Melissa McCarthy Launching Her Plus Sized Fashion Collection

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Actress Melissa McCarthy is about to realize one of her childhood dreams – she’s launching her plus sized fashion collection in collaboration with Sunrise Brands. Speaking on trying her hand at design, Melissa says that from an early age she used to dream of creating her own pieces and even for the last several years she has been searching for the right clothing manufacturer to work with on her new line. Now that she has found Sunrise, she thinks they’ve created the right partnership to launch her first collection, and she wants to change how plus sized fashion is seen:

”It’s something I’ve done since grade school. I’d lay on the floor, look through Vogue and cut out patterns. It was everything I ever wanted to do. I’d been looking for two, three, maybe four years for manufacturers to help us do this line but after we met with Sunrise, we felt they were committed to changing the plus-size game. I always said, ‘Why can’t I find great stuff?’ And Sunrise was up for the challenge.”

Melissa says she knows what women of different sizes look for because she has personally fluctuated dramatically from size to size, but believes a person’s love of fashion is what counts and that’s what a plus sized line should be focused on creating for all sizes and shapes:

”(I’ve been) every size on the planet. 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.”

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