This is an important book and I'm glad it exists. Normalising larger bodies is excellent work to be doing - kudos to Bethany Rutter! I'm now following many of these women on Instagram - but that brings me to my only problem with this book, which is that it feels more like a curated Instagram feed. It would have been good if the text was a bit more substantial - as it is, it's all quite samey. I'd have loved a couple of longer pieces on plus-size fashion or body positivity.

This book is fantastic! I've always been plus size, and so I was interested in this book, but it was so much more than I expected it to be! The quotes that accompany the profiled are fantastic, and are truly inspirational. I've found so many new people to follow on instagram!

*I have received this book from NetGalley*
It's more of a tabletop book, which you can look at from time to time. The general idea of the book is to show that no matter the size, you should be body positive. The message of the book is to love yourself, love your body and be true to yourself. Being not only plus-size but also PwD can be challenging in a matter of finding clothes that fit, look good and are comfy. Ladies presented in the book are happy with themselves and you can definitely see it. Some of them are stunning, some gorgeous, all are amazing. Author of the book is absolutely right, that buying big sizes is possible almost only in online shops. Highstreet shops barely ever offer big sizes and more exclusive shops don't even bother to sell plus sizes. I agree with all the girls in the book, who say that it took time to accept their bodies and feel comfortable in it. For me, it took some time, too. Now I wear what I want, what I find comfy and what reflects my mood. Sometimes I like to dress up, but most of the time leggins and oversized sweater are my vibes ;)
Thank you for this book, Bethany Rutter!

"My style is practical, stylish, feminine (at times) but most of all, true to me."
- Chloe Pierre @chloepierre_ldn

PLUS + is a must buy coffee table book.

Are you a plus size woman?

Have you ever been told that you couldn't wear a specific outfit due to your size?

If so, PLUS + is the book for you. With photographs of plenty of plus-sized women wearing whatever they want, this book will easily become your go-to when you need some inspiration in your day.

Each professional photograph is also accompanied by a quote from the model. These quotes range from: "I dress for the celebration I want my life to be" all the way to: "Fuck flattering! No rules. Just Style." The included quotes run the gamut from sassy to demure, and from angry to inspirational.

Finally there is a book that celebrates fashion for regular sized women, rather than for stick people with no curves. Body positivity is the message.

As an added bonus, each photo layout includes the @ tag for each model which allows readers to go online and follow their favorite model even after finishing reading this book.

If, after reading, you do not come away feeling better about your body, and your personal style, then you are missing the point and I suggest you read it again.

I rate PLUS+ as 5 out of 5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and I hope to see this book become the go-to Christmas present for all your female friends regardless of their dress size.

***Thank you to #NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this book.***

"Style is not measured in the size of your jeans. All women can be inspired." - Kellie Brown @AndIGetDressed

I absolutely loved this book! As someone who loves fashion, this was a book I would grab off the shelve for the display cover alone! Rutter Bethany does a beautiful job with the collection of photos of plus sized women and showing their fantastic styles! As a woman, who has some curves and doesn't fit the skinny model look, I really appreciated that the line above by influencer, Kellie Brown. When my gal pals tell me, oh, I don't think that would make me look good or that doesn't flatter my shape. Like girrrrl, how do you know? I love that no matter the size of your jeans, you can find clothes that speak to you. To your personality. To your body type. Don't let ANYONE ever shame you for your size especially society! This is why I am a 100% supporter of this book! Definitely would recommend!

I am LOVING the fat girl rep in this! Seeing so many beautiful, fierce fat women celebrate their bodies and their own personal styles is amazing, plus the intersectionality displayed in the variety of models? Incredible. There are women of color, trans women, queer women, disabled women, the list goes on, and I loved that so much. The only issue I had with it is that the photos themselves aren't always as high-quality as I would expect any photos that make it into a photo book like this to be. The other issue is just that the compilation of the book itself didn't "wow" me - it felt like something you could create on Shutterfly with a free afternoon.

This is a gorgeous coffee table style book for fans of fashion. It is full of beautiful and vibrant fashion photographs of plus size women who are not afraid to dress how they want and are not confined by the societal pressure to dress a certain way due to their size. It is also inspirational for curvy women who are looking to step outside the box with their fashion style.

This is the first fashion book I've ever read that I felt reflected in. Being a plus sized lady, it can be a struggle to find style inspiration and trends. This book really filled a gap and I'll definitely be adding all these lovely ladies on insta.

Brilliant book filled with inspiration and beautiful women. What more could you ask for.
Oozing style , confidence , and charisma .
Love this book.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Reading this made me so happy. I'm not much of a fashion person. My sense of style is . . I honestly have no clue. Whatever fits? But I would like to be more into it. I see pictures of girls wearing cute things and I think to myself, I want to be like that. But so often I find the people I'm looking at to be thin. So this was so refreshing, and so inspiring. As a fat girl it is so hard to find good fashion inspiration, but this book has a ton of it and I found myself following many of the models on Instagram.

The only thing I would say is that the little bios seemed to get kind of repetitive. I found myself skipping them as most of them said something along the same lines. It might of been more interesting to ask the models a question that got more of a varied response, but that might just be my opinion. I definitely don't usually read books like this, but I'm glad that I found this!

In the same vein as the street style photography book The Sartorialist, PLUS+ looks at the diverse street fashion of curvy women. This book is inspirational for those that aspire to be fashionably bold and to be confident in one's own skin. You don't have to be "Plus" size to enjoy this vibrant book. I recommend this book if you enjoy photography of street fashion and inspirational quotes on how to be fabulous in a world where being different isn't celebrated enough.

I received an ARC from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for a honest review.

