Ms. Endicott is a writer and textile artist. I was 17 and trying and failing to find a plus-size dress for the prom. Wandering through shops with friends, I’d feign interest in the petite strapless ...

Shafonne Myers, a marketing expert specializing in size inclusivity, spent the last 15 years advocating for women like herself who have long felt unseen in the slim-centric wedding fashion industry.

Having a bigger, curvier body, and needing the type of clothing that accommodates or even highlights it, has become (somewhat) more accepted by the fashion and retail industries. Recent years have ...