This year's New York Fashion week finally had what we've been waiting for for years: acceptance of all kinds and models making a difference.
First, we saw Madeline Stuart become the second model with Down Syndrome to ever walk the runway, and now plus size model Ashley Graham has given us a much needed change in scenery as she completely owned the runway in her very own lingerie line.
The 27-year-old, size 14 model has been making headlines, and history, ever since she was the first plus-size model to be featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
At Tuesday's show, Graham stripped down to nothing but a black lace bra and underwear as she walked the runway with pride. She and several other beautiful women of all shapes and sizes wore various pieces from the Black Orchid collection, which is her favorite from her Modern Boudoir Collection with retailer Addition Elle, according to E! News.
She partnered with the Canadian retailer this past summer, and she was finally able to show the world what she's been working so hard on creating.
Graham is calling this movement the #IAmSizeSexy movement and all of the ads leading up to her show read, "History will be made."
"My curves & lingerie slaying the runway yesterday!!" she captioned one photo on her Instagram. "Still pinching myself!!"
"History was made!" the official Addition Elle Instagram captioned another photo. "Curves took over the runway at #NYFW. Thank you to everyone who made this possible. And thank you to all the delicious curves that strutted their stuff and who showed the world what #iamsizesexy means!"
While the show was such a memorable and iconic event, what she's looking forward to most is the day where it doesn't even faze people that she's hit the runway. She wants to continue to do this and have it become so normal that it doesn't have to make headlines every single time.
"I believe that what I'm doing, and what other plus-size models of my generation are doing, is continuing to open that door for the next plus-size model to come in," she told People last month. "And to not be labeled as a plus-size girl, for her not to be judged by the number that's inside of her pants, for her to be able to be on the cover of American Vogue and it not have the whole article be about, 'Are you fat and happy?'"
