Henry N. Jackson, a New York-based international couturier who once designed for Valentino and Oscar de la Renta. In April, he unveiled “Real Woman Bodies,” a line of 24 looks for women whose genetic sizes range from 12 to 20. (They’re also creatively sub-categorized according to body shape.) The fall-winter 2009-10 dresses and other pieces aren’t garments created on a size 2 fit model and then expanded in scale for the big girls, the strategy of some designers
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