As a model who grew up feeling physically different from her peers, fashion model Lauren Chan often faced difficulties finding clothing that fit her. In response, she decided to fill the need she saw within plus-sized fashion by creating her own company, Henning.
Henning, a company that Chan no longer has ownership of, was founded with the goal to provide women who wear sizes 12 and larger in clothing with luxurious options. While the majority of American women are plus-sized, Chan noticed that the fashion industry didn’t reflect this.
“I started from the place of, ‘I’m a plus-sized person, I work in fashion, I don’t see anything that serves the intersection of that identity within myself out in the world, and I’m gonna go build it,'” Chan said to Arlan Hamilton in her summer, “Our America: In the Black Conversations,” series.
Chan used her creativity and experience in modeling to build the company …