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Anna Sholz

Plus size fashion designer Anna Sholtz’s talent as a designer is reflected in her long list of celebrity clients, which includes Macy Gray, Gabrielle, Alison Moyet, Dawn French, Roseanne Barr, Queen Latifah and singer-of-the-moment Adele.

In a recent interview with the Irish Independent, German born Anna, who is now based in London talkes about the resistance her early collections faced from the fashion world, and the success she is now seeing with her own collections, and the collection she has designed for Simply Be.

Her success in the world of fashion design is surely an indication of the demand from plus size women for stylish, well cut fashionable clothes, something which seems to be over looked by most designers. However, Anna may be one of very few plus size fashion designers, but her collections are so enthusiastically received because of her high fashion designs, daring use of print, colour and fabric, and her understanding of the need for well cut, properly fitting clothes. Her passion and understanding for what she does is clear to see as she is described by her interviewer as “Six feet tall, full-figured, immaculately turned-out and wonderfully gregarious, Anna Scholz is a walking advocate for her brand.”

Her Spring/Summer 2009 collection, which is available in sizes 12 to 26, is wildly colourful with lots of green, pinks and coral. Prints are big and bold. Fabrics are typically luxurious. You’ll find everything from halterneck maxis to embellished kaftans to functional summer trench coats.

How wonderful to see a designer that really understands what a fashionable plus size women is looking for!

Wouldn’t it be exciting if the rest of the fashion industry started to open it’s eyes to the fashion needs of plus size women?

Visit the Anna Scholz website , where you can view her designer collections, and find stores that stock the collections.

View the Anna Scholz collection at Simply Be.

Read the full story and interview with Anna Scholz at the Irish Independent.