Size 16 Model Candice Huffine Fronts Sophie Theallet’s Fall 2015 Campaign

Scroll through this comprehensive slideshow of the season’s fashion ads and you’ll notice one striking similarity throughout them all: tall, thin, beautiful women. And while this is the norm and idealized within the industry, times are changing and Candice Huffine is leading the revolution. Having first appeared in the pages of CR Fashion Book and then a subsequent spread for the famous Pirelli calendar, Huffine has since been breaking down barriers for fuller-figured models — and women — everywhere. For Fall 2015, she takes yet another step for womankind and appears in Sophie Theallet’s campaign.

The ad, lensed by Tiziano Magni, is just one simple black and white image. It captures the beauty face-on striking a power pose. “It was a big moment for me and I wanted to do it right,” Huffine said. “I wanted to be on par with my peers—models of all sizes, and a dress like that made all of that fall into place.”

Featuring Huffine, a size 16, was a bold move for Theallet and her brand. “The concept was to create an image of Candice and to show her beauty and sensuality as a protagonist,” Theallet explained of the ad’s concept. "She’s a strong woman, so she totally embodies the D.N.A of S.T. [Sophie Theallet]. She has all of this with an air of confidence, which I think is the key to being sexy. If you have that attitude and the freedom to be who you are, that is beautiful.”

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