Barbie Ferreira Quotes

Plus-size girls can look to the Plus-Size Fashion Weekends and feel like it's special - it's something for them and for their bodies.

I do not discriminate about size. I design dresses to accentuate a woman's positives, whether you are a size 0 or a size 3X.

There shouldn't be a segregation of women over a size 16, it should just be all women who want to wear beautiful clothes.

Plus-size is a term that's never been used in hate; no one has ever used it in a negative way. The industry has always used it to help us identify where to shop.

Fashion can always be a part of your life no matter what shape or size you are. You don't need to feel like you have to fit into a box because you aren't a certain size that your favorite designer carries.

The message behind every brand that's plus size is about making a woman feel confident in any shape or size. Now straight size, it's all about the signature brand and how to look good in that one brand, and not necessarily how to look good for yourself.

We're getting to this amazing place where the average size in America is a 14-16, and we're starting to see that represented in the fashion industry, and it's becoming more accepted.

To be able to design for the plus-sized consumer, for me, that's just beyond. It's a dream.

If you're too big to fit into fashion, then you just have to do your own fashion.

Every woman deserves to look fashionable, whether a size 2 or 22.

For so long advertising hasn't been inclusive when it comes to plus sizes which is crazy to me.

The plus-size fashion world is definitely built by women of color - 100 percent.

I just want it to be normal for every fashion label to have all sizes. Completely inclusive - that's how it should be.

The message I want to put forward for women is that I never want it to be about, 'Oh, it's a bit difficult to put that together,' or, 'She can dress that way, but I can't.' Actually, my designs are for all women, and I truly believe that you can make yourself feel wonderful in whatever you wear. That's the importance behind what I design.

I would love to walk into a mall and see more than two or three stores that cater to women who are a size 14 and up!

I think if more designers designed clothes with a more fuller figure in mind, it would represent women in a greater sense.

I want to find a way to reach young women emotionally and also to start providing clothing for them so that they can wear the same things their thin friends can wear. I really want to do evening wear and prom dresses for these girls.

Fashion doesn't look good only on models; it can look good on different people of different ages and different body shapes.

The reason why I started the clothing line Licious is because I had trouble finding clothes for my body type. I figured if I'm having trouble finding clothes for me, being curvy, I know girls with my body type are probably facing the same issue. And so with the help of my designer, I came up with the idea of creating my own clothing line.

I have experience dressing me as a 6, a 12, and more. And when you go above a size 12, you don't lose your love of fashion.

I love seeing women looking great in my clothes. I don't care who they are. I don't quantify people by celebrity.

I think that the way to have style is to accept where your body is right now, heavier or skinnier, whether you're going to change in the future and dress it as it is. The fact is you can always find clothes. It may be harder for plus sized people, I completely understand that. But I don't believe that it's impossible to dress with style.

What I love about Tadashi is that he isn't a designer that designs only for a double-zero. He designs for double-Ds, you know? Women of all shapes and sizes can wear him.

People don't stop at a size 12. I feel like there's a big thing missing where you can't dress to your mood above a certain number.

My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!