But with more and more premium high-street and designer brands rightly ... Which is baffling, considering that the plus-size clothing market reached a value of around $252 billion (£200bn ...

Now, as fashion wakes up to the beauty of all bodies, plus-size clothing for women is looking a little less dire. Those ill-fitting curve ranges once relegated to the back of high street stores?

While many brick-and-mortar high street stores have cottoned onto the value of the plus size pound, it can still be hard to find full collections for clothing larger than a size 16 on the shop floor.