Ashley Graham has been a trailblazer in the modelling industry for over a decade. With her rejection of the ‘beauty equals size zero’ mantra, Ashley has become one of the world’s most vocal body positivity activists with her stance against a highly discriminatory code of beauty.
The size 16 model is not just talk, and her latest collaboration attests to that. In celebration of Ashley’s upcoming 10th wedding anniversary to husband Justin Ervin, she has teamed up with Spanish wedding dress designers Pronovias to create a special line of bridal outfits in celebration of body diversity.
The motivation behind this idea was Ashley’s own bridal experience almost a whole decade back. With lesser options available to larger women, the model struggled to find the right gown. Unfortunately, she is not alone in this scenario as a considerable chunk of brides have admitted to experiencing wedding dress shopping anxieties, specifically due to the lack of design solutions for all shapes and sizes.
With this experience in mind, Ashley was determined to do something about it – and do something she did! In an Instagram post on her personal profile, Ashley wrote: “a lot of us know the feeling of compromising style for sizing, something you shouldn’t have to do on your wedding day!” Ashley wrote in an Instagram post on her personal profile, adding that for her wedding to Justin, she had “found a silhouette that I loved, but I had to accept major details I didn’t want because there was nothing in that shape that fit me.”
Finding a dream dress is something every bride wishes to experience on her big day, but unfortunately Ashley was forced to miss out. “You shouldn’t have to compromise who you are because of what’s on the rack,” she states.
Ashley’s and Pronovias’s collection boasts 16 different pieces with size options between zero and 34, with each dress model being inspired by Ashley’s personal style and her personal assurance of a solution for every bride. The wedding dresses also come with shapewear and built in bras and carry an affordable price tag ranging anywhere between €900 and €3150.
Goodbye wedding dress shopping jitters, and thank you Ashley!