Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Virgie Tovar covers how weight bias affects culture. Until recently we as a culture were witnessing a proliferation of plus-size ...

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Torrid, a plus-size clothing store, plans to close 180 underperforming stores this year. The closures, in part, are a result of more customers shopping online. About 70% of Torrid's customers make ...

Having a bigger, curvier body, and needing the type of clothing that accommodates or even highlights it, has become (somewhat) more accepted by the fashion and retail industries. Recent years have ...

While the average width of an airplane seat has been shrinking for decades, bodies are getting larger around the world, with experts predicting that over half of the global population will be ...

In-person shopping for plus-size clothes can be frustrating. The Seattle Fat Mall aims to re-write that experience by centering and celebrating customers with larger bodies. Dakota Joiner is in the ...

Weighing 315 pounds, 27-year-old Fu Tuntun’s life so far has been full of embarrassing moments, including setting off an elevator’s overcapacity warning when it was largely empty, getting stuck at a ...