Voluptuous
Toronto Old Toronto

About Voluptuous Toronto Old Toronto

Voluptuous Although Voluptuous Clothing is now a  retail success story, Angela Samuels, its founder and CEO, faced a series of daunting hurdles to open the first store in 2000. Convincing the industry that plus-sized women want fashionable, sexy clothing in their own sizes was initially a tough sell. Yet Samuels, a former plus-sized model for designers such as Brian Bailey and retailers including Sears, Wal-Mart and Zellers already knew from firsthand experience on the runway and in photo shoots how uninspiring, conservative and unflattering plus-sized apparel can be. As a social worker with experience counseling young offenders, she also fully understood the serious consequences of a negative body image. Samuels began Voluptuous Clothing as an initiative to empower young women through vibrant, flattering and...