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Article: Full-figured model Emme's new clothing line is big on style.(Arts and Lifestyle)
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- April 5, 2001
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Full-figured model Emme had more than a "Fashion Emergency" when she wanted to wear designer clothes while hosting the popular E! Entertainment Television show.
She needed the fashion "Jaws of Life."
"We'd have to cut open the backs of the dresses so they would fit, since most designer clothes only go up to size 12," said Emme, who is a very satisfied size 14/16. "They were clamped and taped and pulled. But I was going into 4 million homes in 147 countries, and I refused to wear boxy clothes that came in my size. I wanted fun and flirtatious, something with great lines and modern shapes. But there wasn't anything out there."
Not surprisingly, ...