Rad introduction to some of the biggest online influencers in the plus fashion/fatshion community. I would have liked more info from each person, but the quotes about their style are still pretty great, if short. Instagram handles are included, making it easy to follow them.
It might be my ipad, but the color seemed very dark and over saturated, making it difficult to discern details (took a star off for that--the photos are why we're here!

As someone who has struggled with her weight her whole life, there was just something about this title that drew me in. I was in desperate need of both some body positivity and fashion inspiration, because let's face it: it's not easy at all to find good plus-size clothes out there that are affordable, look good and are comfortable as well. Although I wish PLUS+ would have had more text and more fashion advice handed to us by the different models futured in this collection, the forward was brilliant. The photos themselves are wonderful, showing the world us plus-size girls have the right to wear whatever the heck we want and that we don't have to hide our body. Body positivity to the win! I admire all these beautiful women for not being afraid to show everyone there style and looking fabulous while doing it. And I definitely felt inspired by quite a few photos.

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I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

WOW, just WOW. I loved this book. I just love books about fashion, about seeing people dress in their favourite fashions, but quite often these woman are thin (sometimes even thinner than thin), so I was more than excited to see plus-sized ladies show us all about their fashion. To note, I am not plus-size myself, but I do like more variety in fashion, everyone should just be able to wear what they want and show it off to the world! Thin, curvy, plus-sized, tiny or big, everyone should shine.

This book shows us various girls/woman telling us about their fashion and quite often we see that they were told not to wear a certain thing as they weren't the right size for it (urgggh, people please). I loved seeing all these strong woman showing us proudly what they like to wear (and boy, I love their clothes), and I can just say that they were all fabulous and inspirational. Very inspirational. Very motivational. <3

Due to the book being an ebook, I had at times a bit of a hard time figuring out whose quote was that at the bottom of the page. Often we have one girl on two pages, but sometimes we have two. I was just going with that the above one was for left, the bottom one was for right. Hopefully that was right. :P

The photography quality was overall pretty high, though there were a few that seemed blurry/out of focus. I loved that the photographer is able to catch the sparkle in each of these girls' eyes, you could see the confidence radiate out of them. I love it when photographers are able to catch that.

All in all, this was a very inspirational book, definitely having me motivated to just try out those tops I haven't dared to wear. Now to just wait for the summer to arrive as it is a bit too cold to wear them in November.
Definitely recommended!

*~.Book Analysis.~*
Just remembering that those were my impressions and opinion as a reader :)

Rating: 5 stars
Reading period: Nov. 25th, 2018
Format: ebook
Source: NetGalley – I have received this book in exchange for an honest review.
Release date: Feb. 05th, 2019

PROS
Everything about this book is just perfect. As a plus size, I felt empowered to see other girls like me wearing looks that I would never think of using: they showed me that I also could do it and be more daring on my clothes, regardless of my body’s shapes and forms. I’m a closeted fashionista, but after this book, I honestly think I just might step away from the closet and start wearing clothes that I would never have the courage to wear before. It’s truly inspiring!

CONS
I honestly can’t say anything bad of this book, it’s perfection.

COVER ANALYSIS
This cover is so impactful and beautiful! As a presentation of contents we’ll see inside, this is a lovely opening – where do I get myself a pink suit like this?? *o*

RECOMMENDED FOR
Fashion lovers and Plus sizes that, like, didn’t believe that they could be trendy too.

Really a cool book full of beautiful women in awesome outfits. I think it’s very inspirational for girls and women who may are bored to dress always the same just because they are not “so well shaped”. This book open your eyes and empower your vision. I can’t recommend this book enough.

I loved this book. As a plus size woman i love seeing people can be comfortable in their own body. Fashion can't be one size only. This book has a lot of body positivity and that was amazing. I will definitely add to my books.

This was such a great book! There are two introductions from the women who put the books together and then the rest of the book is pictures of different outfits with the woman's name and twitter account as well as what she has to say about her personal style. As a fat person who really loves fashion this book was right up my alley, and I totally relate to the struggle of trying to find something that is cute, affordable, and fits decently [spoiler alert: finding all three is all but impossible and the main reason why I make half my own clothes].

As is mentioned in the introduction, there are so many more choices than there used to be, but also most of them are online so in my personal experience unless items are really inexpensive or easily returnable you can easily get stuck with a lot of ill-fitting garments. I also liked the wide variety of body shapes and clothing styles that were represented in this book. When you're fat there are so many rules of what you're 'allowed' to wear or what is 'flattering' to your body type or can hide your 'problem areas' but this book features women wearing all kinds of different clothes and not being ashamed of their bodies.

[if you go to GoodReads you can see two quotes that I posted that I really liked from the book and talk about below. One describes her style as 'Toddler Grandma" and the other as "futch fatty".]

I am totally using the term "Toddler Grandma Style" from now on since I already pretty much always say that I've skipped straight ahead to the old lady portion of my life where I've decided to just stop caring what other people about what I like or wear. Also love the second quote because I feel that it's so unfair that most fat girls aren't called cute unless they put tons of time into their hair / makeup / clothes whereas a skinny girl can just throw on a huge t-shirt and a tiny pair of shorts and suddenly she's the ~most fashionable thing ever~ whereas most fat girls just get called slobs if they do that.

I wish I could give a copy of this book to every girl and women who feel less than because they don't fit society's standards of beauty. This book is filled with gorgeous and confident women with killer style.

PLUS+ is such an amazing representation of body positivity. The visual storytelling vividly tells the story of women accepting their bodies and learning to understand and walk in their worth. This book teaches you to comfortably live in your bodies it is. But continue to nourish yourself physically and mentally with proper self-care as well. Enjoy fashion NOW. Why wait to be "perfect" according to societies standards, embrace a stylish, colorful, fun and trendy way of "being" now. My favorite element in this book are the Social Influencers contact names and social media handles shared. Priceless!