The larger woman: A quarter of women are size 18 or bigger

Providing clothing for them is proving the fastest growing market for the fashion chains, worth £3.8billion a year.

The larger woman: A quarter of women are size 18 or bigger

The larger woman: A quarter of women are size 18 or bigger

The larger woman: A quarter of women are size 18 or bigger

The larger woman: A quarter of women are size 18 or bigger

Size 18 Jeans

I'm a curvy, size 18 woman - but people say I pull off Kim Kardashian and J-Lo's looks 'even better' than they do

One in four women size 18 and above, research shows

I'm a size 18 and 5ft8 - it's fine if men don't want to date me because I'm not skinnyI've got my own deal-breakers

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