media.
“I regrettably think a lot.”
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