'Voluptuous women need clothes that accent the right places' - entrepreneur

Plus-size designer Malesela 'Ouma' Tema says it's not simply clothes in bigger sizes. Designs must accentuate the right places while discreetly hiding the rest

08 January 2023 - 00:00 By Sibusiso Mkwanazi

The last fashion show I attended — before the pandemic — was much the same: paper-thin models squeezed into tiny haute couture that only looks good on a Barbie’s size-zero frame...

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