Slim pickings? Less than 1% of looks at the recent fashion weeks were plus-size

A file picture shows a model presenting a creation from the Dior womenswear Autumn/Winter 2023 collection during Paris Fashion Week last month. Photo: AFP

Thin models dominated runways during this year’s fashion month, when luxury designers in New York, London, Milan and Paris showed their upcoming collections on fashion’s biggest stages.

Plus-size models, who wear a US size 14 or bigger, made up less than 1% of all looks sent down runways across the four major cities for the Autumn/Winter 2023 season, according to a new analysis by Vogue Business, which tabulated size diversity across 9,137 looks and 219 fashion shows.