Plus-size Fashion Take Front Seat in Netflix’s ‘Survival of the Thickest’

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Here's a closer look at the Michelle Buteau-led series' style moments, including insight from the show's stylist Keia Bounds.

Mavis is a stylist who works with plus-size clients, so it was central for her style to be big and bold to match her personality. “She was very fun and open to those ideas,” Bounds told WWD about dressing Buteau for the show, also adding that Buteau would shy away from the “normal plus-sized clothing things” that oftentimes make women look matronly. “It was about being big, bold and sexy.”Farm Rio pineapple flower mystery windbreaker and matching Adidas Farm Rio green stripe leggings.

Since Mavis is also a Black woman with a Caribbean background, it was equally important to showcase Black designers in her fashion wardrobe. Here, Buteau’s character embraces mixed patterns in an orange-textured coat, a denim tunic and aBounds also expressed the significance of working with Black designers for the series, noting Blackwood, who is of Jamaican descent, was very open to the styling process. “Brandon Blackwood was great.

“I got to play around in my imagination with what my version of a heterosexual artist may dress like,” Bounds said about dressing Bell, who portrays Mavis’ male best friend. “I think that was interesting about the whole show, not having one particular way of dressing define you,” she added. Bounds explained how she diversified Khalil’s fashion to push the envelope on how heterosexual male characters can dress. As an artist, Khalil expressed his creativity through different fashion pieces, including scarves, hats and, in this scene, overalls.Vanessa Clifton/NetflixPeppermint also stars in the series, portraying herself. “I hadn’t dressed a drag performer as a drag performer before, so that was amazing,” Bounds told WWD about styling looks for Peppermint.

“Even though she was a businesswoman, she wasn’t wearing the power suit that was expected of her. She was in bold colors, showing up as her best and baddest self,” Bounds told WWD about Marley’s style.

 

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